Review: Her (Jonze, 2013)
In Spike Jonze’s latest film Her, Joaquin Phoenix plays Theodore Twombly, a professional letter-writer for-hire who composes personal correspondence with his creative mind, sensitive nature,... Read More
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AwardsWatch Weekly Music Roundup: Week of November 11, 2013
What Zac Nuccio is listening to this week… Sky Ferreira / Night Time My Time After over half a decade of solid EP releases,... Read More
Review: Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Does the world really need to revisit the dark, hellish world of Marshall Mathers? That’s the major question posed by Eminem’s sequel to the album... Read More
Review: Lady Gaga- ARTPOP
“I killed my former and left her in the trunk on Highway 10” begins Lady Gaga’s new album, ARTPOP. Were this anybody else, such opening lyrics... Read More
AwardsWatch Weekly Music Roundup: Week of November 4, 2013
What George Portades is listening to this week… Yo Yo featuring Gerald Levert, “Iz It Still All Good? (Something’s On Your Mind)” Out of all the female... Read More
Review: All Is Lost (Chandor, 2013)
Cinematically speaking, there are few places more moving, more honestly heartbreaking than on the big screen with a lone character struggling to survive. To be... Read More
Lady Gaga: Behind the Aura, the Artifice, and the ARTPOP
I think time will be kind to Lady Gaga’s Born This Way. Critical favor has a tendency to wax and wane, and after initially... Read More
AwardsWatch Weekly Music Roundup: Week of October 28, 2013
What Zac Nuccio is listening to this week… –Planningtorock vs. The Knife / “Let’s Talk About Gender Baby, Let’s Talk About You + Me” I confess,... Read More
Review: The Counselor (Ridley Scott, 2013)
I had read Cormac McCarthy’s script for The Counselor earlier this year. Like you will no doubt hear in other reviews of the film itself,... Read More
AwardsWatch Weekly Music Roundup: Week of October 21
What Michael Ward is listening to this week… Songs for Halloween As a couple of my contributions to our roundtable have already attested, I’m a... Read More
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