Jack Silbert
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 […]
Aquarium Playlist, 1/6/26
EPISODE #675: ORIGINAL VERSIONS The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Feelies — “Original Love” The Clique — “Superman” Bessie Banks — “Go Now” Tom Waits — “Jersey Girl”Bruce Springsteen — “Blinded by the Light” Love Positions — “Into Your Arms” James Ray — “Got My Mind Set on You” [pts. 1 & 2]Dolly Parton — […]
Movie Review: Is This Thing On?
3.5 stars out of 5 Alec Baldwin said it was the best movie of the year, and this was a slow New Year’s Day, so I found myself in a surprisingly crowded theater for Is This Thing On? Well, maybe Baldwin needs to see a few more films, but it was a decent, “grown-up” way […]
Pandemic Cinema, Year 6
A chronological list of non-current or non-theatrical movies (feature length and short films) that I watched at home during the continuing COVID-19 crisis in 2025. The great majority of them were new to me. Gaslight a.k.a. Angel Street (1940)Lousy Carter (2023)Love Lies Bleeding (2024)Homesteader Droopy (1954)Cops Is Always Right (1938)Juror #2 (2024)Wolfs (2024)The Hound and the […]
New Year’s Resolutions 2026
1. Print up Mayor Zohran Mamdani t-shirts with slogan “Yo other cities: Who’s your Momdaddy?”2. At self checkout, check myself out, ask if I come here often.3. Do not rest until the Milano is the official cookie of the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics.4. Really put in some elbow grease to make a difference in […]
Movie Review: The Housemaid
3 stars out of 5 Paul Feig created Freaks and Geeks, one of the greatest TV series of all time. And yet, in his cinematic career, he doesn’t really seem to be swinging for the fences. If I were to cynically sum up his IMDb credits, I’d guess Feig has found a reliable paycheck helming […]
Aquarium Playlist, 12/30/25
EPISODE #674: LIVE HIGHLIGHTS 2025 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME]The Bongos — “In the Congo” Salem 66 — “Seven Steps Down” Vehicle Flips — “Could’ve, Should’ve” English Beat — “Twist and Crawl”Nicole Atkins — “Captain” [Memphis Ice version] Men at Work — “Overkill” Slowdive — “40 Days” Chuck Prophet feat. ¿Qiensave? — “Sugar Into […]
Movie Review: The Secret Agent
4.5 stars out of 5I saw this movie, I liked it very much, but I still I don’t know who the secret agent is. However, the star is Wagner Moura who I thought was great in Civil War and is excellent here too. It’s 1977 in Brazil, and his character Marcelo (or perhaps he is […]
Movie Review: Marty Supreme
4.5 stars out of 5I knew very little about this movie going in. Was it a true story? (It is not, though was loosely inspired by a real person.) But Timothée Chalamet has earned my trust and watching him play ping-pong — excuse me, table tennis — sounded fun. So there I was in the […]
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