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Mixtape Memories – Volume 3
After more than two years of searching, I finally found a box of mixtapes in my parents’ garage. These are mixtapes my dad made me as a kid, and they were my gateway into music. So I’ve been listening to … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Music
Tagged beach boys, beatles, deep blue something, dionne ferris, eddie cochran, four tops, frankie goes to hollywood, gladys knight, grass roots, jan and dean, lou christie, lovin spoonful, marvin gaye, michael jackson, miracles, mungo jerry, offspring, pete shelley, prince, rivieras, seal, stone temple pilots, supremes, tammi terrell, tom jones
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Mixtape Memories – Volume 2
After more than two years of searching, I finally found a box of mixtapes in my parents’ garage. These are mixtapes my dad made me as a kid, and they were my gateway into music. So I’ve been listening to … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Music
Tagged addams family, beach boys, beatles, beverly hills cop, booker t jones, champs, chuck berry, contours, devo, donna summer, georgia satellites, hank ballard, harold faltermeyer, huey lewis, isley brothers, jackson five, john fogerty, kool and the gang, link wray, mary wells, mc hammer, mccoys, michael jackson, mitch ryder, mixtape memories, rascals, richie valens, righteous brothers, robert gordon, romantics, safaris, sam the sham, thurston harris, troggs
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Mixtape Memories – Volume 1
After more than two years of searching, I finally found a box of mixtapes in my parents’ garage. These are mixtapes my dad made me as a kid, and they were my gateway into music. So I’ve been listening to … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Music
Tagged batman, beatles, chuck berry, emf, grease, jam, john travolta, jungle book, lady and the tramp, limahl, little mermaid, los lobos, material issue, mixtape memories, neverending story, olivia newton-john, prince, queen, replacements, slade, suzi quatro, thin lizzy
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Oscar Re-Do: 2003
As I have the last three years, I’ll look at the Oscars from a decade ago and see if the Academy really got it right (spoiler alert: usually not). Winners are in bold. BEST PICTURE The Lord of the Rings: … Continue reading
The List: Sequels I Wanted to See
With a rash of unnecessary sequels on the way, including Grown Ups 2 and Transformers 4, I thought about the films that did merit a continuation of the story, like Before Midnight. So here’s a list of (a little more … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Film
Tagged a-team, get smart, hellboy, horror, incredibles, italian job, phantom, pixar, rocketeer, roger rabbit, shadow, trick r treat, true lies, who framed roger rabbit
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Roger & Me
Like many other film critics of all ages, creeds and genders, I owe an enormous debt to Roger Ebert, one that cannot be paid back in a written appreciation like this. But Roger always struck me as someone who remained … Continue reading
Oscar Re-Do: 2002
You know the drill: Winners in bold, then we break it down and see who should have gotten the gold 10 years ago. BEST PICTURE Chicago Gangs of New York The Hours The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers … Continue reading
Posted in Essays, Film, Oscars
Tagged adaptation, almodovar, john c reilly, lord of the rings, nicolas cage, queen latifah, salma hayek, spirited away, y tu mama tambien
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Reactionary Tale: Sight & Sound Critics’ Poll 2012
Vertigo? Are you sure? After a half-century of dominance, Citizen Kane yielded its top position to the most well-respected of Hitchcock’s vast body of work. But really? I can think of at least three movies by Hitchcock himself that were … Continue reading
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My Life in Movies: 1992
Read what this is all about here. Best Picture winner: Unforgiven (dir. Clint Eastwood) Box office champion: Aladdin ($217.4 million – actual, $415.3 – adjusted) BEST OF THE BEST Reservoir Dogs (dir. Quentin Tarantino) Could it be that Tarantino’s first film is his greatest? That’s certainly … Continue reading
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