Jack Silbert
Movie Review: Omaha
4 stars out of 5Walking out of the Clairidge theater, I turned to my pal the ticket clerk and said, “I really need to mix in an upbeat film now and then.” Omaha was my second consecutive real downer at the movies. Which is not to say I didn’t like it – quite the contrary. […]
Movie Review: The Stranger
5 stars out of 5When I was 17 years old, it seemed like everyone I knew owned the Standing on a Beach compilation by The Cure. There was a sticker on the outer packaging asserting that were absolutely no racist overtones whatsoever to the song “Killing an Arab.” And that’s true; the lyrics are simply […]
Movie Review: The Drama
3.5 stars out of 5 Dear Hollywood: I demand bigger roles for Alana Haim. She was so good in Licorice Pizza! But then in One Battle After Another, Alana didn’t have much more than a cameo, and in The Mastermind she just stood around looking disappointed. I know, I know, acting is a secondary career […]
Movie Review: Exit 8
4 stars out of 5 Once I got over the disappointment that Exit 8 wasn’t a movie about driving to Hightstown and East Windsor on the New Jersey Turnpike, I really started to enjoy it. I know we’re in an era where an increasing number of motion pictures and TV shows are based on video […]
Aquariukm Playlist, 4/22/26
EPISODE #689: CLOUDS II Richard Lloyd— “Get Off of My Cloud” [ALTERNATE THEME]The Tisburys — “Water in the Clouds” Pale Lights — “We Are the Clouds” Eric’s Trip — “Cloudy” The Jayhawks — “Clouds”The Anderson Council — “Sitting on a Cloud” The Resonars — “No Black Clouds Float By” Freezing Hands — “Shitbird Clouds” Sensational […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/14/26
EPISODE #688: EVERYWHERE The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]James Mastro — “Everywhere” The Plimsouls — “Everywhere at Once” Pylon Reenactment Society — “Flowers Everywhere” Hypnolovewheel — “Everywhere Nowhere Girl”Keeley — “Echo Everywhere” The Muffs — “Everywhere I Go” Sabu — “Everywhere I Go” Willie Nelson and Emmylou Harris — “Everywhere I Go” The Call — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 4/7/26
EPISODE #687: BULLS AND COWS Kait Eldridge — “Like a Bull” [ALTERNATE THEME]The Delevantes — “Long About That Time” Heavenly — “Portland Town” Heavenly — “Lemonhead Boy” The Lemonheads — “Deep End”The Lemonheads — “If I Could Talk I’d Tell You” Lucinda Williams — “Low Life” Lucinda Williams — “I Just Wanted To See You […]
Movie Review: Project Hail Mary
4 stars out of 5I feel like I’m about to write a negative review. Which is crazy, because I liked this movie. Look, I gave it 4 out of 5 stars. The thing is, I wanted it to be great. This movie was promoted for such a very long time. Months and months. I was […]
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