City Paper grade: B Disney’s first kiddified foray into the Marvel universe is the closest they’ve gotten to recapturing the speed and spirit of 2004’s The Incredibles, and that’s both a compliment and a curse. Though it’s built around the power-team…

Little Nemo, the charming and mischievous boy created by storied comic artist Winsor McCay, was a cartoon sensation whose adventuresome dreams were chronicled in newspaper funny pages a century ago. But the character had mostly been in repose until a…

City Paper grade: B+ The rare college comedy of the non-idiotic variety, writer/director Justin Simien’s debut is built around a simple sociopolitical suggestion: People shouldn’t be defined by their views. That he’s compelled to make such a feature-length assertion is a…

[+2]     According to a new report by cityobservatory.org, educated millennials living in Center City rose 78 percent between 2000 and 2010. “Pretty sure there are more than 78 of us, bro,” says educated millennial. [-1]     City Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown…

City Paper grade: B+ More action movies should be directed by stuntmen. If even a few of them turn out as enjoyable as David Leitch and Chad Stahelski’s John Wick, it’ll be a mitzvah for a genre long in need…

Independence Hall Created Equal, a pro-life group, plans to set up a large television screen on Independence Mall today that will display a continuous loop of an anti-abortion video with graphic images. The group has received a permit to demonstrate…

Maria Pouchnikova Post-last-call dining options in Philadelphia aren’t exactly plentiful. You’ve got your wholesale pretzels on Washington Avenue and food trucks lined up along Girard with their grills still hot for the post-bar masses. The Whiz-wit cheesesteak spots in South…

Remember a few weeks back when Olive Garden rolled out the $100 Never Ending Pasta Pass promotion? No? Well it’s basically an all-you-can-stomach pass that entitles diners to seven weeks of pasta, salad, soup, breadsticks and soda at the temple…

City Paper grade: B There’s nothing particularly innovative about Liam Neeson’s latest dad-vengeance vehicle, which trailers are packaging as an off-brand Taken 3. But beyond that misleading layer of marketing, there’s a stylish, satisfying American private-dick tale to be told,…