Looking Forward: Red Hot Chili Pepper – Unlimited Love
The first new music with Frusciante in a long time. This is exciting. The first single Black Summer starts off pretty mellow but then it kicks up the energy in a way that instantly transports you. I like that I Read more…
Looking Forward: Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The original movie was one of my favourite horror movies, because it didn’t telegraph the horror. It played it’s monster straight. The sledgehammer coming down on someone was how the whole movie felt to me. I hope this captures that Read more…
Film Hick: The Eyes Of Tammy Faye
I am not super familiar with Televangelism. I had heard of Tammy Faye, but I think it was more in the role as connected to the LGBTQIA+ community. So, what drew me to this? Jessica Chastain. She is one of Read more…
Filmhick: The House
I love stop motion animation. I was raised on the works of Oliver Postgate, and I love the Quay Brothers, so darkness in animation is not that new to me. It is such a versatile corner of the medium of Read more…
Film Hick: Old
I read some reviews of this movie that said that it moves too quickly for you to feel anything for the characters. I think that speed of storytelling dumps you right there on the beach with the characters of the Read more…
Film Hick: Prisoners Of The Ghostland
When you let Nicholas Cage loose and he in scene-chewing mode you need something solid for him to connect with. If Cage swings and hits against nothing substantial then the whole act feels just as paper-thin. This seems like something Read more…
Rebellious Jukebox: We Are Lady Parts
I have to admit I discovered the music through Spotify and wasn’t aware that they were a band from a sitcom. Based on that knowledge the music here isn’t bad. The first song I heard really made me think of Read more…
Rebellious Jukebox: FKA Twigs (feat. Central Cee) — Measure of a Man
This is the best Bond theme not for a Bond movie. FKA Twigs creates a sexy and sophisticated song that is a real earworm. I hope the movie The King’s Man is good, but even if it isn’t this song Read more…
Rebellious Jukebox: Adele 30
On first listen I found this sonically more interesting than the last record, but it was not an easy album to listen too. I heard Adele talking to Zane Lowe about some of the influences on the sound, and I Read more…
Film Hick: The Sparks Brothers
This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us — that is pretty much all Sparks meant to me before this dictionary; that and Ron Mael’s moustache. I had been teeing it up to buy a lot of their Read more…
DMZ And DMZ
The fact that I would watch Rosario Dawson in most things didn’t serve me well here. I am most way through the first episode, and apart from the name, I don’t get the point of this show even referring to Read more…
Television Whitenoise: After Life
I don’t think I was expecting this show from Ricky Gervais. I wasn’t expecting to cry. Tony and Lisa are such believable characters. I’ve lived through this kind of loss and the aftermath of it. The weirdness of the small Read more…
Television Whitenoise: Somebody Somewhere
Bridget Everett as Sam is great and Jeff Hiller as Joel is her perfect sidekick. I like this kind of low-key comedy. It is a little like mumblecore with the pacing and the way the laughs are pitched. The way Read more…
Television Whitenoise: Insecure
I love this show. I have landed on these seasons and binged them as soon as they land. Issa Rae is amazing. I love Issa, Molly, Kelli, Tiffany, Lawrence. I love all the characters.The show is able to be both Read more…
Daredevil Season 3
It is a real shame that this series is not continuing. It was interesting to see the opposition of motion versus stillness in this season as an indicator of who was winning. When Kingpin is on top he is calm, Read more…
The Iron Fist Season 2
The Iron Fist has obviously had one of the more problematic journeys to the small screen. Was it less problematic when it was created? Maybe. It was created at a point when there was a huge interest in martial arts, Read more…
Shipwreck by Warren Ellis & Phil Hester
I was sold on the book from the first image I saw of it. I buy and read pretty much everything Warren Ellis writes, so I would have found it anyway, and I subscribe to his letter, which is an Read more…
Comicsphere: Firelight Isle by Paul Duffield
Paul Duffield, the great artist that worked on Warren Ellis’s Freakangels is working on this great new project, which you should go and check out.