Jack Silbert
Aquarium Playlist, 2/10/26
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 […]
Movie Review: Send Help
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 […]
Aquarium Playlist, 2/3/26
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” […]
Movie Review: A Private Life
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 […]
Movie Review: 28 Years Later — Bone Temple
4 stars out of 5We had to wait 18 years for a sequel to 28 Weeks Later, so they’re really spoiling us with another installment just 7 months later. From 28 Years Later, the unstoppable Alex Garland returns as screenwriter, while director Danny Boyle sits this one out, handing the reins to Nia DaCosta. The […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/27/26
EPISODE #678: ROMEO AND FLOYD The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Michael Penn — “No Myth” Edward Rogers — “Romeo” Wipers — “Romeo” Dawn Landes — “Romeo” Steve Forbert — “Romeo’s Tune” Red Dons — “Just Write Romeo” Michael & the Messengers — “Romeo & Juliet” Chambers Brothers — “Romeo and Juliet”Dire Straits — “Romeo and […]
Movie Review: Father Mother Sister Brother
3.5 stars out of 5 I was initially disappointed learning that this wasn’t a feature length exploration of Richie Cunningham’s fake fraternity, Mama Papa Sister. But I was even more disappointed to discover that this is Jim Jarmusch’s most boring film by a long shot. Now, I love Jim Jarmusch, going back to his 1980s […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/20/26
EPISODE #677: ROBOTS II The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Stereolab — “Robot Riot” Freedy Johnston — “Madeline’s Eye” The Buggles — “I Love You (Miss Robot)” Magnetic Fields — “The Little Robot Girl” Heather Cook — “Robot Prom” Dentist — “Robot” Dennis Young — “Radical Robots” Flaming Lips — “Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/13/26
EPISODE #676: NRBQanon Theme chosen by 2025 contest winner… Max Rosenthal!The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Portastatic — “Guessing” Skateboard Kyle — “Max” NRBQ — “Still in School” Bouncing Souls — “The Pizza Song”The Smiths — “Suffer Little Children” Against Me! — “Unprotected Sex With Multiple Partners” NRBQ — “Crazy Like a Fox” White Rabbits — […]
My Highly Subjective List of the Best Films of 2025
Call me optimistic, call me someone who makes claims based on anecdotal evidence, “Call me… irresponsible…,” but I feel like maybe, maybe people are starting to go to movie theaters a little more? Like, I’ve been at crowded screenings recently that in the past few years would’ve just been me and my medium popcorn. Here […]
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