Yearly Archives: 2017

U2’s Songs Of Experience and the Beautiful Hope Of Americana

  At some point, U2 became everyone’s favorite band to hate. I suppose there is something irritating about Bono - he wears sunglasses all the...

James Franco Gets By (Sorta) With Help From His Famous Friends on SNL

Saturday Night Live Season 43, Episode 8: James Franco (host), SZA (musical guest) with guest cameos from Steve Martin, Jonah Hill, and Seth Rogen Written...

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Blends Worldbuilding and Tension in “A Life Spent”

'A Life Spent' Plot Summary: As Daisy (Chloe Bennet) looks for a way to rescue Simmons (Elizabeth Henstridge), the Kree task Simmons with helping an...

The Shape of Water: A Film That Sinks Under the Hype

Plot: Set in the early sixties, Elisa (Sally Hawkins) is a mute janitor at a research facility where they hold an unruly creature (Doug...

The Disaster Artist: James Franco’s Magnum Opus

The Disaster Artist Plot Summary: Struggling actors Tommy Wiseau (James Franco) and Greg Sestero (Dave Franco) make their own movie, unaware that it will become...

Review: Jupiter Jet #1

Jupiter Jet is published by Action Lab Entertainment. It is written by Jason Inman and Ashley Victoria Robinson. Within the first few pages, I was...

The Legend is Born: Greta Van Fleet Delivers a Transcendent Performance at The Bowery

Pop Break Live: Greta Van Fleet at The Bowery Ballroom Words & Photos by Anthony Toto Throughout my life as a music writer and consumer, I...

Quest: One Family’s Journey through the Obama Years

If Richard Linklater's Boyhood were a cinema verité documentary about a black family in Northern Philadelphia, it would be called Quest. Filmed over a...

Ryan Kinder on Heartbreak, The Opry, and His New Record

Want to know the power of the internet? How about being a musician who's been able to get millions of streams on their music without...

Psych: The Movie – A Perfect Reunion

Psych: The Movie Plot Summary:  After three years, the psychic detective agency crew reunites when an assailant targets one of their own. Wait for it. Wait for...

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