Jack Silbert
Movie Review: The Fall Guy
2.5 stars out of 5Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt are delightful in this. I want Gosling to leave Eva Mendes and Blunt to leave John Krasinski and I want Gosling and Blunt to get married. As a wedding gift, I want them to be cast in a much, much better movie than this piece of […]
Movie Review: Ghostbusters — Frozen Empire
3.5 stars out of 5I have gone on record more than once declaring that bustin’ makes me feel good. Aided by a generous dose of nostalgia, Ghostbusters: Afterlife even snuck onto my top-10 films of 2022. And yet, I did not rush to the theater to see this follow-up. Why not? Was some mysterious paranormal […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/21/24
EPISODE #591: TRACES The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Benny Spellman — “Lipstick Traces (on a Cigarette)”Karyn Kuhl — “No Traces” The Bats — “No Trace”Leonard Cohen — “True Love Leaves No Traces” Weak Signal — “Barely a Trace” Sloan — “Traces” Hugo Montenegro — “Traces” The Mystery Lights — “Traces”Dusty Springfield — ”Natchez Trace” Jon […]
Aquarium Playlist, 5/14/24
EPISODE #590: STEVE ALBINI TRIBUTE Big Black — “Heart Beat” [ALTERNATE THEME]Pixies — “Where Is My Mind?”Nirvana — “Heart-Shaped Box” Nina Nastasia — “Oblivion”Guided by Voices — “It’s Like Soul Man” Screaming Females — “High” Mikey Erg — “Almost Like Judee Sill” John Biz and Higgins — “Amplifier” Bewitched — “No. 1”Jimmy Page & Robert […]
Movie Review: The Beast
3.5 stars out of 5I didn’t know much about The Beast going into this: Léa Seydoux (I’m a fan) time-travels, and keeps meeting the same man. I was hoping — and even told the concessions staffer — that the movie would be more weird than romantic. I think I got what I wanted. Just a […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/30/24
EPISODE #588: LET’S GO The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]Hank Ballard & the Midnighters — “Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Go”The Feelies — “Let’s Go” Trick Daddy — “Let’s Go”New Order — “Let’s Go” [Low-life sessions instrumental] The Cars — “Let’s Go” Best Coast — “Let’s Go of Home” Yum Yums — “Let’s Go Crazy” […]
Movie Review: Civil War
4 stars out of 5 This film rattled me so much, I fully expected to exit the multiplex and find that civil war had broken out in the Harmon Plaza parking lot. As soon as I had seen the trailer, I knew I wanted to see this movie: U.S. states seceding, government cracking down on […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/23/24
EPISODE #587: LET GO The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Polyphonic Spree — “What Would You Let Go”Dentist — “Let Me Let Go” Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers — “Let Go”Colleen Green — “Let Go” Pounding Serfs — “Let Go” The Tuts — “Let Go of the Past” Grant Lee Buffalo — “Let Go of […]
Movie Review: The First Omen
4 stars out of 5 The Exorcist came out when I was 4 years old, followed by The Omen when I was 7. These movies seemed to be mentioned quite a lot during my childhood. Sure, I had my little ghost stories and such, but there seemed to be some truly scary stuff out there […]
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