Now Streaming: Anima
The latest buzzy release on Netflix is far from the usual Adam Sandler comedy or true crime documentary. This weekend’s autoplay title is instead a 15-minute collaboration between director Paul Thomas Anderson and musician T...
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SteelBook Alert: Movie Not Included
Just when you thought you’d dutifully collected all the Blu-ray SteelBook editions for the entire Marvel superhero franchise, here comes a new wrinkle. Would you buy a special SteelBook for a soundtrack CD?
Weekend Roundtable: Movie Mixtape
Nearly as much as their epic space battles and wise-cracking humor, the ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ movies are notable for their infectious soundtracks of 1970s pop hits. In this week’s Roundtable, we look at other...
Weekend Roundtable: Your Happy Place
Some days, you just need to bury your head under a pillow and block the rest of the world out. Today may be one of those days. When you’re depressed or despondent and it feels like the entire world is falling apart, what mov...
‘Oasis: Supersonic’ Review: Oasis, We Hardly Knew Ye
Oasis was a classic rock ‘n roll story, almost self-consciously constructed for success and implosion. They took off quickly, peaked early, and could never live up to the legend they half-heartedly created. It was a 2.5 year...
Weekend Roundtable: Musicians Turned Actors
This week, we both lost David Bowie and gained a new movie starring Ice Cube. I’m not sure that’s a fair trade-off, frankly. Nonetheless, that’s what the universe decided to bring us. With no other connection bet...
R.I.P. David Bowie
I’ve been remiss in talking about notable celebrity deaths here in the blog recently. Among others I’ve neglected to mention were the great cinematographers Haskell Wexler and Vilmos Zsigmond. Death isn’t somethi...
Weekend Roundtable: Christmas 2015 Wish List
December is here, which means that it’s time to get your Christmas wish lists in the mail to Santa. Assuming you celebrate the holiday, what goodies are you hoping to find under your tree this year?
‘Straight Outta Compton’ Review: Parental Discretion
The story of N.W.A is so insane, operatic, inspiring and horrifying that it was pretty much guaranteed to be the stuff of stirring cinema someday. Well, that day is here thanks to ‘Straight Outta Compton’, a grand, col...
‘Amy’ Review: Musical Tragedy in Slow Motion
Watching Asif Kapadia’s documentary ‘Amy’ can feel painfully familiar – not only because the sad life of Amy Winehouse is such a fresh story, but also because of how frustratingly common her rock and roll tragedy...
R.I.P. James Horner
With the sudden death of James Horner on Monday, Hollywood has lost one of its most prolific and successful film composers for blockbuster movies. How will Hans Zimmer and Danny Elfman ever pick up all the slack he’s left be...
‘Can’t Stand Losing You’ Review: Dull Tell-All
The rock documentary holds a peculiar place in the film world. Clearly, there’s a big audience for this sort of thing that isn’t going anywhere. Yet with very few exceptions, there isn’t much to these sorts of mo...