Allison Lips

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Anglophile, Rockabilly, Pompadour lover, TV and Music Critic

TV Recap: Mel Brooks – Live at the Geffen

Allison Lips - February 2, 2015

Mel Brooks Live at the Geffen: The legendary writer, director, and actor tells his life story at The Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, California. This review...

TV Recap: This is Not Happening, Series Premiere

Allison Lips - January 23, 2015

This Is Not Happening Plot Summary: Aaron Shaffir and his comedian friends tell hilarious and true stories in front of a live audience at Cheetahs...

Album Review: Fall Out Boy, ‘American Beauty/American Psycho’

Allison Lips - January 21, 2015

Long gone are the days when Fall Out Boy was a straight up pop-punk band. So are the band's days when they were experimenting...

TV Recap: The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore

Allison Lips - January 20, 2015

The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore is about race. It doesn’t shy away from it. Taking cues from his previous role as The Daily...

TV Recap: Eye Candy, ‘K3U’ (Series Premiere)

Allison Lips - January 19, 2015

Eye Candy Plot: Lindy Sampson’s (Victoria Justice) friend Sophia (Kiersey Clemon) signs her up for a dating website called Flirtual. Instead of finding a date,...

TV Recap: Broad City, ‘The Heat’ (Season 2 Premiere)

Allison Lips - January 15, 2015

'The Heat' Plot Summary: Ilana Wexler (Ilana Glazer) and Abbi Abrams (Abbi Jacobson) search New York City for an air conditioner on an extremely hot...

Album Review: Meghan Trainor, ‘Title’

Allison Lips - January 13, 2015

Meghan Trainor became music’s It Girl with her hit “All About That Bass,” so it’s no surprise that her debut album, Title, tries to...

TV Recap: My Husband’s Not Gay

Allison Lips - January 13, 2015

Kinsey would have a field day with TLC’s My Husband’s Not Gay. The new TLC series follows a group of Mormon men, who deal with...

Album Review: Bowling for Soup, ‘Songs People Actually Liked’

Allison Lips - January 7, 2015

Bowling For Soup’s Songs People Actually Liked- Volume 1- The First 10 Years (1994-2003) is the band’s first authorized greatest hits album. Instead of...

Album Review: The David Ricard Big Band, ‘Holidays With a Bang’

Allison Lips - December 19, 2014

Christmas albums are usually cliché money grabs not worth listening to outside of the single, which will probably only stay on the charts for...

TV Recap: Marco Polo, Series Premiere

Allison Lips - December 18, 2014

Marco Polo Plot Summary: Marco Polo tells the story of the eponymous character (Lorenzo Richelmy) in Kublai Khan’s (Benedict Wong) court and how he became...