Stephen Markley

We seem to be on an entertainment streak this week, so this seemed as good a time as any to collect my thoughts on the bygone NBC cult hit "Friday...

Someone has to say this: Michael Jordan, the greatest basketball ever, fears LeBron James. And LeBron James, his closest rival for that distinction, is definitely gunning for him. All the...

It may be impossible to write a drama about politics that doesn't come off as ham-handed, over-the-top, and laughable. This is probably because actual politics reverberate with mundane news-cycle non-events,...

I know, I know: the Oscars are bullshit, and we hate them. Nevertheless, I can't help but point out that "Argo" was not even close to the best movie of...

President Barack Hussein Obama came to Chicago last Friday to give a speech at Hyde Park Academy on the South Side, and I went to write about it. Technically, this...