Entertainment Index

Portland-based musician Haley Heynderickx’s debut album “I Need to Start a Garden,” released in March 2018 under Mama Bird Recording Company, has recently garnered more attention, including mine, via TikTok recently when track two, “The Bug Collector,” experienced some virality. This indie folk album explores self-doubt, faith, love, and gardens with a Portland sound and influences ...

Spider-Man fans rejoice! The much-anticipated sequel to the groundbreaking animated film “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” is set to web swing its way onto the big screen. Titled “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse,” this thrilling follow-up promises to take audiences on a mind-bending, multiverse adventure.   Produced by Sony Pictures Animation in collaboration with Marvel Studios, “Spider-Man: Across ...

In a delightful treat for movie enthusiasts and animation lovers alike, the Bellingham Pickford Film Center has announced they plan to show the iconic works of Studio Ghibli. This unique cinematic experience promises to transport audiences back to their childhoods, recreating the joy people once felt as children. Starting this summer, the Pickford Film Center will ...

The pandemic put a roaring stop on drama productions throughout the state, as folks could no longer gather to watch and be entertained, but Gerry Large wants it to make a comeback. Large, Whatcom Community College’s Visual & Performing Arts Department Lead, had decided that this quarter his actors would put on a show: “Waiting for ...

(This review contains major spoilers for “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story” and “Andor”.) Why do I watch Star Wars? Sure, part of it is the science-fantasy setting and the richly imagined worlds that George Lucas and his many disciples have populated. From aliens and droids, laser swords and psychic powers, cool hyperspeed-capable ships that for ...

A little snippet of the Anakin-Ahsoka dynamic that fans of the “Filoniverse” have been starved for can now be found in the streaming Star Wars animated anthology “Tales of the Jedi.” Die-hards have been waiting for their chance to hear the voice actors and see the distinct animation style of Dave Filoni’s “Star Wars: The ...

Disney+ Day, the yearly celebration of the streaming service, on Sept. 8 brought two anticipated films to the lineup (“Thor: Love and Thunder” and “Pinocchio”) in addition to seeing the premiere of new trailers for “BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage – LA” and “Andor”, the upcoming Disney+ Original series starring Diego Luna as the ...

Doesn’t everyone have a fallback plan?  “I was willing to make a fallback plan but I don’t think I ever went there,” said award-winning American film director Martha Coolidge who helmed the influential films Valley Girl and Real Genius. Coolidge recently visited Bellingham to speak at the Cascadia International Women’s Film Festival (CIWFF) at the Mount ...

(This review contains spoilers for the recently released 28th entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness”) “Pizza Poppa always gets paid!” So we are introduced to Bruce Campbell’s latest cameo in a Sam Raimi film. You see, Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) and his latest ward, America Chavez (Xochitl Gomez) ...

The eponymous debut from one of 2022’s hottest bands arrived on April 8. When Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers found themselves on top of a Ferris wheel one night in their native Isle of Wight, it was the culmination of a friendship that started in college ten years prior.