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Film critic and author of food, arts and culture stories for the Source Weekly since 2010.
It’s hard to imagine a more influential show than “Lost.” Maybe “The X-Files” was the first TV show people obsessed about on the internet, but “Lost” was the first that took the audience on such an unpredictable ride that the speculation between episodes and seasons became a huge part of the experience. The term “Mystery […]
This weekend I went to two movies that on the surface are both about aliens, but honestly could not have been more different. One is a blockbuster DC Comics movie, while the other is an absurdest arthouse genre bender, yet both are attempting to do different things with a genre that has been pretty stagnant […]
I‘m a theater kid — have been since I played Joseph for a Christmas play in Catholic school in the second grade. One thing any theater kid will tell you is that no matter how many musicals they love, there is one that stands above the rest… one where the first time you hear the […]
The first smash burger I ever had was at Blue Eyes Burgers and Fries, and I’m not sure I’ve had a better one since. There’s something special about your first smash burger that sticks with you, and Blue Eyes Manager Mekenzie Stearns tries to help me understand. “A smash burger is an alchemy of beef, […]
We live in a time where macaroni and cheese has become elevated, and I’m here for it. The dish has become a pub food staple, with each kitchen trying its own unique spin on the classic meal. That’s among the reasons there’s now an entire category for mac and cheese in this Best of Central […]
Not all smoothies are created equal; that’s why Mother’s Westside Juice Cafe has been a Central Oregon staple since 1999. What’s the secret to that level of longevity? The answer is “Great ingredients, consistency & love,” according to Executive Chef Renee Raymond. That makes sense since as long as I’ve been going to Mother’s, I […]
Schoolhouse Produce and Provisions doesn’t just provide organic produce, meats and all kinds of thoughtfully sourced grocery items, but with the Lunchbox, Schoolhouse’s in-house deli, it also provides Redmond’s Best Lunch. Owner Heidi Cook explains: “We are hoping that our customers think of us as a bit more than a produce store. We’d love to […]
I went to the movies this weekend specifically to watch and review, “The Last Voyage of the Demeter,” a new vampire flick based on “The Captain’s Log” chapter from Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.” The film is solid, if unremarkable, with a few good scares and a pretty disturbing design for Dracula himself, but there isn’t much more […]
I try not to describe movies along the lines of, “super fun if you just shut off your brain.” Sure, there are movies that exist solely to entertain without creating an internal dialogue about humanity or getting people to face their own mortality, but no film should treat its audience like they’re stupid. There’s something deeply […]
Cool, so what you’re telling me is that summer is half over, the SAG/AFTRA/WGA strike is still (rightly) going strong and that most of the movies set to release across the rest of this year are getting moved to next year, so pretty soon theaters might not have any new movies to show? Wow. I […]
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