Since I already did a comedic horror movie a few weeks ago, it probably won’t be too surprising to learn I’m not a huge fan of scary movies. Things that try for jump scares just for the sake of scaring someone isn’t the cinematic experience I’m in for, but I get that there are people ...

Originally, I was planning on reviewing the new movie “Flight Risk” as a tense psychological thriller is more my speed for a “scary movie” and I’m intrigued by a movie that has a cast of only three people. Alas, the release date was pushed back to a much odder January 24, 2025 ...

We’re halfway to Halloween already as the month of October continues to fly right by. This is a month that ends with a spooky bang on Halloween and I have a lineup of scary movie suggestions ready for perusal on that very day. The month itself isn’t really known to be thematically scary, ...

Friday, Sept. 27, 2004, less than three weeks after the passing of James Earl Jones, Dame Maggie Smith passed away at the age of 89. I can’t even pretend to have known the famed actor in any meaningful way, and yet I felt a great sadness reading the news. Similar to Jones, the reports that ...

HOUGHTON — A familiar face at the Rozsa Center is stepping up to become executive director. Kiersten Birondo, who has served as the Rozsa’s marketing manager for the past three seasons, will become executive director Nov. 1. The non-profit center on Michigan Technological ...

CALUMET — The project of installing a new heating plant in the Calumet Theatre building took several strides in the past couple of weeks, with an estimated completion date now in sight. The old boiler, visible in the photograph, At the Annual Calumet Theatre Company Members’ meeting on ...