The “kenergy” is real for Barbie–the highest grossing film in 2023 according to Global Box Office.  Barbie has also become Warner Brother’s highest grossing movie beating The Dark Night made in 2008.    However, with Barbie’s popularity, controversy has risen with mixed understandings of the movie’s meaning. While Rotten Tomato rates the movie a solid 88%, websites such as...

The Belleville West Little Theatre is prepared for the Freshman-Sophomore show, The AI Play, written by Don Zolidis. The show is performed only by underclassmen and allows them a chance to experience theater for the first time in a new show every year.   “The show is about a girl called Eleanor, who uses AI to write her Great Gatsby paper, and because of that she gets into a really smart school....

The second season of The Summer I Turned Pretty had fans on the edge of their seat all summer long as they watched the main character, Belly, navigate her messy love life. The season guided viewers through an emotional roller coaster of grief, anger, happiness, friendship, and most importantly, young love.  The show is based on Jenny Han’s best-selling book series. It follows the main character,...