I'm Eric Rezsnyak, Features Editor at City Newspaper. I oversee all of the Arts & Entertainment content (Dining, Music, Art, Theater, Dance, Classical Music, Movies, Events), and I'm also in charge of this website. If you have any questions or concern
Check them out at City's Entertainment Blog, which you can access right here.
And you can find them here and here, respectively.
And you can read it by clicking beta.rochestercitynewspaper.com/entertainment/blog/Heroes-A-sharp-dressed-serial-killer/.
And you can check it out right here. Can't someone please punch Kenley in the groin?
My blog on last night's "Top Model" is now live on City's main website. You can check out all the makeover fun here.
Check out City Newspaper's Entertainment Blog for my take on the latest drag-tastic episode of "Project Runway." (I would put a link in here, but I can't do that as of yet.)
COMICS: Notes from the Pull List (8/20/08)
Final Crisis: Legion of 3 Worlds #1 (of 5)
By Geoff Johns (writer) and George Perez (artist)
DC Comics
I have been waiting for this for MONTHS. While Final Crisis itself has been an incredibly mixed bag, and I’ve ignored almost all of its...
So this is some bullshit.
Hasbro has updated the nearly 50-year-old board game, Clue. The new version, which will come out this fall, will give each of the standard characters -- Mr. Green, Professor Plum, Col. Mustard, Mrs. Peacock, Ms. Scarlet, and Ms. White -- first names and biographies...
I thought that the anticipation for Cycle 11 couldn't get any greater. But I was wrong. Last week, when the CW unveiled the 14 new girls vying to lick Tyra's shiny bootheels, the bomb dropped that there were in fact only 13 girls among them -- one of the contestants was born a male. Isis, who...
A couple months ago I meant to post on City's Entertainment Blog about my pick for jam of the Summer 08, Estelle's "American Boy" (featuring Diddy). I didn't, but I was right: the song is currently No. 6 on iTunes' Top 100 chart. So there.
Thing is, I typically have really crappy taste in...
Eddie: Thank you for the comment. We were literally JUST talking about how we are going to this year's celebration to get new photos because we have run this shot the past several years. Suffice it to say, we will have new photos from the event after this weekend.
Jay: We are working on getting a definitive answer on that. The Chow Hound went by yesterday at lunch and all lights were off, nobody was inside, but no sign was on the door indicating that it was out of business. The phone number is disconnected. The weird thing is, we spoke to the restaurant as recently as December 16, and there was no mention of any trouble. We will keep our readers updated as we find out more information.
Rene, I completely agree. I thought the concert overall was good -- very impressed by Skylar Grey and Joe Jonas (shockingly), and thought Patrick Stump was clearly talented but marred by bad sound mixing. But I thought it was really unfortunate/unconscionable that the promoters allowed that show to run as long as it did, on a school night, when a huge chunk of the crowd were kids under 10 waiting for Big Time Rush to take the stage. I understand that their hands were partially tied, since BTR was the headliner, and contractually probably had to go last. But the fact that 20-30 minutes passed between each act with basically nothing happening on stage -- not even set up/tear down that we could see -- and the fact that there were five or six acts...someone should have had the brains to realize that this was going to be a problem. My niece had been waiting very patiently all night for Big Time Rush. The only band she wanted to see (though she enjoyed several others). By the time they got on stage she was falling asleep in her seat. We had to take her out while BTR was still performing, just shy of 10:30 p.m., because the poor thing was totally out of it. I'm so disappointed for her. Really poor planning on the part of the promoters.
Katherine and Alex: Not to worry, City is not abandoning its commitment to serious food criticism. This was a one-off cover story -- something totally different that follows a different facet of food and dining in Rochester -- but our Dining section will continue to feature food and restaurant news in the Chow Hound columns as well as restaurant reviews by James Leach. In fact, one appeared in the very same issue as the food-challenges piece. You can find that review here: www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/restaurants/articles/2011/11/RESTAURANT-REVIEW-Istanbul-Market/
Anonymous: You're entitled to your opinion, but I need to make clear that there is no bias involved with these reviews. There is absolutely no money changing hands, and I can say with total honesty that I don't know anyone involved with this production on a personal level. I enjoyed the show, that's all. I found it charming and filled with lovely performances.
Chris: There are no shenanigans. I'll clarify this again, since there always seems to be confusion about this. The readers' poll results are determined exclusively by popular vote. City Newspaper has zero say in the matter. The Final 4 choices were determined by the open-ended Primary Ballot, which ran online in September and received thousands of responses; people could write in whatever they pleased in the 100 categories. The top local choices from the Primary Ballot became the Final Ballot, which ran in print and online during most of October and received more than double the number of votes as the Primary Ballot. All we do is tally up the votes, and we watch for ballot stuffing and suspect ballots very closely.
City realizes that people don't always agree with some of the decisions (frankly, WE don't always agree with them). But this is simply how the people who took the survey voted. I'm glad that people are taking the opportunity to put their thoughts on the best of Rochester in the comments on these articles. But please do not allege some kind of conspiracy or shenanigans. We work very hard to make sure the balloting is as ethical as possible.
Chris: There are no shenanigans. I'll clarify this again, since there always seems to be confusion about this. The readers' poll results are determined exclusively by popular vote. City Newspaper has zero say in the matter. The Final 4 choices were determined by the open-ended Primary Ballot, which ran online in September and received thousands of responses; people could write in whatever they pleased in the 100 categories. The top local choices from the Primary Ballot became the Final Ballot, which ran in print and online during most of October and received more than double the number of votes as the Primary Ballot. All we do is tally up the votes, and we watch for ballot stuffing and suspect ballots very closely.
City realizes that people don't always agree with some of the decisions (frankly, WE don't always agree with them). But this is simply how the people who took the survey voted. I'm glad that people are taking the opportunity to put their thoughts on the best of Rochester in the comments on these articles. But please do not allege some kind of conspiracy or shenanigans. We work very hard to make sure the balloting is as ethical as possible.
Tim: There is absolutely no favortism showed to anyone during the Best Of readers' poll. We take this very seriously -- what you see are the results of the readers votes, and we watch for ballot stuffing and discount any suspect ballots. We do not share actual voting numbers because, frankly, we do not think that's fair to the third- and fourth-place finishers. There's no conspiracy here. This is how the people vote, plain and simple.
Note to Mr. Teeter and Dr. Brownstein: While we appreciate you taking the time to comment on this article, we do not want the thread devolve into a he-said-she-said dialogue between two parties. If you want to make points regarding the article itself, feel free (keeping in mind our standards for libel and harassment). But if you're merely responding to each other's arguments, we would ask that you do so directly.
Joelle: RocWiki lists it as closed. We will drive down there to verify as soon as possible. The phone number is definitely disconnected.
As Dayna's editor, I would like to thank both of you for your comments (and Sally was right, it was an attempt at a joke that didn't quite work), and also commend you both for bringing this to our attention on -- I kid you not -- National Grammar Day. Kudos.
Kaybee: Just a note, City Newspaper has never reviewed Casa Moreno. The text above -- and the linked article it is derived from -- is merely intended to be a description of the restaurant. The Chow Hound column is not meant to be critical, it is meant to deliver food and restaurant news, to let our readers know about changes to the local dining scene. For actual reviews, please see the articles that are explicitly noted "RESTAURANT REVIEW." They alternate with Chow Hound in the weekly Dining column space.
Dear J: Don't think so; just called the number and spoke to one of the waitresses.
As someone who has read comics -- including Batman comics -- for more than 20 years, I found Ledger's portrayal of the Joker to be very consistent with some of the more modern takes on the character. The criticism that he didn't display any of his trademark humor really just points to a lack of understanding about the character: the Joker isn't supposed to be funny. He's supposed to be insane, an agent of chaos, which is what makes him a perfect foil for the equally mentally disturbed Batman, whose is relentless in his quest is to impose order. The gags that were the hallmark of the character in portrayals ranging from Cesar Romero to Jack Nicholson have no place in a post-modern, post-ironic context, which is absolutely what Nolan and company were going for (and, I would argue, achieved). The Joker in "Dark Knight" isn't meant to be silly or campy. He's there to represent something Batman can't hope to ever truly stop: someone who destroys without reason, whose only point in life is to f**k stuff up because he's f**ked up.
As for why Batman just doesn't kill him and get it over with, that's something comic fans have been asking for decades. The answer is fairly simple: Batman is a hero, and heroes don't kill. Of course, that has become ethically harder to swallow as the Joker (and countless other villains) have escaped time and again to terrorize the innocents of Gotham, and Batman's inability to put a permanent stop to their rampages makes him arguably complicit in their crimes. But therein lies the great internal struggle, which has allowed this character -- and others like him -- to continue a successful serialized career for more than 60 years now.
It's not the most original horror film set-up, but I thought it pulled off its conceit nicely. There were some decent jumpy moments, and also some unintentionally hilarious spots where the whole theater was bursting into fits of nervous laughter. The exposition parts were a bit clunky, but I appreciated the effort to explain what exactly was going on, and what caused it, versus "Clovefield," where it was just, "It's a monster, and it's destroying Manhattan, deal with it."
I love the Cherry Bomb sauce; I'll eat it on almost anything. The fried pickles taste better than they sound. If you're on a diet, they have some legitimately healthy (ish) dishes. And it's a good place to take kids.
Incredibly cute little sandwich shop in the South Wedge; the whole presentation is very chic. I had the tuna melt, and the tuna salad -- oil based rather than mayo -- was scrumptious. The extra-thick toast it was on was overcooked, and honestly was way too much for the salad on top of it, but the presentation was lovely. The ginger carrots are an exciting, tasty side. The half moon/chocolate chip cookies peeking out from the bakery case were awfully tempting, but I resisted. I've been craving them since.
I'm surprised this got such a high rating on IMDB. Everyone I know -- including myself -- has been kind of disappointed by this movie. The performances are good, but it's not a particularly entertaining film. There are absolutely no likable characters, except for Brad Pitt's character, who was more puppy than man. I walked out of the theater feeling nothing but the filmmakers' almost palpable disdain for America, and its citizens. And that's fine, but...not exactly a movie that made we want to rush out and see it again.
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So I missed the only interesting thing to happen all night? Amazing. Thank you for adding that, Clifton! Tonight I'll be watching live so we shouldn't have any DVR mishaps...