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Zack and Miri Make a Porno
Zack and Miri Make a Porno Dir: Kevin Smith Rating: 2.5 Weinstein Co. My fiancée was furious after we walked out of Zack and Miri Make a Porno, Kevin Smith’s latest comedy about a
Read More »Girl Talk: Feed the Animals
Girl Talk Feed the Animals Rating: 3.5 Label: Illegal Art If you’ve heard any Girl Talk albums, you know the drill: Mash-ups from here to Timbuktu. Girl Talk’s (DJ Gregg Gillis) fourth “studio” record
Read More »Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s: Not Animal
Margot & the Nuclear So and So’s Not Animal Rating: 2.0 Label: Epic Things were not supposed to happen this way. Following a critically-acclaimed but little heard debut (2005′s The Dust of Retreat), Indianapolis
Read More »List Inconsequential: A Nightmare on Elm Street Series Pt. 2
A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master (1988) ** Renny “Cutthroat Island” Harlin was brought in to helm this slick and glossy re-envisioned Freddy picture. How ironic that he would later become
Read More »Concert Review: The Black Rider
The music of Tom Waits is meant for the stage. The freak shows he has paraded through his songs started out with down-and-out drunks, but over the years have included a pianist born without
Read More »Happy-Go-Lucky
Happy-Go-Lucky Dir: Mike Leigh Rating: 2.0 Miramax Films 118 Minutes “Insufferable,” my roommate said as we left Mike Leigh’s new film Happy-Go-Lucky. Funny; the word that kept popping up in my head throughout was,
Read More »I’m From Barcelona: Who Killed Harry Houdini?
I’m From Barcelona Who Killed Harry Houdini? Rating: 3.0 Label: Mute Second albums are notoriously difficult. After a strong debut, many listeners want more of the same, or a noticeable progression forward in sound.
Read More »Telepathe: Chrome’s On It EP
Telepathe Chrome’s On It Rating: 3.5 Label: IAMSOUND Records Telepathe have come out with their third official release to date and it begs to be played loudly. Brooklyn vocal duo Melissa Livaudais and Busy
Read More »The Pleasure of Being Robbed
The Pleasure Of Being Robbed Dir: Joshua Safdie Rating: 2.5 IFC Films 79 Minutes Joshua Safdie’s The Pleasure of Being Robbed is a dreamy little independent film that’s been well-enough received to have played
Read More »Gang Gang Dance: Saint Dymphna
Gang Gang Dance Saint Dymphna Rating: 4.0 Label: The Social Registry Just like experimental rock troupe Animal Collective did on last year’s Strawberry Jam, New York’s Gang Gang Dance has shifted away from their
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