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2014 in Review: Box Office Report
This was the lowest year for movie theater attendance in more than 20 years. But it wasn’t for a lack of good films. Yeah, there could have been some more original movies to choose from, and some of those were … Continue reading
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Tagged age of extinction, amazing spider-man 2, annabelle, believe me, captain america, divergent, edge of tomorrow, exodus, god's not dead, gods and kings, gone girl, guardians of the galaxy, heaven is for real, how to train your dragon 2, hunger games, legend of hercules, lego movie, let's be cops, lucy, maleficent, mockingjay part 1, neighbors, nightcrawler, pompeii, rio 2, think like a man too, transcendence, transformers, winter soldier
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2014 in Review: The Best Songs
Any discussion of 2014’s biggest songs has to begin and end with Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off,” which was inescapable. But unlike her 2012 trifle “We Are Never Getting Back Together,” this was a positive. See, “Shake It Off” bludgeons … Continue reading
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Tagged alt-j, benjamin booker, bruno mars, bryan ferry, clean bandit, coldplay, constantine, d'angelo, delta spirit, duke dumont, future islands, hold steady, hozier, jack white, jenny lewis, jess glynne, lecrae, mark ronson, muppets, old 97's, robert plant, robyn, rokysopp, run the jewels, saint pepsi, sam smith, sarah jaffe, spoon, st paul and the broken bones, st vincent, strand of oaks, sturgill simpson, sylvan esso, taylor swift, todd terje, u2, vance joy, walk the moon, war on drugs, weird al yankovic, zach de la rocha
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2014 in Review: The Best Albums
Spotify is both the best and worst invention in music in the last five years. There’s more music than ever before to listen to, right at your fingertips (hence my expanded honorable mentions section). But the art of discovery is … Continue reading
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Tagged ariel pink, beach slang, beck, cloud nothings, d'angelo, delta spirit, fka twigs, future islands, guardians of the galaxy, hans zimmer, hold steady, how to dress well, hozier, interstellar, james vincent mcmorrow, jenny lewis, jessie ware, lecrae, modern baseball, protomartyr, purple snow, robyn, rokysopp, sarah jaffe, sharon jones, sharon van eaten, spoon, st vincent, strand of oaks, sturgill simpson, tinariwen, todd terje, tony molina, u2, vance joy, war on drugs, weird al yankovic
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2014 in Review: The Best Shows – Honorable Mentions
As I mentioned previously, there was even more great TV than usual. So, as in years past, I’ve taken time to mention some shows that weren’t quite good enough on the whole to make my Top 10, but still turned … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Television
Tagged 700 sundays, billy crystal, cosmos, hbo, house of cards, key and peele, last week tonight, mindy project, modern family, netflix, parks and rec, silicon valley, simpsons
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2014 in Review: The Best Shows
Television hit a critical mass this year. Even as I entered my 15th month without a DVR, I still found it nearly impossible to keep up with all the good shows I kept hearing about, including shows I’ve been meaning … Continue reading
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Tagged americans, brooklyn nine-nine, community, fargo, hannibal, hbo, louie, netflix, newsroom, orange is the new black, true detective, veep
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The List: Top 10 ‘Colbert Report’ Moments
The Colbert Report had a slow start, but Stephen Colbert’s “Stephen Colbert” became one of the greatest performances in TV history, and the show could regularly one-up its parent The Daily Show. With the last episode airing this week, I … Continue reading
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Tagged colbert report, stephen colbert
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Best of the Decade… So Far – Film
It’s hard to believe the decade is half gone already. In these five years, I’ve graduated from college, moved back in with my parents, struck out on my own, and gotten married. And I’ve consumed a ridiculous amount of pop … Continue reading
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Tagged 50/50, about time, before midnight, beginners, boyhood, cloud atlas, drive, grand budapest hotel, gravity, her, hugo, inception, intouchables, looper, scott pilgrim, silver linings playbook, social network, toy story 3, tree of life, true grit
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Best of the Decade… So Far – TV
It’s hard to believe the decade is half gone already. In these five years, I’ve graduated from college, moved back in with my parents, struck out on my own, and gotten married. And I’ve consumed a ridiculous amount of pop … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Television
Tagged americans, breaking bad, brooklyn nine-nine, colbert report, community, daily show, fargo, friday night lights, hannibal, happy endings, it's always sunny in philadelphia, key and peele, louie, men of a certain, modern family, newsroom, orange is the new black, parks and rec, terriers, true detective, veep
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Best of the Decade… So Far – Albums
It’s hard to believe the decade is half gone already. In these five years, I’ve graduated from college, moved back in with my parents, struck out on my own, and gotten married. And I’ve consumed a ridiculous amount of pop … Continue reading
Posted in Best Of, Music
Tagged arcade fire, book of mormon, bright eyes, cut copy, daft punk, david ramirez, fleet foxes, frank ocean, fun, girl talk, haim, kanye west, lcd soundsystem, m83, sarah jaffe, seryn, shutter island, st vincent, sufjan stevens, vampire weekend
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Best of the Decade… So Far – Songs
It’s hard to believe the decade is half gone already. In these five years, I’ve graduated from college, moved back in with my parents, struck out on my own, and gotten married. And I’ve consumed a ridiculous amount of pop … Continue reading
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Tagged adele, arcade fire, ariel pink's haunted graffiti, beach house, booker t jones, bright eyes, bruno mars, carly rae jepsen, cee lo green, chvrches, coldplay, cut copy, daft punk, david ramirez, delta spirit, drake, edward sharpe and the magnetic zeroes, fleet foxes, florence and the machine, frank ocean, fun, future islands, girl talk, gorillaz, haim, jay-z, jessie ware, justice, kanye west, kings of leon, lcd soundsystem, local natives, m83, miguel, milo greene, mumford and sons, neko case, nicki minaj, of monsters and men, penguin prison, phosphorescent, robyn, sarah jaffe, seryn, spoon, spotify, st vincent, stephen malkmus and the jicks, sufjan stevens, tuneyards, vampire weekend
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