BY SCOTT CHITWOOD Kubo and the Two Strings has impressive stop-motion animation, a fun voice cast, and a story that will draw in people that like Hayao Miyazaki films, but a slow pace and dreamy tone may lull audiences to sleep while dragging it down overall. Story: Long ago in ancient Japan, Kubo and his
By Joshua Starnes ON August 17, 2016 It’s hard to say exactly which is the most frustrating aspect of Ben-Hur; the catalog of terrible decisions on display or the good choices all those bad ideas cover up. Quiet when it should be loud, loud when it should be quiet, the newest version of Lew Wallace’s
With less than 2 weeks before the festivities begin, August 2016 Omaha Fashion Week is approaching quickly! Deemed the Midwest Premiere Fashion Event, Omaha Fashion Week is a glamorous red carpet event for a good cause and it’s just about that time again. OFW is celebrating nine years in 2016! During that time, Fashion Week has grown
9652 Mockingbird DriveOmaha NE 68124402 592 3230 Here goes nothing There’s pretty much not a day that goes by where I’m not asked if I’ve ever have tried the wings at (fill in the blank). Sometimes I have, and sometimes I add it to my “Places I’ll eventually get to when I’m not being a
9:00 AM PDT 8/2/2016 by Todd McCarthy Director David Ayer (‘Fury’) brings his eagerly awaited DC Comics-based action noir to the screen, with Will Smith, Margot Robbie, Jared Leto and Viola Davis starring. A puzzlingly confused undertaking that never becomes as cool as it thinks it is, Suicide Squad assembles an all-star team of supervillains
By Joshua Starnes ON July 28, 2016 William Goldman famously said of Hollywood “no one knows nothing;” the creators of successful films are frequently just as clueless as to why their films succeeded as the creators of failures. The only strategy for dealing with this problem is, when success is stumbled over, to repeat, repeat,
Well, that was only five-ish months since my last HitThatDive post. It’s not that I got lazy (but I am), I just didn’t seem to have the same internal fire to yammer on as I did at one point. July 22nd was the six-year “anniversary” of HitThatDive, and reading back through some of the old
In light of recent national events, the Omaha community has come together to find common ground. Just over a week ago, social media was hit like a wild fire with very brutal videos’s of unarmed innocent black men being murdered by police officers who took an oath to serve and protect their respective communities to
All your Need to know Information for the NCAA Men’s College World Series June 17-28/29, 2016 Welcome to Omaha and the “Greatest Show on Dirt!” More than 8 million fans have experienced the excitement as the best in college baseball battle to victory. Enjoy tailgating with fans from across the country and in between games explore
Things to do in Omaha this weekend? Check out these family-friendly suggestions: 1. Omaha Summer Arts Festival.The Omaha Summer Arts Festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday in Downtown Omaha. The festival will feature 135 visual artists, a stage full of multicultural musical performances and a hands-on Children’s Fair (Saturday and