Jack Silbert
Movie Review: Café Society
4 stars out of 5 Since 1991, I’d seen 24 of the previous 25 Woody Allen films in the theater. (For you trivia nerds: Melinda and Melinda) And in the past handful of years, I’ve enjoyed a ritual of seeing Woody’s annual summer release. In the dark, air-conditioned theater, it was like taking a little […]
Goodnight P.T. Barnum
This weekend, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced that after 146 years, they’d be folding up the tents and coming to town no more. It was pretty shocking news to see. The circus just seemed like one of those forever things. But I guess forever ain’t what it used to be. When I […]
Similar Names, Different Callings III
ABC News White House correspondent Jon Karl… …and former MDA Telethon hostess Jann Carl.
New Year’s Resolutions 2017
1. Dedicate myself 100% to my physical rehabilitation, oh wait, I don’t think I’ve ever seen this episode of Two Broke Girls. 2. Create an orange juice that is just completely pulp. 3. Hack Russian government computers; affect outcome of Yakov Smirnoff lookalike contest. 4. Decide definitively whether to say “two thousand seventeen,” “twenty seventeen,” […]
Movie Review: Allied
3 stars out of 5 Here’s another one I saw a ton of commercials for. It’s 1942 and hey military guy Brad Pitt, your Frenchy wife Marion Cotillard might be a German spy. So this means: A) She is a spy. B) She’s not a spy. C) In a crazy twist, HE’S the spy. Well, […]
Movie Review: Arrival
3 stars out of 5 I haven’t seen a new theatrical release in about five months. After seeing Arrival (don’t ask how), I’m thinking maybe I didn’t miss too much. Laid up in the hospital, I saw countless commercials for Arrival and interviews with its star, Amy Adams. And I’d think, “Hmm, if I wasn’t […]
Movie Review: The Shallows
2.5 stars out of 5 This was written by a guy named Anthony Jaswinski, and you have to wonder if he was nicknamed “Jaws” as a kid. And if so, did he start to daydream, “I’d like to make a shark movie someday….” Me, I’m not real big on shark flicks, or shark weeks, or […]
Aquarium Playlist, 6/28/16
EPISODE #239: CASEY KASEM TRIBUTE 2016 “The New Scooby-Doo Movies” [ALTERNATE THEME] Wings — “Listen to What the Man Said” [Billboard No. 1, 7/19/75] Bee Gees — “Jive Talkin’” [No. 1, 8/9/75 – 8/16/75] David Bowie — “Fame” [No. 1, 9/20/75 and 10/4/75] Bay City Rollers — “Saturday Night” [No. 1, 1/3/76] Diana Ross — […]
Aquarium Playlist, 6/21/16
EPISODE #238: SUMMER 2016 The Who — “Happy Jack” [THEME] The Garment District — “Secondhand Sunburn” The Monkees — “You Bring the Summer” Pansy Division — “The Summer You Let Your Hair Grow Out” Best Coast — “Summer Mood” Coconut Records — “The Summer” Skateboard Kyle [see also: Joy Cleaner] — “This Ain’t the Summer […]
Movie Review: Maggie’s Plan
3.5 stars out of 5 Legendary screenwriting guru Syd Field claimed that in the first 10 minutes of a movie, viewers should learn just about everything they need to know about the story and characters. Maggie’s Plan sees Syd’s wager and raises him… down to 2 minutes! The very first thing we see Maggie do […]
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