When Kincaid (Samuel L. Jackson), the killer from The Hitman's Bodyguard, is kidnapped, the rescuer his wife (Salma Hayek) picks is Bryce (Ryan Reynolds), the bodyguard he hates. There are far more misfires than...
In the adaptation of the Broadway hit with music by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the main characters love...
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
The eighth movie in the Conjuring universe is essentially a stand-alone film, though it doesn't...
In the future America where the slightest sound can attract killer aliens, Evelyn (Emily Blunt)...
Critics' Picks
It’s time for a better awards show than the Golden Globes
Nearly every year when the Golden Globes came bounding through Hollywood, I would remind folks they were basically a joke. Just a smattering of examples: - "Of all the awards shows, this is the stupidest - but they treat it...
Stage
Best of Olympia 2019: Harlequin Productions and Olympia Family Theater
It's a tie. And rightfully so, because the theaters our readers chose as best in Olympia are two very different theaters that appeal to different audiences (with significant overlap), and they are each excellent in what they do -- easily equal in...
Arts
Best of Olympia 2019: Elizabeth Lord
It's not Elizabeth Lord's first time receiving accolades from Weekly Volcano readers, having won the title of Best Actress multiple times. This does mark the first instance, though, where she's also laying claim to Arts Scene MVP. It only makes...
Stage
Best of Olympia 2019: Jen and Ted Ryle
Last year, Olympia Family Theater was recognized with an Excellence in the Arts Award in a gala at The Washington Center for the Performing Arts. This year, we choose the amazing couple behind the success of OFT as our Best Theater Couple: Jen...
Stage
Best of Olympia 2019: Unloaded Comedy
A 2012 survey by the New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services and the Partnership at Drugfree.org found as many as 23.5 million Americans, about one in 10 adults, have at one time had difficulty regulating their use of...
It's not Elizabeth Lord's first time receiving accolades from Weekly Volcano readers, having won...
They might be plays and they might be short stories or works in progress, but whatever they are,...
It's a tie. And rightfully so, because the theaters our readers chose as best in Olympia are two...
When Chris Serface became managing artistic director of Tacoma Little Theatre (TLT) May 1, 2013,...
With the launch of McMenamins Elks Temple in May, downtown Tacoma saw the re-opening of a civic...