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6 questions for Salt Lake resident competing in Food Network’s ‘Best Baker in America’

by Travis Poppleton | Oct 9, 2017 | Featured, FilmInUtah, FrontPage, Interviews, mainStory, Utah

SALT LAKE CITY — If you recently caught the first episode of Food Network’s “Best Baker In America,” you may have recognized Adalberto Diaz Labrada. The oft-smiley Cuban-American is one of Utah’s favorite pastry chefs, both because of his Salt Lake City shop on Main...

5 movies and television shows being filmed in Utah right now

by Travis Poppleton | Sep 19, 2017 | Featured, FilmInUtah, FrontPage, mainStory, Movie News, Utah

SALT LAKE CITY — Beautiful is probably the most common adjective used to describe the state of Utah. When a Utah resident tells a stranger they’re from the Beehive State, said stranger usually replies, “Oh, I hear it’s beautiful there.” When someone asks that same...

A review of Stephen King’s ‘It’ by someone who really didn’t want to see it

by Travis Poppleton | Sep 7, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews

There was a time, not too long ago, where I gave up writing about movies. I can’t remember exactly which title it was that I stared in the face and said, “I can’t do this any longer,” but I believe it was some sequel to some already terrible franchise. I had been at...

10 people who could play the Joker if Leonardo DiCaprio says no

by Travis Poppleton | Sep 7, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Musings, Off Topic, StateOfMovies

GOTHAM — What is it about the Joker? The legendary Batman foe has been making comic books, video games, television and feature films more interesting since the 1940s, and almost 70 years later we’re still talking about him. In fact, just recently Warner Brothers and...

8 movies coming to a theater near you in September

by Travis Poppleton | Aug 25, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Movie News, StateOfMovies

SALT LAKE CITY — Since MoviePass decided to drop its subscription fees to $9.95 a month, moviegoers have been signing up for the ticket-a-day service at a dizzying pace. And why not? For less than the price of a single premium movie ticket, audiences now have access...

‘Brigsby Bear’ is as likable as its cuddly mascot

by Travis Poppleton | Aug 19, 2017 | Featured, FrontPage, mainStory, Reviews

SALT LAKE CITY — This is a weird August for movies, isn’t it? Usually, studios fill these dying days of summer with a last crop of superheroic tent poles. But for some reason, 2017 has pushed projects like “Justice League” and “Thor: Ragnarok” back to November while...