Diversions

Here in the Valley, the Dairy Queen stays open all year ‘round.

Proud though I am to be a founding member of Phoenix Film Critics Society, the Society’s choices for Best Picture are not always the same as mine.

So, how much has being an attorney helped Dave Fuller in his new pursuit, that of improv comedy actor?

There are countless well-loved Christmas movies, but Thanksgiving movies are a rarity.

Sometimes it’s a talking white rabbit, sometimes it’s a disaster victim. When you’re a costume designer, you can just never be sure who you’ll be asked to dress next.

The Martian — As in 1964’s excellent Robinson Crusoe on Mars, Ridley Scott’s latest maroons an American astronaut on the Red Planet and lets him figure out how to stay alive.

A trip to India—or, as E M. Forster would have called it, a passage to India—is an expensive proposition for most of us.

The academic year is well underway, and if your kids are having a hard time adjusting to their school, maybe they need a taste of Wayside School to put things in perspective.