Enquirer Prints Photo With Expletive
Confirming rumors that swirled for two days through media circles, The Enquirer’s top editor has written a memo outlining how some editions of Sunday’s newspaper included a photograph with the word “fuck” in it. Once editors learned about the photo, several thousand copies of the newspaper that hadn’t yet been distributed were trashed. The edition…
Earth Day Happenings
Sunny skies and warm breezes make April a pretty convenient month to celebrate Earth Day — it gets everyone in the celebration mood. Saturday, April 21 marks the worldwide celebration of Earth Day in an effort to promote environmental consciousness, spread awareness and cherish Earth's natural beauty among diverse populations 'round the globe. Following is…
Not Sarah Palin: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Makes an Intentionally Humorous ‘Veep’
Thanks to a certain Alaskan, woman’s journey to the White House will forever have an embarrassing footnote left over from the 2008 election. After countless women, from Eleanor Roosevelt to Hillary Clinton, fought for gender equality in politics, the woman who came closest to the presidency famously flubbed the story of Paul Revere. Thankfully, the…
Emery Theatre Back in Business
It's looking like the historic Emery Theatre on the border of Over-the-Rhine and Downtown is back in business as a full-time functioning venue. Bands like Magnolia Mountain and Pop Empire have been using the Theatre to film music video projects and, next Saturday (April 28), the Emery hosts the "Rock This Town" benefit concert for…
Breaking the Silence
“ I t takes two people to speak the truth: One to speak and another to hear.” – Henry David Thoreau Organizers of the annual Take Back the Night vigils and marches across the United States often cite the Thoreau quote as epitomizing one of the movement’s key principles. The power of speaking out, they…
Hearings Set for Bridge Input
Ohio and Kentucky transportation officials are seeking public comment on a proposal to build a $2.4 billion span to serve as a companion to the Brent Spence Bridge. To lessen traffic on the Brent Spence, which is over capacity, officials are recommending that a new double-deck bridge be built just west of the existing span.…
Ohio Will Resume Executions
Gov. John Kasich last week denied a request for clemency from Mark Wayne Wiles, who was convicted in 1986 of the murder of a 15-year-old boy in northeastern Ohio. Wiles was scheduled to be executed April 18, the day this issue is published, at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. According to the clemency…
Smale Riverfront Park Schedules Opening
After years of planning and construction, the first phase of a major park along Cincinnati’s riverfront will open next month. The Cincinnati Park Board will hold a grand opening ceremony for Phase I of the Smale Riverfront Park on May 18. It’s located along Mehring Way between Walnut Street and Joe Nuxhall Way downtown, near…
Addition of Wilkinson Adds Muscle to WVXU
WVXU’s decision to hire retiring Enquirer politics reporter Howard Wilkinson is the rare bright spot in the increasingly constricted world of local news gathering. Adding him to WVXU’s reporting staff scored a twofer for news director Maryanne Zeleznik. In addition to his sense of local and state politics, Howard is as passionate and knowledgable about the Reds.…
Canseco: ‘Global Warming Could’ve Saved Titanic’
When Jose Canseco last month offered his sincere concern over the world’s energy consumption and various global warming issues that have resulted, we at CityBeat were quick to report such thoughtful commentary. In a story titled “Ranking Jose Canseco’s Global Warming Tweets” we provided some background on the former Major League Baseball player/steroid user/author and…
‘Bully’ Shines a Cold, Harsh Light on Social Blindness
To say that we need to address the topic of bullying in our schools, communities and society at large should mean that the Weinstein Company’s efforts to drum up controversy (and publicity) surrounding their battle with the MPAA over the rating of Lee Hirsch’s documentary, Bully , have worked. Sadly, that is not the case.…
The Midwestern Thing
T hanks at least partially to our proximity to Appalachia, Greater Cincinnati has long had one of the finest Roots/Americana music scenes in the region. And the finest band from that impressive batch of artists right now is Magnolia Mountain, the band formed by Rock veteran and singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Mark Utley about five years ago. On…
Cincinnati vs. The World 4.17.12
Cincinnatian Jan Christian can speak for the first time in 35 years thanks to a miraculous larynx surgery at the Voice and Swallowing Center at the University of Cincinnati. Christian lost her voice in a car crash when she was 17. CINCINNATI +2 A British sperm bank founder that fraudulently used his own “goods” to…
Your Tuesday To Do List
Tuesdays mean Drinking Liberally — the progressive, informal social group sprung from Living Liberally. Join like-minded individuals at Clifton’s Fries Café (first and third Tuesdays; second and fourth Tuesdays at Dutch’s Bar and Bottle Shop) and talk current events, the upcoming election and other hot issues in a relaxed setting. Arrive by 7:45 p.m. to…
This Date in Music History: April 17
On this day in 1960, Rockabilly idol and Rock & Roll trailblazer Eddie Cochran died while on tour in the U.K. at the age of 21. On the night of April 16, Cochran was in a taxi when it blew a tire and crashed into a lamppost. Cochran was reportedly thrown from the vehicle when…
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Keith Moon and Tupac
[HOT] Class of 2012: Truancy Runs Rampant! Should Cleveland be offended that almost every major act being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame last weekend had at least one no show? The Ohio city is supposed to get the induction ceremony every three years now, but given how many honorees played hooky…
Bengals Have Options With Two First-Round Picks
It seems every mock draft out there — and there are a ton — knows exactly what the Bengals will do with their two first-round picks on April 26: The team will take a guard and a cornerback. They seem to be the two glaring needs, even though the team addressed their depth at the…
Rough Nostalgia
Hanni El Khatib’s world is a dangerous place. The San Francisco-raised Los Angeles resident prefers to fill his musical terrain with outlaw characters and disastrous circumstances. At least three of Khatib’s releases, including last September’s full-length debut Will the Guns Come Out, have covers adorned with the mangled remnants of car wrecks. His influences are…
Artists’ Personal Trails Converge at Phyllis Weston
You don’t know where some trails will lead. Roads diverge, loop, merge and meander. “I took the one less traveled by,” Robert Frost wrote, “and that has made all the difference.” Phyllis Weston Gallery presents Paper Trail as an opportunity “to explore the brilliant variety of paper as a medium.” But the medium really isn’t…
Birds, Photos and ‘Other Things’
I f you are an orderly person, your first stop on descending the stairs to see the current installations in the Weston Art Gallery’s lower rooms will be the tiny viewing area just to the right of the staircase. There, Clara Crockett’s “Theatre Lilliputiens,” five brief films with a total running time of 20 minutes,…
Event: Cincinnati Earth Day
This year’s 42nd Earth Day celebration, themed “One Earth, One Chance,” is hosted by the Greater Cincinnati Earth Coalition and the Environmental Protection Agency. The day is full of events for everyone and it wouldn’t be a party without great live music and mouth-watering food. More than 75 vendors offer earth-friendly products and educate the…
Art: Double Vision Art Gala and Auction
Visionaries + Voices is a Northside-based nonprofit organization that helps artists with disabilities find opportunities culturally, artistically and professionally. V+V is hosting its annual art auction gala, “Double Vision,” for the third year. The night includes a live auction featuring artwork that was created out of collaborations between V+V artists and Cincinnati-based artists. There will…
Morning News and Stuff
More than 17 months after the election occurred, officials finally are ready to count some disputed ballots in a race for a judicial seat on the Hamilton County Juvenile Court. A federal appeals court Monday upheld an earlier ruling that 286 provisional ballots should be tallied in the 2010 race between Democrat Tracie Hunter and…
Event: Double Talk 2012
Northern Kentucky's Vent Haven Museum is one of the city's most most fascinating and unusual ones — located in the outbuildings of a quiet Fort Mitchell side-street residence, it is devoted to the history of ventriloquism and contains figures (colloquially known as "dummies") and archival material pertaining to the long, proud history of throwing one's…
Music: Bad Veins
After catching a lot of national attention with its self-titled debut on Dangerbird Records in 2009, one of the best bands to come out of Cincinnati in the past couple of decades, the Indie Pop duo Bad Veins, is finally set to release its sophomore effort. Titled The Mess We’ve Made, the album is set…
Art: Selections from the International Drawing Annual
A colleague and I have a running debate about whether or not drawing is art. Its sounds almost heretical, I know, but he always makes a good point. “Drawing,” he says, “is a process. It’s the means by which artists explore the possibilities of establishing space. As a tool it is no more art than…
Art: Photographs of Reflection: William Messer in Monet’s Garden
What happens when a photographer takes black and white pictures in a painter's garden? William Messer's 20-year, off-and-on project in Monet's garden at Giverny presents his own vision of a place already known through the paintings it inspired, some of them currently on view at the Cincinnati Art Museum in Monet in Giverny: Landscapes of…
Onstage: Arcadia
Sir Tom Stoppard (he was knighted in 1997) might be our greatest living playwright. He’s still cranking out plays at the age of 75, but his acknowledged masterpiece is probably Arcadia, which is being staged by the drama program at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music this weekend. The witty play from 1993 veers back and forth…
Comedy: Jim Norton
Widely known as the third voice on the Opie and Anthony radio program on Sirius/XM satellite radio, Jim Norton never had a desire to be broadcaster. “I went up (to their studios) with Andrew Dice Clay when I was touring with him. Opie liked me and said I should come back, so I did. Slowly…
Event: Imagination Movers
It’s been an odd, but rewarding, journey for the Imagination Movers. They started in New Orleans with the idea of doing a kids show for the local PBS station there. As part of that project they became a band and wrote some songs. The TV show never came to fruition, but the band took off.…
The Kickaways Kick Off Kickstarter Drive
Rockin' Cincinnati group The Kickaways have taken to Kickstarter for some assistance in completing the band's sophomore long-player, currently titled Show Yr Teeth, the follow-up to the excellent (and free) debut LP, America! America! The Cincinnati Entertainment Awards' 2011 winners for Best Rock Band have songs at the ready and even picked out a studio…
Cowboy Junkies
Over the Rhine — the Cincinnati musical duo of husband-and-wife Linford Detweiler and Karin Bergquist — has a lot for which to thank the Cowboy Junkies. Hopefully they’ll get a chance to thank the Junkies when the latter is in town for a Tuesday night gig at 20th Century Theatre. The Junkies are here to…
I Just Can’t Get Enough
Meme-mania has officially ensued. Read: whenever South Park makes an episode about something, I start paying attention. A few weeks ago, "What _____ Thinks I Do/What I Really Do" took over the Internets like a pop culture wildfire (Spoiler Alert: No one thinks or cares about your boring job). Now, a Tumblr page created by…
Light Painting: Matt Treece’s Story
“Light painting and graffiti are very similar,” says Matt Treece, 23-year-old local photographer and light painter. “I realized this when I found myself hopping through a shattered first story window on the backside of an abandoned factory on the East Side at 2:30 a.m., alone, with my backpack on, creeping around in the darkness looking…
Music Tonight: Hope For Agoldensummer
Tonight downtown, Arnold's host a free show by Hope For Agoldensummer at 7 p.m. The Athens, Ga., ensemble has been making beautiful Indie Folk music for nearly a decade, winning numerous awards from their hometown scene's Flagpole and Creative Loafing papers — they've scored five Best Folk/Americana awards in just the past seven years. The…
This Date in Music History: April 16
On this day in 1973, Paul McCartney and Wings had their very own network TV special, James Paul McCartney. The variety/musical show was a bit cheeky and a bit sappy — in other words, pretty funny to watch now. Paul and Co. do a bunch a Beatles tunes and a bunch of Wings stuff, including…
Morning News and Stuff
The Enquirer ran a lengthy, glowing article over the weekend about the ongoing redevelopment of Over-the-Rhine and 3CDC's central role in helping it occur — all of which is well and good. But the piece, which contained more than 1,900 words, could only find space for 125 words critical of the effort and none at…
Film: The Hunter
Is there a more underappreciated American actor than Willem Dafoe? The 56-year-old Wisconsin native has been in more than 75 movies since his breakthrough roles in To Live and Die in LA and Platoon. Twenty-five years later he’s still making intriguing, wide-ranging choices — from an emotionally taxing ball-buster like Lars von Trier’s Antichrist to…
Reasons to be Pretty (Review)
I never feel good after seeing a play by Neil LaBute, who’s been termed everything from a “provocateur” to a “misanthrope.” That seems to be the reaction he seeks, churning out plays for two decades, about one a year, most of them are about people who are manipulative, crude, thoughtless and hurtful. Reasons to be…
Pump Boys & Dinettes (Review)
The philosophy expressed by good ol’ boy Jim (Brad Myers) about life at a roadside filling station and diner in rural North Carolina — where you can “Eat and Get Gas” — is simple: “Work won’t kill you, but worry will.” The Carnegie’s production of Pump Boys & Dinettes works hard to appear effortless, and…
Group Pushes for Ohio Tax Change
A nonpartisan think tank that advocates for poor and working class families is urging that Ohio adopt its own version of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). The group, Policy Matters Ohio, said a state version of the federal tax credit, set at 10 percent, would divert just $210 million from Ohio’s coffers…
Joel Henderson
Ric Hordinski’s name on any project or event is the musical version of the Good Housekeeping seal of approval. So it is with Joel Henderson’s release gig at Hordinski’s Monastery studio in Walnut Hills, a show that’s being recorded both aurally and visually for possible release as a DVD sometime down the line. (Please note:…
Cursive
Intermittently during the past decade and a half, guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Tim Kasher has served as the reeling ringmaster for the dark and wonderfully dysfunctional circus known as Cursive. A constantly fluctuating membership has resulted in Cursive’s fascinatingly malleable sound, from the Indie Rock gravity of 1997’s Such Blinding Stars for Starving Eyes to the denser and…
Sleepy Sun with White Hills
Sleepy Sun has evolved from precocious northern California Psychedelic upstarts to seasoned veterans in the time it takes some bands to inhale a single bong hit. Coalescing in 2008, the Santa Cruz, Calif., crew moved to their genre of choice’s creative and spiritual birthplace, San Francisco, and quickly dropped a pair of well-received albums —…
Movies In Question: ‘The Raven’ and ‘Stooges’
When I first saw the trailer to the upcoming John Cusack movie The Raven I wasn't quite sure what to think. At first, I was excited because it is a movie based on Edgar Allan Poe’s work, but I'm still skeptical. The English major side of me jumped for joy (but then remembered he was…
Your Weekend To Do List: 4/13-4/15
Happy Friday the 13th, Crystal Lake campers! Be sure to avoid shady, hockey-masked characters and remember, if you have sex, you die. Here's what's happening this weekend. Pop culture icon and Captain Kirk himself, William Shatner is in town for one night only this evening. Touring with his one-man show, Shatner's World: We Just Live…
Music Tonight: Sohio, The Hag and More
• Excellent local Indie Rock crew Sohio celebrates the birth of its new baby, the solid full-length Sonuminous, with a free release show/party at MOTR Pub tonight at 10 p.m. The album is an enjoyably eclectic release that features some of the finest Sohio songs yet, from Pixies-esque Indie Pop to New Wavy Rock and…
Couch Surfin’ Coachella 2012
You can get naked and wasted while checking out the music at this weekend's Coachella festival in California and not worry about footage of it being posted on YouTube by — irony alert! — watching the performers live from the festival on YouTube. The webcast kicks off today (in about six hours) through the Coachella…
This Date in Music History: April 13
On this day in 2004, Frank Black, Kim Deal, Joey Santiago and David Lovering put their differences aside to honor their legacy and make a shit-ton of cash, reuniting for a Pixies reunion tour that recently completed its seventh year. The first show back was at Minneapolis' Fine Line Cafe, where they opened with "Bone…
Stage Door: Shatner, CSC and ‘Bloody Bloody’
I’m not a big fan of playwright Neil LaBute, whose characters tend to be misogynistic, shallow and selfish. That’s the case with reasons to be pretty at New Edgecliff Theatre, which I saw last night. It’s in the same vein as other LaBute scripts, with a semi-sensitive guy who gets lost in being a man,…
Morning News and Stuff
A major roundup of people suspected of committing violent crimes in Cincinnati continues today. On Thursday, police announced they had arrested 30 people and confiscated more than 200 guns in raids in neighborhoods including Avondale, Madisonville, Price Hill, Walnut Hills and elsewhere. Cincinnati police are being assisted in the effort by the Bureau of Alcohol,…
Public Budget Talks to Begin Next Week
Want to offer your two-cents on how the city of Cincinnati's 2012-13 budget should be structured? City leaders want to hear it, too. Beginning next week, there will be a series of open discussions in which citizens can voice their greatest concerns as they relate to the development of the city's newest budget plan. There…
Another State Ends the Death Penalty
Connecticut will soon join the list of states that have ended the use of capital punishment. In an 86-63 vote, legislators in Connecticut’s House of Representatives passed the bill Wednesday night. The state Senate approved the measure April 5, in a 20-16 vote. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy, a Democrat, has indicated he will…
Magnolia Mountain Readies New Album, Video
Local Roots supergroup Magnolia Mountain is gearing up for the release show for its new album, Town and Country, on April 20 at the new Ballroom at the Taft Theater. You can purchase advanced tickets here for the show, which will feature special guests Tom Evanchuck And The Old Money, Jeremy Pinnell And The 55’s…
Your Thursday To Do List
Tonight our sister publication A-Line Magazine hosts The Pet Event at Red Dog Pet Resort and Spa. If you fell in love with A-Line's April Pet Issue and all the adorable critters inside, tonight's your chance to meet them! The winners of A-Line's cute pet contest will be around, along with Louise Labrie of Nationwide,…
Music Tonight: Graham Parker, U.S. Royalty and More
British rocker Graham Parker comes to Oakley's 20th Century Theater tonight for a "duo" show with keyboardist Bob Andrews, an original member of Parker's ’70s backing band, The Rumour. (Click here to read Gregory Gaston's show preview for CityBeat.) Opening the concert at 8 p.m. is Brigitte DeMeyer, an up-and-coming independent Country/Roots singer/songwriter. Tickets for…
This Date in Music History: April 12
On this day in 1975, pioneering singer/actress/dancer/civil rights activist/spy Josephine Baker passed away at the age of 68. She died just a few days after a retrospective performance at the Bobino in Paris celebrating her 50 years in show biz. Jackie O, Princess Grace and Prince Rainier funded the show and opening night featured a…
Morning News and Stuff
It took awhile, but it's finally out. Firefighters battled a huge blaze at Rumpke's recycling plant in St. Bernard for 26 hours, finally clearing the scene around 8 p.m. Wednesday. In all, 150 firefighters from 10 departments responded to the fire at the massive Vine Street facility. Officials think a truckload of recyclables contained something…
‘This American Life’ to Be Broadcast Live
"I don't really like This American Life or Ira Glass," said no one. The weekly, true storytelling public radio show with its quirky, adorable host seriously has something for everyone — timely topics, laugh-out-loud (or cry-out-loud) anecdotes, thoughtful insight. TAL even got my stubborn, conservative father to listen to NPR on a regular basis. So…
Kasich Denies Clemency For Mark Wayne Wiles
Gov. John Kasich today denied a request for executive clemency from Mark Wayne Wiles, who was convicted in 1986 of the murder of 15-year-old Mark Klima in the northeast Ohio township of Rootstown. Wiles is scheduled to be executed April 18 at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville. According to the clemency report, members…
George Zimmerman to Be Charged
Justice could be on its way for slain teenager Trayvon Martin, who was shot and killed by neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman on Feb. 26 in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman, who said he was acting in self-defense on the incorrect assumption that Martin was armed, has since dodged legal charges on the basis of Florida's controversial…
Marijuana Group to Hold Forum
A retired Cincinnati police captain will be among the speakers Thursday at a local event about legalizing the medicinal use of marijuana in Ohio. Howard Rahtz, who retired from the Cincinnati Police Department in 2007, will speak at a forum organized by the Ohio Medical Cannabis Association (OMCA). The group is trying to collect…
Your Wednesday To Do List
Happy Eight Track Tape and Barbershop Quartet Day! That's right, April 11 is designated as a celebratory day for the clunky cassette ancestor, as well as the harmonizing foursome. Anyone who actually owns an eight track featuring a barbershop quartet: Send a photo in! The Over-the-Rhine Brewery District Community Urban Redevelopment Corporation is a non-profit…
View Renderings of Cincinnati Streetcar
Mayor Mark Mallory last night announced during his State of the City address that the city has chosen the model and vendor for the first batch of streetcars. The mayor's office today released details about the vendor, along with renderings of the streetcars Cincinnatians can expect to see traversing the 4-mile loop that will cover…
This Date in Music History: April 11
Thirty five years ago today, the original Apple Computer — now called Apple I — was introduced. This week it was revealed that Apple's market value hit $600 billion. Only one other company — Microsoft — has ever reached that value level (it's now back down to a paltry $255 billion, according to the Associated…
The Helicopter Is Back!
Anyone who misses the days of Eric “The Helicopter” Hicks jamming on people’s heads for the University of Cincinnati basketball team will have a chance to see Hicks suit up for another local team later this month, but this time he’ll be playing football. Hicks signed a one-day contract to play in the Cincinnati Commandos…
The Afghan Whigs To Play Lollapalooza
One of Cincinnati's all-time greatest bands, The Afghan Whigs, have announced numerous overseas dates on its forthcoming reunion tour, but the only U.S. show announced was the Sept. 22 concert headlining the Greg Dulli co-curated "I'll Be Your Mirror" event in Asbury Park, NJ. Today, another American show was announced with the release of the…
Seelbach to Introduce Motion to Repeal Pit Bull Ban
City Councilman Chris Seelbach plans to draft a motion that will take out breed-discriminatory language targeting pit bulls and harshen punishments for negligent owners in Cincinnati. Seelbach on April 9 tweeted, “Taking first steps to repeal Pit Bull ban in Cincinnati. Will have motion drafted for Council signatures later this week.” Seelbach told CityBeat that…
Kearney’s Bill Would Toughen Penalties For Shootings
In response to a rash of shootings in Cincinnati’s Avondale neighborhood, a state lawmaker has proposed tougher penalties for anyone who discharges a firearm while committing a criminal offense that results in the injury or death of a child. State Sen. Eric Kearney (D-North Avondale) has introduced a bill that, if passed, would add an…
Judge Allows More Executions
Ohio can now resume carrying out executions for the first time since November 2011, after a ruling last week from U.S. District Judge Gregory Frost of Newark. In January, Frost halted the Ohio execution of condemned murderer Charles Lorraine in light of several slip-ups by the state in following its own execution protocol. On Feb.…
Morning News and Stuff
“Accentuate the positive” has always been Cincinnati Mayor Mark Mallory's motto when giving his annual State of the City address, and Tuesday night's speech was no different. Mallory talked about the new development in Over-the-Rhine and The Banks riverfront district, adding that type of vision for the future must continue. The mayor also said city…
Where My Ladies At
Background on CityBeat’s women in Cincinnati Hip Hop project If we don’t acknowledge each other as women, then who will? Five years ago, I told CityBeat Music Editor Mike Breen that I wanted to try to round some women together for a Hip Hop cover story, and he was very receptive to the idea…
April 4-10: Worst Week Ever!
WEDNESDAY APRIL 4 Since 2005, residents of Fort Thomas, Ky., haven’t been allowed to use bows and arrows. This is likely to change after a council meeting today in which members discussed the hypocrisy of living in a place referred to as a “fort” without being able to use all of the weapons that were…
Realistic Female Humor Champions Lena Dunham’s ‘Girls’
A group of young women balance life, love and work as they try to make their mark on New York City. Sound familiar? It’s the basis for countless books, films and TV shows, most notable of the bunch being Sex and the City, HBO’s successful series based on Candace Bushnell’s books. But where Carrie and…
Class Is In Session at School of Rock Mason
The latest edition of the School of Rock franchise — which has 80 other schools for young, aspiring Rock musicians in the U.S. and Mexico — opens this weekend in Mason. Like the other facilities, School of Rock Mason provides lessons for students ages 7-18, including the chance to play real venues in front of…
U.S. Is Too Eager to Kill its Own Citizens
S ome people believe in a feel-good theory that’s known as “American exceptionalism.” It holds that the United States is unique among nations in its regard for liberty and egalitarianism, and is destined for great things due to the defining characteristics of its hard-working, freedom-loving people. Here’s how the theory was described in the introduction…
The Bites of Spring
Early spring has us all outdoors, exploring gardens, ballparks and eateries. If you’re not drifting through the daffodils or noshing on an outrageous hot dog topped with baked beans, Fritos, French-fried onions and cheese at the Machine Room Grille at Great American Ball Park, you should be exploring one of the following shiny new dining…
An Unadulterated Kick to the Heart of Action Fans
Midnight Madness swept the Toronto International Film Festival last year and the clear winners were the audiences who saw The Raid: Redemption, the martial arts actioner from writer-director Gareth Evans. The Raid introduces Rama (Iko Uwais), a rookie SWAT team officer prepping for his first full-scale assignment, an early morning raid on an apartment building…
