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In the news today: Electric Six, Romy, A Giant Dog, Hip Hop 50 Year Anniversary, Run-DMC, Snoop Dogg, Fugees, Juneteenth, Best Board Games, Tina Turner, Trugoy the Dove, Shannen Doherty, Bad Omens, Kindness and Care, Jen Lush, Halsey, Lilith, Drew Barrymore, Brendan Small, Ratboys, Slipknot’s Clown
Love, Hawaiian Style – Drew Barrymore is a bit more than absent-minded in Adam Sandler’s new nice-guy vehicle. Our man in the South Pacific, Steve Stav, explains why 50 First Dates is a perfect Valentine’s Day movie.
Former cab dispatcher Danny Devito tries his hand at Hitchcock with Duplex. In his blood-spattered review, Steve Stav discovers that dark comedy and little old ladies go hand-in-hand.
Steve Stav goes girl-crazy in his review of a movie that’s sure to turn up the temperature on summer. Farrah who?
Combining sci-fi, horror, and dark comedy, Donnie Darko is a twisted look into the vail of supernatural melodrama, with a demonic bunny predicting the end of the world on Halloween, and the only one who can see him is a boy already on the verge of madness. Kiran Aditham checks out the DVD.
Despite the media blitz for Tom Green’s new movie, Freddy Got Fingered, one thing hasn’t been clear – what’s it about? John P. Wasser spills the beans, and lets you know if the gross-out flick is worth seeing.
Small-town Grand Junction, Colorado, comes out in droves to Slamming Bricks 2023, as our beloved queer community event eclipses its beginnings to command its largest audience yet. Liz Weiss reviews the performance, a bittersweet farewell both to and from the Grand Valley’s most mouthy rebel organizer, Caleb Ferganchick.
Carl F. Gauze reviews Dreamers Never Die, the loving documentary on the career of rocker extraordinaire Ronnie James Dio.
The iconic rock and roll magazine from the 1960s is back and just as relevant and snotty as ever.
This week, Christopher Long nearly fights a famed rock star in defense of his 1970s pin-up princess. To prove his point, Chris goes into his own garage and digs out his musty vinyl copy of the self-titled 1972 alt. country classic from Linda Ronstadt.
A former convict returns to London to avenge his former enemies and save his daughter. Carl F. Gauze reviews the Theater West End production of Sweeney Todd.
This week, cuddly curmudgeon Christopher Long finds himself feeling even older as he hobbles through a Florida flea market in pursuit of vinyl copies of the four infamous KISS solo albums — just in time to commemorate the set’s milestone 45th anniversary.
Starting with small-time jobs, two gangsters take over all the crime in Marseilles in this well-paced and entertaining French film. Carl F. Gauze reviews the freshly released Arrow Video Blu-ray edition of Borsalino (1970).