Month: March 2021
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Creation Stories (2021)
Creation Stories (2021) is the audacious story of how a scrawny kid from Glasgow founded the biggest independent music label in history. The roster of bands signed to Creation is so ridiculous you immediately want it fact-checked. Once Oasis came on board, commercial success quickly matched the critical success of the previous years. Both eras…
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Cinema Versus Content: Martin Scorsese’s Views on Film
Scorsese once again elaborates on his controversial statements on superhero movies in Harper’s Monthly and we take a look at where he’s right and wrong. In the March 2021 issue of Harper’s Monthly director Martin Scorsese writes in praise of Italian director Frederico Fellini. The essay, called ‘Il Maestro: Federico Fellini and the Lost Magic…
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Duck Confit and Red Herrings – Revisiting Alfred Hitchcock’s North By Northwest
With thousands of old movies to choose from, how can we tell the exceptional from the mundane? KK breaks down a classic, money-in-the-bank Hitchcock film that is now streaming on Crave.
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Justice League: The Snyder Cut
Since Joss Whedon is mayor of Cancellationtown and the studio refuses to let this sad DC film universe die, let’s all watch the Snyder Cut. Okay, everyone’s going to have a take on The Snyder Cut of The Justice League. So faar, I’ve seen a lot of, “It’s awesome!” or “It’s terrible!” The truth is…
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Lake Michigan Monster
Guy Maddin meets Ingmar Bergman meets Terry Gilliam meets…oh, hell, just go and watch this bonkers lo-fi monster movie. It’s a hoot and a half. This film is a trip-and-a-half. Almost like a Terry Gilliam fever dream, we are introduced to Capt. Seafield (director Ryland Brickson Cole Tews) who explains that his dear ole dad…
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The Feedback Society’s Week in Music
Robert Barry Francos goes through some of the indie singles he’s been listening to, bringing you some hot recommendations to throw on the old stereo. Adrian Younge“Revolutionize”Jazz is DeadYounge takes a few different styles and successfully mixes them together. The song starts a bit like The First Poets, arguably the first – and I believe…
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Young Hellboy
Young Hellboy is the new comic property George Lucas, Steve Spielberg and Guillermo del Toro should be putting money towards when movies can happen again. Ever consider the childhood antics of a hellspawn? Ever consider the antics of a hellspawn groomed / raised / created to be an action-based avatar protecting humanity and the Nether…
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Demon Days X-Men #1 – Peach Momoko
Peach Momoko’s comic debut Demon Days X-Men #1 recasts familiar Marvel characters in a charmingly fun story in a lovely and lush feudal Japan. It’s happened. It has finally happened…I purchased an X-Men comic. Now, as a disclaimer, I used to love reading the X-Men in the mid to late ‘80s when none of my…
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Too Old to Die Young
Nicolas Winding Refn brings together a dream team in Ed Brubaker, Darius Khondji, Diego Garcia, Cliff Martinez and more for a beautiful, violent crime saga. Even at his most self-indulgent, I love Nicolas Winding Refn. I consider Drive to be one of the best movies of the 21st century so far. Some of his older…
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Checking Out DC’s Future State
The Riz gives a rundown on a sampling of DC’s major event Future State. First off, I was not planning on getting wrapped up in the Future State major DC event. Since 1985’s Crisis on Infinite Earths, the ground breaking crossover epic that set the standard for every major event to come after, I have…