Pangaea 518 | 07.31.11
Dick Cheney rewrites Christianity.
July 2011
Mr. Nice (Independent, NR)
Covering Howard Marks’ life in pretty hefty detail from his teen years onward, Mr. Nice has several decades’ worth of ground to cover and does so rather in rather quick fashion, though not so quickly […]
Black Lips | 8.4.11
The Black Lips are still the obscene rockers that publicly urinate on stage and write about drugs and trash.
Sarah’s Key (The Weinstein Company, PG-13)
I find it distasteful to exploit references to the Holocaust in an attempt to class up what is really the cinematic equivalent of an airplane novel but maybe I’m just funny that way.
Cowboys & Aliens (Universal Pictures, PG-13)
In fact Cowboys & Aliens incorporates so many Hollywood clichés that they become their own reality and free you to follow the loopy script wherever it wants to leads you.
Crazy, Stupid, Love. (Warner Bros. Pictures, PG-13)
Not that it’s perfect, but it is considerably better than most Hollywood romantic comedies ever even try to be, which is saying something.
Terri (ATO Pictures, R)
This is a world that feels lived-in, filled with characters that have personalities and quirks beyond their archetypes.
Ordinary Victories and Ordinary Victories: What is Precious (NBM Publishing)
It’s the little wins that count in French cartoonist Manu Larcenet’s tale of a war photographer trying to find a new path in life.
Rude Chapbooks 07.29.11 | EXTRA: A Blast From the Past
In honor of DC Retroactive, "Rude Chapbooks" digs into the PLAYBACK:stl archives for five funnybooks from those halcyon days of January 1976.
Reel Big Fish/Streetlight Manifesto | 7.20.11
The members of Reel Big Fish are professionals, and they still did their best to keep the crowd from seeing their boredom.