Demons Dance Alone
Big dada theater in infrared! Subtext galore, supplicating demons, folding chairs. Giant eyeballs presented as temptation. It could only be The Residents, and Matthew Moyer is transfixed.
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Big dada theater in infrared! Subtext galore, supplicating demons, folding chairs. Giant eyeballs presented as temptation. It could only be The Residents, and Matthew Moyer is transfixed.
Tan, rested and ready, Superman flies onto the big screen once more. Rob Levy dutifully points to the heavens and knows the words by heart: “Look, up in the sky….”
Though you usually should be worried about a review that starts with, “I am SO glad this movie didn’t suck,” Carl F Gauze is actually quite taken with this big screen version of Garrison Keillor’s timeless radio show.
Al Gore gets hot and bothered about global warming! Rob Levy thinks you should hear the man out.
Break-ups are anything but funny - until now? Brittany Sturges , despite a healthy case of Aniston-phobia, is charmed by the humor and acting chemistry in this film.
How does a good church-going girl from Nashville end up launching a bad-girl look that’s still imitated fifty years later? Carl F Gauze fills us in on this biopic of the rightfully (if unwittingly) notorious Bettie Page
Garrison Keillor’s Prairie Home Companion radio show comes to the big screen.
Does the film adaptation of Dan Brown’s phenomenal, controversial best-seller live up to the hype? Is The Da Vinci Code Ron Howard’s Last Temptation, a cinematic response to Mad Mel’s biblical epic? Our man in the pews, Steve Stav , delivers his own sermon on the subject.
James Mann compares two films about 9/11 – the independent Loose Change and Flight 93.
From the bloody streets of Johannesburg comes this uplifiting tale of life after crime in the ghetto. Rob Levy explains why this film won an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
Brittany Sturges offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of Hawthorne Heights, as they prepare to release their next album.
Sasha & Digweed finally release a videologue of their infamous 2002 nationwide US tour, blood, sweat and beats all included. But is it worth the price of admission? Kiran Aditham finds out.
This is the debut live concert DVD from Greensboro-based singer-songwriter Mike Garrigan, and Andrew Ellis is impressed.
Seventeen videos and concert footage from Culture Club! Is that too much Culture Club for Carl F Gauze? Let’s find out!
Rob Levy finds that there is even more bloodletting in this sequel to the hugely successful vampire versus werewolf flick.
Death’s back, and it wants to take you on the (last) ride of your life. Brittany Sturges reviews the third in this series of complex and gruesome demises.
A backpacking adventure in a small Slovakian town turns deadly. Brittany Sturges gets the chills.
Master of surrealist literature, Haruki Murakami, gets his first silver screen treatment. Aaron Shaul lets you in on why it’s a gem.
A simple plan of embezzlement goes all wrong on a cold Christmas eve in Wichita. But it’s all right – Rob Levy finds it entertaining.
Seven years of loving volunteer work produces an excellent Star Trek parody. Carl F Gauze thinks it’s about time.
Hamilton, Ontario rap artist Cadence Weapon drops Rollercoaster (MNRK Music) today.
Shall I compare thee to an “Old Bronco”? Sure, if thou art The Bacon Brothers.
J-Horror classic Dark Water (2002) makes the skin crawl with an unease that lasts long after the film is over. Phil Bailey reviews the new Arrow Video release.
John Wayne’s final movie sees the cowboy actor go out on a high note, in The Shootist, one of his best performances.
Get to the theater tonight for Indigo Girls: It’s Only Life After All, Alexandria Bombach’s latest documentary, one night only!
Speedfossil’s in love with a girl on the internet, on “IRL” from Room With A VU, Vol.1.