January 2012
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My Internet Radio Playlist, 1/10/12
EPISODE #6: CRAZY The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Feelies — “Crazy Rhythms” Nellie McKay — “Crazy Rhythm” Prince — “Let’s Go Crazy” James Brown — “I Go Crazy” Outrageous Cherry — “Pretty Girls Go Insane” Big Dipper — “The Insane Girl” Black Keys — “Psychotic Girl” The Crazy Teens — “Crazy Date” Pylon — […]
Movie Review: Young Adult
3 stars out of 5 I was feeling 3.5 stars for a long time, I really was. Maybe even 4 early on, and “Oh no, will I have to revise my 2011 best-of list?” It starts out very refreshing, because the main character in this sort of movie—well, and also, in my life—is almost always […]
My Highly Subjective List of the Best Movies of 2011
Yes, I know, we’re a few days into the new year. All the real lists came out at the end of last year. Hey, cut me some slack. Actual critics get to see movies in advance. I have to scramble to see ones that came out over the holidays. (Spoiler alert: No December releases made […]
Movie Review: Mission Impossible—Ghost Protocol
3.5 stars out of 5 I hadn’t gone to see a movie starring Tom Cruise since, well, Mission: Impossible III. And guess what? The crazy bastard can still put together a totally entertaining action film. It won’t win any awards, but Ghost Protocol was much more enjoyable beginning to end than several other recent “quality” […]
Movie Review: Hugo
3.5 stars out of 5 Are Hugo and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close the same movie? A boy, a key, a search for a message from a dead father. And, if I can trust the reviews of Extremely Loud, both disappointments. What? A disappointment? But you gave it 3.5 stars! And you love Martin Scorsese. […]
Movie Review: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
3.5 stars out of 5 Spoiler alert: It’s a temporary tattoo. OK, I hadn’t read the books, nor seen the original movies. But the trailer looked good, and David Fincher directed, and oh man do I love me some David Fincher. (The Social Network was my favorite movie of 2010, Fight Club one of my […]
My Internet Radio Playlist, 1/3/12
EPISODE #5: MONTHS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Thurston Moore — “January” Billy Bragg — “The Fourteenth of February” Charles Ives — “March No. 6, with ‘Here’s to Good Old Yale’” Math and Physics Club — “April Showers” Model Rockets — “May Is October” Kinks — “Rainy Day in June” Laura Veirs — “July […]
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