Taylor Swift’s “The Eras Tour” Concert Film Captures the Magic of Her Record-Breaking Live Spectacle

Taylor Swift's "The Eras Tour" Concert Film Captures the Magic of Her Record-Breaking Live Spectacle

The Pitch: It’s perhaps the easiest sell of all time: What would happen if we took an enormous, record-breaking, joyfully communal tour, professionally recorded it, and tossed it in theaters? Taylor Swift is a mastermind, […]

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band review – there’s still magic in the night | Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen at Murrayfield.

“As you get older,” notes Bruce Springsteen wryly, “death gives you pause to think.” The singer and his 17-strong band are being held briefly at the halfway mark of a nearly three-hour set that segues […]

Exploring the Magic of EDC Las Vegas 2023

kinetic field main stage at edc las vegas 2023

Photo Credit: Insomniac Events From May 19th through May 21st, drawing over 525,000 attendees from around the world to EDC Las Vegas, Insomniac celebrated its 30th anniversary, solidifying its reputation as a leader in the […]

‘Our children will know who we were by our vinyl’: the magic and mayhem of running a record shop | Record Store Day

Dave’s co-workers Jack and Aidan.

As a teenager in Leeds in the 1980s, the centre of my universe was Jumbo Records. I bought all my New Order and Smiths singles there. The tiny unit in the Merrion Centre shopping precinct […]

Damon Lindelof’s Peacock show Mrs. Davis asks: Can an AI be magic?

Betty Gilpin as Sister Simone holding a jar of jam in Mrs. Davis.

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indiscernible from magic.” Arthur C. Clarke, the acclaimed sci-fi author of Childhood’s End who is perhaps best known for his screenplay (and later novelization) for Stanley Kubrick’s epic sci-fi drama […]

Channing Tatum Earned His Highest Career Payday From “Red Shirt” (Outside Of Magic Mike)

Channing Tatum Earned His Highest Career Payday From "Red Shirt" (Outside Of Magic Mike)

There’s an old adage in Hollywood (and any creative field, really) to write what you know. Before he became a globally known actor, Channing Tatum was a male stripper in Tampa. Years later, he thought […]

Matthew McConaughey’s ‘Magic Mike’ Performance Was Perfect

Matthew McConaughey in Magic Mike

It’s always bugged me that Matthew McConaughey had to play a rodeo cowboy dying of AIDS in Dallas Buyers Club to win an Oscar, when he’d already given one of the defining performances of an […]