1995/2006 Yadda, yadda, yadda “? what more could be said about “Seinfeld” that hasn’t been said so many times already? This acclaimed “show about nothing” certainly puts the current slate of network comedies in perspective; with its rapid-fire wit and zeitgeisty catchphrases (“No soup for you!”), it makes you think: When’s the last time you […]
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John Legend-Once Again
Sony Urban Soulful vocalist and ubiquitous music-video fixture John Legend follows his acclaimed debut “Get Lifted” with “Once Again,” an equally mellow sophomore album and one which doesn’t alter his proven formula so much as stretch it in subtle new directions. Legend is understandably more visible this time around and his terrific first single, […]
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The Classic Sci-Fi Ultimate Collection
Various/2006 Here’s another collection from Universal, which seems determined to mine its reputation for Thirties to Fifties science fiction and horror for all it’s worth. This set contains five goofy sci-fi flicks from the Fifties, including one gem (“The Incredible Shrinking Man”), one near-miss (“Tarantula”) and three that are so silly, you’ll grin for […]
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Reds: 25th Anniversary Edition
1981/2006 A grand cinematic achievement and one which remains disquietingly relevant, Warren Beatty’s magnum opus “Reds” stands as the last of a now-vanished breed: the intelligent, costly and compelling Hollywood epic “? to think that studios once cranked out films that not only dazzled with lavish locations, but also put words worth considering in actors’ […]
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Big Love: The Complete First Season
2006 HBO continues to search for the answer to that nagging question: What will the cable network do once “The Sopranos,” David Chase’s sprawling criminal saga, calls it quits early next year? An array of comedies and dramas are vying to be the savior and while “The Wire” and “Entourage” are leaving their marks, HBO […]
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Sean Lennon-Friendly Fire
Capitol I’d imagine being of Beatles stock is both a blessing and a burden’ on one hand, you’ve got an impeccable pedigree; on the other, there’s not much margin for error, which would explain why John Lennon’s sons have stepped cautiously into creative arenas. Sean Lennon, whose debut record, “Into the Sun,” dropped way […]
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My Chemical Romance-The Black Parade
Reprise Taking a page from the Green Day playbook in a transparent bid for critical and commercial validation, New Jersey-based punk-poppers My Chemical Romance have unleashed the ambitious, somber “The Black Parade.” Overdosed on Pink Floyd and Queen to a spectacular degree, My Chemical Romance spend much of their third full-length album providing a nation […]
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Crackjaw-Giants From the Stereo
I Scream Records Michigan’s Crackjaw is making pop-punk with metal sprinkled on top. This particular style is a big cash cow and Crackjaw could be the next Fall Out Boy’ if you dig those guys, run with the speed of a bullet to the local CD shop and get Crackjaw to go. “Giants from […]
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Putney Swope
1969/2006 Very much a film of its time, Robert Downey Sr.’s anarchic satire “Putney Swope” plays now like less of an incendiary social commentary and more of an antiquated goof “? bizarre affectations, such as Downey dubbing all of his leading man’s lines, lend the film an even more dated air. The plot is […]
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The War Game/Culloden
1964/1965/2006 A jarring piece of docudrama filmmaking that retains its power to disturb more than 40 years later, Peter Watkins’ searing film about nuclear war and its terrifying aftermath in a typical English city was deemed too intense and violent to broadcast by the BBC in 1965, becoming a theatrical release instead. Deliberately low-budget […]