Jack Silbert

Movie Review: Crime 101

By Jack Silbert on March 24, 2026

3.5 stars out of 5We’ve reached the ruffled Ruffalo era and I am all in. It’s easy to imagine that his character from Task moved from Pennsylvania to Los Angeles to get a fresh start as a police detective. Kudos to the casting on this flick. Beyond Mark Ruffalo, we also have Chris Hemsworth, believable […]

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Movie Review: The Bride!

By Jack Silbert on March 17, 2026

3.5 stars out of 5Jessie Buckley charmed the world accepting her Best Actress Oscar for Hamnet. And yet the fickle world has mostly turned a blind eye to Buckley’s lead turn in The Bride! (despite her playing more characters than Michael B. Jordan did in Sinners). Maybe it didn’t help that The Bride! (a Bride […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 3/17/26

By Jack Silbert on March 17, 2026

EPISODE #684: MY MOM a memorial tribute to Judy Silbert The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The dB’s — “Judy” Herman’s Hermits — “Mrs. Brown, You’ve Got a Lovely Daughter” Boogie Down Productions — “South Bronx” Russ Hodges — Bobby Thomson’s Shot Heard ‘Round the WorldSid Caesar — “Real Live Girl” Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 3/4/26

By Jack Silbert on March 4, 2026

EPISODE #683: ALIVE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Frankie Cosmos — “Being Alive” Electric Light Orchestra — “I’m Alive” Jackson Browne — “I’m Alive” Queen — “Keep Yourself Alive”Tom Waits — “What Keeps Mankind Alive” The Pains of Being Pure at Heart — “Stay Alive” Bern & the Brights — “As Long As I’m Alive” […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Beastie Boys, Bern & the Brights, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Prophet, dB's, Electric Light Orchestra, Frankie Cosmos, Jackson Browne, Neil Sedaka, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Queen, They Might Be Giants, Tom Waits | Leave a response

Movie Review: A Poet

By Jack Silbert on February 24, 2026

4.5 stars out of 5Thank goodness lead actor Ubeimar Rios wears a beard throughout this film, or else my fellow moviegoers might’ve thought I was him sneaking in for a screening. And there’s not just a physical resemblance that connected me to this schlubby middle-aged character Oscar Restrepo; he’s a writer whose professional and personal […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 2/17/26

By Jack Silbert on February 17, 2026

EPISODE #681: BLACK HISTORY MONTH 2026 Amos Milburn — “My Baby’s Boogying” [ALTERNATE THEME]Carter Brothers — “Southern Country Boy” The Sapphires — “Where Is Johnny Now?” Skip James — “Drunken Spree” Little Willie John — “I’m Shakin’”Dee Dee Warwick — “Girls Need Love” Lee Dorsey — “Working in the Coalmine” The Clovers — “Lovey” McFadden […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 2/10/26

By Jack Silbert on February 10, 2026

EPISODE #680: VALENTINE’S DAY 2026 (HUGS) The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Sweet Teens — “My Valentine” Hemmy Hemmerich — “Free Hugs” Booker T. & the MG’s — “Hip Hug-Her” Lightheaded — “Hugging Horizons” European Sun — “Hugs”Torres — “Hug From a Dinosaur” Erika Sherger — “Hugging the Coastline” Morrissey — “Darling, I Hug a […]

Posted in internet radio playlists | Tagged Booker T. & the MG's, Erika Sherger, European Sun, Hemmy Hemmerich, Kimya Dawson, Lightheaded, Maita, Morrissey, Rain Recordings, The Lil’ Hospital, The Sweet Teens, The Wrens, Torres | 2 Responses

Movie Review: Send Help

By Jack Silbert on February 6, 2026

3 stars out of 5 I’ve been an admirer (cough, cough) of Rachel McAdams for 20+ years. But it was the combined presence of her and director Sam Raimi that convinced me to see Send Help. They last worked together in Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness and I thought that effort came together […]

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Aquarium Playlist, 2/3/26

By Jack Silbert on February 3, 2026

EPISODE #679: FUCK ICE Bruce Springsteen — “Streets of Minneapolis” [ALTERNATE THEME]Mad Doctors — “Fuck Sean Hannity” Jack White — “ICE Station Zebra” Karl Hendricks Trio — “Fuck Shit Up” Vehicle Flips — “ICE Jam” Sarah Shook & the Disarmers — “Fuck Up”Naughty Clouds — “ICE on Trees” Joy Cleaner — “Fuck Up and Run” […]

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Movie Review: A Private Life

By Jack Silbert on January 30, 2026

4 stars out of 5First of all, how come no one told me that a remake of Emmanuelle came out in 2024?!? Well, the co-writer of that, Rebecca Zlotowski, is also the co-writer – and the director — of A Private Life. I’m guessing these are very different films (and as soon as I post […]

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