By: Henry J. Fromage – The (overdue) second phase of my visit with Oberst returned us to what we do best- searching out insane curiosities on Youtube and other sundry sources. 164. Alien Private Eye It’s a little hard to characterize this bizarrity, in which alien dressed in the hottest …
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By: Henry J. Fromage – A long July 4th weekend resulted in a some series TV binge-watching and an earnest, semi-successful attempt at multi-tasking (yes, I’m a week behind on these). 159. Too Old to Die Young My rating has come up a beer after resting on 13 hours of …
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By: Movie Snurb – The Western genre is a major blind spot in my cinema experience. I don’t watch a lot of Westerns mainly because it’s one of the genres I like the least. However, every once in a while, there comes a Western that either speaks to me or …
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By: Henry J. Fromage – Another weekend, another shit-fest with Oberst, this time remotely. I also had time for some of my signature 2019 randomness. 154. Creating Rem Lazar This 48 minute internet-adored bizarrity is a musical ostensibly for children is an earnestly delivered story of two children who make …
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By: Henry J. Fromage – This week I strap on my walkin shoes and visit Oberst for a wide swathe of toy-related entertainments, plus something completely unrelated. 148. Hotel Mumbai This is the unrelated one, if you couldn’t tell. This Paul Greengrass-style retelling of the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, …
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By: Henry J. Fromage – As work quickly and decisively swallows what’s left of my soul, any entertainments available will do. Good thing they were good ones. 143. Rocketman This exuberant, very Elton John-approved Elton John biopic threatens to establish a Bohemian Rhapsody cinematic universe, but it doesn’t exactly matter …
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By Jenna Zine – Being Frank is a newly-released indie comedy starring Jim Gaffigan and Logan Miller that is absolutely delightful, and I loved it so much that I dropped screenwriter Glen Lakin a note on Twitter to rave about it. To my thrill of thrills, he kindly wrote me …
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By: Movie Snurb – Many people believe that 1967 was the beginning of the New Hollywood Era. The influential movement of the French New Wave gave way to heavily stylized Hollywood films, this was also ushered by a relenting of power by the studios and letting directors and screenwriters have …
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By: Henry J. Fromage – This week all my life choices caught up with me, and I’m nursing a mother of a cold. So you know what that means- Netflix! 138. Always Be My Maybe If Crazy Rich Asians started the age of the Asian-led romcom, so be it. Constance …
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By: Henry J. Fromage – I’m going a little HAM on the streaming releases as of late, and while much of it is TV, these flick-ish entertainments stand out. 134. King Lear Rendering Shakespeare’s language with a modern (or futuristic dystopian) setting has been done plenty at this point, and …
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