2016
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Movie Review: Popstar — Never Stop Never Stopping
3 stars out of 5 Oh, Andy Samberg, what are we going to do with you? You were so funny on Saturday Night Live, and then in 2007 you made Hot Rod, showing it could be trickier to be funny on the big screen. In 2012, I was impressed with Samberg in the fairly serious […]
The Wit and Wisdom of Lee Israel, Vol. 6 (Apr. 2012)
Last week we learned that the movie based on Lee’s memoir is, in fact, still very much alive! (Unlike Lee herself.) Nicole Holofcener’s script will still be used, but she is no longer directing — the reins have been turned over to Marielle Heller, whose debut effort, 2015’s Diary of a Teenage Girl, impressed me. […]
Aquarium Playlist, 6/7/16
EPISODE #236: MUHAMMAD ALI TRIBUTE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Cassius Clay — “Round 1: I Am the Greatest” Simon & Garfunkel — “The Boxer” Morrissey — “Boxers” Of Montreal — “My Favorite Boxer” Eels — “Prizefighter” LL Cool J — “Mama Said Knock You Out” Palomar — “Knockout” Skatalites — “Knock Out Punch” […]
Movie Review: The Lobster
4 stars out of 5 At the artsy theater where I saw The Lobster, moviegoers are encouraged to grade the film they’ve just seen and tack up a mini review on a bulletin board in the lobby. I was giddy to see that The Lobster‘s reviews were split between enthusiastic A’s and F’s (and F […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/31/16
EPISODE #235: WHATEVER The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Dinosaur Jr. — “Whatever’s Cool With Me” The Monkees — “Whatever’s Right” The Clean — “Whatever I Do It’s Right” Colleen Green — “Whatever I Want” Elliott Smith — “Whatever (Folk Song in C)” Brian Wilson — “Whatever Happened” The Shivas — “Whatever” Oasis — “Whatever” […]
Movie Review: The Nice Guys
3 stars out of 5 Ah, OK, it all makes sense now: Director/co-writer Shane Black wrote the original Lethal Weapon. Because this is totally, totally the Lethal Weapon formula: mismatched buddies fightin’ crime and crackin’ wise. It’s 1977 in Los Angeles. The movie tries a little too hard to tell us “hey it’s 1977!” (The […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/24/16
EPISODE #234: WEEKEND The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Elvis Costello & Jimmy Cliff — “Seven-Day Weekend” NRBQ — “It’s a Wild Weekend” Art Brut — “Good Weekend” Tom Petty — “Big Weekend” Karl Hendricks Trio — “Somewhere a Weekend of Sin” Terry Malts — “Where Is the Weekend?” Dr. Dog — “Weekend” Jason Lytle […]
Am I the Only Person Who Has Ever Been in a Restroom??
Every day, there’s some article, some trending item, some YouTube video, about transgender people and restrooms. And there’s a law in North Carolina, part of which says, well, no, you can only go in the room corresponding to the equipment you were born with. Who wrote this law? Who’s posting these videos? Space aliens posing […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/17/16
EPISODE #233: NYC POPFEST PREVIEW ’16 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] XTC — “This Is Pop?” Allo Darlin’ — “History Lessons” Big Quiet — “Maura and Dana” The Chesterfields — “Completely and Utterly” The Spook School — “Here We Go” Mercury Girls — “Ariana” Lake Ruth — “Through the Lychgates” The Primitives — “Really […]
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