Christmas in character
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Better than classic Christmas movies are the Christmas episodes from the TV shows we know and love. Beloved characters reveal their holiday hang-ups, gatherings force …
Category: Movie Reviews
Local cinema keeps rolling
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Eric Plummer feels at home in a movie theater.
The man behind the newly revamped Sandpoint Cinemas — formerly known as the Bonner Mall Cinemas …
The Mank-ing of Citizen Kane
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Movies about movies being written by writers — much less writing a review of such a movie — risks plunging viewers and readers alike into …
British TV therapy
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
As George Bernard Shaw quipped, “The British and the Americans are two great peoples divided by a common tongue.” Yet, the official …
The best Thanksgiving dinner scenes in film
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Unlike many Christmas- themed films, movies with Thanksgiving scenes often portray this holiday with a bit more realism; or, in the absence of realism, pointed …
Grand mastery
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
When a lot of people like something, it’s typically wise to give it a wide berth until evidence suggests otherwise. Suffice to say, succumbing to …
The making of Ziggy Stardust
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
David Bowie is firmly cemented in music history as a worldwide rock icon who pushed the limits and dared to be exactly who he wanted …
‘A different way for the water to be for a little while’
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
If there ever was a show that succeeded in tackling the great intangible of the afterlife with equal parts comedy and pathos, The Good Place…
‘Hillbilly Elegy’
By Ben Olson
Reader Staff
Our fellow countrymen have always had a tumultuous relationship with the American Dream. Serving as a national ethos of the United States, the American Dream …
‘The Mandolorian’ Season 2 hits Disney+
By Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
It’s already well established that The Mandalorian is a better addition to the Star Wars universe than the prequel trilogy, the standalone Solo film and …
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