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In Pixar’s ‘Luca,’ young life as a stolen adventure

A brisk and bright sun-dappled fable of above-ground adventure and below-the-surface identity, Enrico Casarosa’s “Luca” — a summery, shimmering fish-out-of-water fairy tale — is one of Pixar’s most pure and condensed enchantments. Pixar has plunged into the sea before, of ...

Review: You’ll have fun but your heart will break

By MATTHEW GAVIN FRANK Special to Journal In his innovative new spoken word poetry project, “Slow Dancing with Bigfoot” — a hybrid collaborative album/book scored by the ethereal music of the father/son duo Streaking in Tongues — two-time Upper Peninsula poet laureate Marty Achatz interrogates the parameters of myth and of monster and, in doing so, finds a way to imbue both with such an achingly fragile humanity. Achatz’s poems manage to tether the innately incantatory to the terrestrial. In other words, they cast spells that at first lift us up, and then ground us. ...

The unanswered ‘Jeopardy!’ question: Who will become the new host?

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES — "Jeopardy!" needed a host, and Lucille Ball had an enthusiastic suggestion for creator Merv Griffin: The smooth-voiced, debonair emcee of the "High Rollers" game show. That was 1984. Decades later, filling the void left by the late ...

Newest chapter of ‘The Conjuring’ franchise creaks

The universe of “The Conjuring” proves it may be reaching its spooky limits when a demon pops up in the latest film from, of all things, a waterbed. That such a well-worn punchline of ‘80s suburban life could be home to Satan’s spawn might be played for camp in any other movie, but ...

Superiorland Nightlife

Thursday 6 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring Union Suits at Blackrocks Brewery, Marquette 7 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring Live at the Fold: Sara Pajunen at Hiawatha Music Co-op, streamed on Facebook Live. Friday 6 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring Chris Valenti at Drifa Brewing Co., Marquette Sunday 4 p.m. — Live entertainment featuring Derrell Syria Project at The Up North Lodge, Gwinn EDITOR’S NOTE: Nightlife, a free listing of live entertainment at area commercial establishments, is published each Monday in The Mining Journal’s Scene section. Information ...

COVID-19 spurs shutdown of ‘Mission Impossible’ set

LONDON (AP) — Paramount Pictures on Thursday temporarily shut down production on the British set of Tom Cruise’s seventh “Mission: Impossible” film after someone tested positive for coronavirus. “We have temporarily halted production on ‘Mission: Impossible 7’ until June 14th, due to positive coronavirus test results during routine testing,” a Paramount spokesperson said in a statement. “We are following all safety protocols and will continue to monitor the situation.” The company provided no further details. In December, Cruise launched an expletive-laden rant ...