If you put a set of explosives in the water and a massive tidal wave formed, you would get…a really bad joke. Also, this album kicks ass. Continue reading
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“Time and the Female Gaze Combine to Wither the Soul in ‘The Irishman'”
There’s nothing more that Andy likes in this world than getting in the last word, except for Martin Scorsese movies. He likes those way more. But why not both! Continue reading
“‘Frozen 2’s’ Themes Become Darker Even as the Kid Gloves Stay On”
Hell yeah, a grown-ass man beating up on the adorable kids film, because my HEART is COLD as ICE. Continue reading
“Corporations Triumph Over Cars in Ford v Ferrari”
Vroom vroom zoom zoom beep beep screech crash bang boom man emotions vroooooom manly slap fight zip zip zap Continue reading
“‘Juliana Hatfield Sings The Police’ Plays The Hits”
A new Juliana Hatfield album, following the other new Juliana Hatfield album, except *this* Juliana Hatfield album is The Police. Continue reading
“In Charlie’s Angels the Cast Is Having More Fun than You Will”
This is a movie, but also the epitome of a blockbusting year spent making overdetermined, obnoxious , totally disingenuous proclamations of feminine heroism. Continue reading
“5 New Releases We Love: FKA Twigs Transfigures, Gang Starr Throws It Back, And More”
Last week, for The A.V. Club‘s weekly A-Sides feature, I had the good luck of writing about the new FKA twigs album, Magdalene, essentially her way of working through her breakup with Robert Pattinson, which I know little about*, other than it resulted in a really great album by an incredibly talented artist. I also know that I’m … Continue reading
“In Synonyms, the Search for Identity Does Not Lead to the Same Destination as the Search for Happiness”
Quick, find a word that means something similar to “this is a real gosh darn good movie.” Continue reading
“Bishop Briggs’ CHAMPION Pulls Punches and Breaks Hearts”
In which Andy makes the pickiest of nits about an otherwise rock solid album about how much it sucks to have your heart broken when you’re the big brain type and you know that people leave but memories remain. Continue reading
Review: Greener Grass, 2019, dir. Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe
And you thought my obsession with “Lemon” was a sign of twisted character! Continue reading
“Mister America Is A Mockumentary That Feels Unsettlingly Real”
Not the Noah Baumbach movie starring Lola Kirke and Greta Gerwig, but rather the grimy, unpleasant, ultimately hilarious big-screen version of a Tim Heidecker and Greg Turkington bit. Continue reading
“‘The Day Shall Come’ And The Myth Of The Black Nationalist Terrorist”
The day shall come! In fact, it already came! It’s done. It’s gone. You missed it. What the hell, why weren’t you paying attention for the day. Continue reading
“‘Memory: The Origins of Alien’ Bears Abiding Fondness For A Sci-Fi Legend”
And now, we go back in time to an era of peak crime and the year of Three Mile Island, Voyager I and Jupiter’s rings, space shuttle orbiter Columbia, and the Iran hostage crisis; also the year of “Alien.” Coincidence? Probably. Continue reading
“The Death of Dick Long Might Be So Profane It’s Profound”
I have exactly less than no idea how to talk about this movie without giving away its dark, disgusting, hilarious secrets. Continue reading
“In Joe Begos’ Bliss, Meat Is Muse”
Waiter, Joe Begos got his splatter horror film in this examination of the artist’s enduring creative struggle. Not complaining! They’re tasty together. Continue reading
“Gruff Rhys Breaks Down Language Barriers on ‘Pang!'”
No Welsh? No problem! Continue reading
“‘Monos’ Is An Action Movie With An Unsettling Take On Civilization”
One of the best films of the year also has the most out-of-left-field gag about gummy bears of the year. Not that there’s much competition, but if there was… Continue reading
Review: One Cut of the Dead, 2019, dir. Shinichiro Ueda
Remember when Amazon kinda sorta almost ruined this film by putting a pirated version up for sale on their site? And no, I am not bringing this up for any specific reason, no sir. Continue reading
Review: A Faithful Man, 2019, dir. Louis Garrel
There are worse reasons to make a movie than to get two very lovely actresses to kiss all over your face, even when one is terribly age inappropriate and the other is your spouse. Ah, the French. Continue reading
Review: Ms. Purple, 2019, dir. Justin Chon
Disclosure: Ms. Purple is not a hidden character from “Reservoir Dogs.” Figured you should hear that up front to spare yourself the disappointment. Continue reading
