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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 […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XXIX
Luckily, the recent government shutdown didn’t effect my TV viewing. Here’s a list of the shows I’ve checked out in the past several months. LOVED The Pitt (HBO) I never did watch ER, and I haven’t watched a hospital show since Code Black. But the 24-esque real-time conceit of this series really hooked me, and […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XXVIII
While we wait and wait and wait for the full release of the Epstein list, here’s a list of the shows I’ve checked out in the past several months. LOVED Say Nothing (Hulu) I learned an awful lot about Ireland’s “The Troubles” and the history of the IRA from this very well-rendered limited series, much […]
EP Review: ‘Weekend at Mauchie’s… Vol. 1’ by MAUCH & Roe Knows Best
4 stars out of 5 Buy on Bandcamp here Listen on Spotify here Ghosts, aliens, sharks! Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! On their rockin’ new collaborative EP, MAUCH (Max Rauch) and Roe Knows Best (Rosanna O’Brien) are ready to tackle whatever challenges come their way. Though the EP’s title, Weekend at Mauchie’s… Vol. […]
My Highly Subjective List of the Best Films of 2024
Movies, what’s new at the movies? It seems like my larger local theaters are devoting more screens to Indian and Asian films; that’s good, meet the needs of your demographic. Something called Terrifier 3 was also playing; I never saw a single commercial for it yet it was playing. Not playing: Juror #2 from 94-year-old […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XXVII
So many of us will be completely staying at home for the next four years. This rundown of the shows I’ve checked out in the past handful of months may prove helpful. LOVED History of White People in America (YouTube) It’s a shame Martin Mull passed away, as we could use a MAGA-era installment of […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XXVI
Wars, death, extreme weather, out-of-control Supreme Court, human rights violations, political campaigns, assassination attempts, etc. etc. — the real world has been getting just a little too real. Thank goodness for TV! Here are the shows I checked out in the past 6 months or so…. LOVED Fargo (FX) Best season of Fargo in a […]
Single Review: “Capture the Flag” by Roe Knows Best
4 stars out of 5Listen on Spotify hereListen/buy on Bandcamp hereKnow Roe? No? I didn’t really either till last August, when I saw Roe Knows Best perform solo in a sweltering New Jersey basement. (Previously, I’d only heard a couple of her songs on Pizza Bagel Records compilations.) Now, I attend a lot of shows […]
My Highly Subjective List of the Best Films of 2023
Over the past couple of months I’ve noticed people in pajamas at the movie theater. At first I was annoyed (“People used to dress for Broadway!”), but I suppose whatever gets people to the cinema these days is OK by me. And I dare say that crowds are slowly returning even though A) films are […]
What I’ve Been Watching: Edition XXV
This edition is a little skimpy (slower time of year? fewer new shows due to writers/actors strikes?). I’d like to say I filled my time enjoying the splendor of nature but I think I was just watching more old movies on TCM. Anyway, here’s my TV wrap-up from the past six months. LIKED A LOT […]
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