By M.V. Moorhead Despite its promising stars and director, I admit that I dragged my feet a little when it came to seeing Ford v Ferrari. This wasn’t because of the film’s formidable...

By M.V. Moorhead Late Saturday evening this past weekend I was approaching the door of a Quik Trip when I glanced up to notice The Joker headed to the same spot from the other...

By M.V. Moorhead “Our show takes you through the entire history of China, from the earliest dynasty to modern times,” says Jane Ho. Then she giggles and adds, “as much as possible in the...

By M.V. Moorhead Robert Forster passed on recently, at 78. Even though his hair had recently gone gray and thinner, the verve and sharp edge of his acting always made him seem at...

By M.V. Moorhead Why is it that so many people enjoy smashing inanimate objects? Krysten Leach, owner and manager of Desert Smash AZ in West Chandler, has a theory. “I think basically it’s all in...

By M.V. Moorhead Early in the morning these days, or even after dark, it’s comfortable to be outdoors. Sometimes in the middle of the day, clouds pass in front of the sun and we don’t feel...

By M.V. Moorhead After a short, hot summer—in Arizona it’s the warm-up, of course, to a long, hot fall— back-to-school time has rolled around again. A movie night on this theme may...

By M.V. Moorhead The weekend of July 20 marks the 50th anniversary of the moon landing. I was 7 years old on those memorable days of 1969, when the Eagle, the lunar module...