Movie Review

Posted on May 02, 2016

As far as filmmaking goes, it's a deadest rule that you never want to put style over substance. Syrup is delicious...

Posted on April 10, 2016

In the last couple of years, the DC Cinematic Universe has been on the painful side of a serious butt whooping. While Batm...

Posted on February 21, 2016

There are a lot of phrases that can be used to describe The Witch: horrifying, hideous, cruel, masterful. But there&rs...

Posted on January 16, 2016

A long time ago in galaxy far far away…. thus begins Star Wars: The Force Awakens, arguably the single most ant...

Posted on December 18, 2015

There are very few legends, ghost stories, and folk tales that haven't been mined for material by now, making it a...

Posted on December 10, 2015

It's been 40 years since Rocky Balboa first stepped into the ring, creating what is almost certainly the greatest...

Posted on November 23, 2015

Can we all just pause for a moment and realize how nuts is that Spectre is the 24th film in the James Bond franchise? ...

Posted on October 15, 2015

Cinema has a long history of making movies with poor suckers getting stuck in unfortunate places. 127 Hours had...

Posted on September 20, 2015

In recent years, M. Night Shyamalan has become a bit of a joke. After the three-part career suicide that was The Happe...

Posted on September 05, 2015

The Last House on the Left. Scream. The Serpent and the Rainbow. A Nightmare on Elm Street-- all masterpieces by Wes...

Posted on August 30, 2015

Sinister 2 has, at least momentarily, messed me up. There are two scenes that I know for a fact, I'm not getting o...

Posted on August 15, 2015

Sometimes, what could be considered an average film at best is made significantly better by a small factor. Maybe it&r...

Posted on August 08, 2015

"Resurrection of F" might just be the perfect Dragon Ball film. A love letter to every boy who grew up watching...

Posted on July 31, 2015

If I had to put a bet on any Marvel film to come out a failure, it would’ve been Ant-Man. Directorial conflicts,...

Posted on June 19, 2015

Inside Out is an exceedingly rare kind of film, one that only comes out once or twice a decade. Like Almost Famous, It...

From the Bench: After Nearly 50 Years in...

Back in June of 2018, I wrote about Bridgeport Middle School’s Art Petitto stepping down from the teaching ranks...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: The "Old" Bridgeport Dairy ...

Who remembers when the Dairy Queen was located on the opposite side of Main Street? This is before it became the Brid...

Posted by Dick Duez
It's Happening: Why Come Home to NCWV fo...

Why come home to North Central West Virginia for Christmas? There is a long list of reasons - and they are all on the...

Posted by Julie Perine
Off the Shelf: Missing Library during Th...

Although the Bridgeport Public Library will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday beginning on Thursday, November 24t...

Posted by Savanna Draper
ToquiNotes: Recalling Life of Bridgeport...

A few times in this very blog, I have talked about individuals who are responsible for the growth and prosperity the C...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
The Grapevine: Thanksgiving to Give Way ...

When approaching you friends or neighbors home and the smell of raisins, nuts, orange peel, cinnamon and wine surround...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
Why Bridgeport? Introduction to an Occas...

Editor's Note: This is the first of several blog that will show up at random intervals on Connect-Bridgeport that are writ...

Posted by Jon Griffith