Good Fortune Delivers Laughs, Wings, and a Little Grace

Good Fortune Delivers Laughs, Wings, and a Little Grace

Good Fortune ★ ★ ★ Good Fortune is written and directed by comedian Aziz Ansari, who also stars as down-on-his-luck Arj. Ansari explores a concept similar to Trading Places where a Wall Street commodities broker named Louis (Dan Aykroyd) trades places with a street...
Black Phone 2 Rings Twice, Still Terrifies

Black Phone 2 Rings Twice, Still Terrifies

Black Phone 2 ★ ★ ★ Black Phone 2 is a throwback to 1980s horror, calling up a new kind of terror that fuses the nightmares of A Nightmare on Elm Street with the brutality of Friday the 13th. While both are arguably slasher films, here we’re treated to a far more...
The Fox Den Blends Craft, Comfort, and Community

The Fox Den Blends Craft, Comfort, and Community

The Fox Den opened August 15th at 4916 Underwood Avenue, replacing La Bó just downstairs from Ooh De Lally. To be fair, it’s more of a refinement than a replacement. Where La Bó was a small-plate, tapas-inspired bar, The Fox Den is focused on approachable, elevated...
Tron: Ares Uploads Ambition, Deletes Emotion

Tron: Ares Uploads Ambition, Deletes Emotion

Tron: Ares ★ ★ ½ Tron: Ares, the latest in Disney’s neon-lit series, once again zaps users into The Grid—a sleek, digital battleground where light trails and nostalgia collide. It’s the second sequel and we’re familiar with the premise—yet we’re given a convoluted,...
Roofman Drops in on an Out of Reach Ordinary Life

Roofman Drops in on an Out of Reach Ordinary Life

Roofman ★ ★ ★ ½ Roofman is based on the true story of Jeffrey “Jeff” Manchester, a Charlotte, N.C., man who notoriously robbed an unknown number of McDonald’s and other fast-food restaurants by breaking in through the roof. As an underemployed, divorced Navy veteran...