October 2018
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Movie Review: Halloween
3.5 stars out of 5 After the real-life horror in Pittsburgh last weekend, I thought some old-school fictional horror might do me some good. It was only a few years ago when I sat down and really watched the original 1978 Halloween as an adult. So with that and a quick Wikipedia refresher, I was […]
Aquarium Playlist, 10/30/18
EPISODE #304: HALLOWEEN 2018 The Fall — “Fiery Jack” [ALTERNATE THEME] anti-fascism intro, in memory of those lost in the Tree of Life synagogue gun massacre in Pittsburgh: Billy Bragg & Wilco — “All You Fascists” Marxman — “Fascist Boom” [John Peel session] The Dead Kennedys — “Nazi Punks Fuck Off” Elf Power — “Halloween […]
Movie Review: The Old Man & the Gun
3 stars out of 5 The truth is, I haven’t given much thought to Robert Redford in my lifetime. When I was tiny, The Sting was a big deal, and people were still talking about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. (I guess less media = longer attention spans.) But I don’t think I actually […]
Aquarium Playlist, 10/23/18
EPISODE #303: COLORS II The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] Donovan — “Colours” Love — “She Comes In Colors” Frank Sinatra — “Over the Rainbow” Catholic Easter Colors — “Grey and Green” Elvis Costello & the Attractions — “Brown to Blue” Yo La Tengo — “Shades of Blue” Chris Stamey — “14 Shades of Green” […]
Movie Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
3.5 stars out of 5 Reviews by their very nature are not objective, and this one is extra tricky for me, as not only was I friends with Lee Israel for some 17 years, but I also did a little consulting on an earlier iteration of this movie. So you could say that I attended […]
Movie Review: First Man
4 stars out of 5 You were expecting me to review a different movie? Patience, dear friends. I’ve been fairly interested in space exploration my entire life, yet I was surprised how little I knew about the Apollo moon mission and the lengthy lead-up to it. Weird. Was there never another movie about it? Were […]
The Wit and Wisdom of Lee Israel, Vol. 9 (July – Aug. 2012)
This Friday, the movie we’ve all been waiting 3.5 years for, Can You Ever Forgive Me? based on the memoir by Lee Israel, will finally be released. Lee herself had been waiting even longer, and died before the contractual t’s were dotted and eyes were crossed as it were. But back in the 2012, she […]
Aquarium Playlist, 10/16/18
EPISODE #302: SLOW The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Feelies — “Slow Down” Leonard Cohen — “Slow” My Bloody Valentine — “Slow” Twin Shadow — “Slow” Reverend Horton Heat — “Slow” David Bowie — “Slow Burn” Stephen Chopek — “Slower You Go” Otis Ball — “Slow Boat to Hoboken” Holly Golightly — “Slowly But […]
These Eyes Spy Cheese Fries: The Return
I was talking with Kelli from the band Resounding No, and she mentioned a beloved childhood fast-food joint, Burger Express in Carteret. In researching it, she had stumbled upon a review I wrote which appeared in the New Jersey section of the New York Times way back on October 1, 2000. I asked if the […]
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