Like some people, most films want to live forever. In the case of Self/less, it’ll be lucky to last the weekend.
From the Record Crate: Coldplay – “Parachutes” (2000)
Coldplay might think their debut album was “terrible music,” but the world didn’t feel the same. Parachutes, which turns fifteen years old today, sent Chris Martin, Jonny Buckland, Guy Berryman, and Will Champion into international success and stardom that would last for…
SDCC 2015 Journal: Orientation Day
Five hours in a tin can flying at thirty-five thousand feet in the air will turn any spritely young man into an elderly one with mobility issues. The flight took me from the dreary East Coast to the sunny, drought-tormented…
TV Review: Rectify (3×01) – “Hoorah”
“Life is always perilous. That’s what gives it its spice,” Roland Foulkes says early on in Rectify’s season three premiere. Indeed, Rectify is all about peril, the anticipation of danger as opposed to the moment when it actually strikes. When…
Movie Review: ‘Amy’
At one still point in the film, Tony Bennett wisely says, “Life teaches you how to live it if you live long enough.” Unfortunately, Amy Winehouse didn’t get the chance to learn this lesson, because she met her end early…
The Strain Season 2 Character Guide
The Strain Season 2 Character Guide Having just re-watched the season one finale of The Strain on Hulu before jumping into season two, I remembered one of the most important things about the show: how many characters there are. Granted,…
Movie Review: ‘Minions’
In the two Despicable Me movies, the cute, yellow minions stole the show, but now, in their own spin-off, they steal your money. Minions should not get a free pass simply because it’s a “children’s film.” It is an insult…