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 Rewind: Jarrod West Looks...

EDITOR'S NOTE I: It was 25 years ago on Wednesday that Jarrod West made a shot that will forever keep his name et...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Time Travel: A Look at Maple Lake from 1...

This body of water look familiar? This is a photo from 1940 of Maple Lake and for anyone who has driven through the d...

Posted by Dick Duez
It's Happening: A Tale of Two Amazing Fu...

There are so many great things going on in our community and I want to touch on a couple of them in today’s blog...

Posted by Julie Perine
ToquiNotes: Recalling a Forgotten Anchor...

I talk a lot in this blog about former businesses for a walk down memory lane. One of the main areas I focus on is the...

Posted by Jeff Toquinto
Off the Shelf: Seed Library Coming Soon ...

Have you heard the term seed library before? Seed libraries have been around for a while, cropping up in both public a...

Posted by Savanna Draper
The Grapevine: Little Bit of This and a ...

I guess if we had to title this column it would be a “little bit of this and that.” Last week found me bus...

Posted by Rosalyn Queen
Why Bridgeport? A Look at Economic Diver...

Since childhood, you have probably heard the adage, “Don’t put all your eggs in one basket.” This time-tested wisdom c...

Posted by Jon Griffith
Beneath the Jacket with the Bridgeport F...

Editor's Note: Connect-Bridgeport would like to welcome this new blog by The Bri...

Posted by Miyah Swiger