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If chimpomatic told the truth: "worth posting just to get that 5 word review of The Fighter out there".
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7th Jun 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Justified
Season 2
Based on Elmore Leonard's character US Marshall Raylan Givens, Justified is proving to be one of the more reliable shows on TV these days. Following the proven formula of the first, season two follows a few stand-alone stories, while slowly building a season arc that comes to a head with a finale spread over the last 3 or 4 episodes. Justified eschews the high-concepts of 24 or Lost and instead concentrates on good story, great character and solid production - as Timothy Olyphant's modern day cowboy marshall clears up wrong doing in redneck America.
While heroes don't come much cooler than Raylan Givens, he's frequently given a run for his money by Good/Bad guy Boyd Crowther. It's a typecast-breaking performance from ex-crony-on-The-Shield Walton Goggins, who plays the flip-side of Givens perfectly - trying his best to stay out of trouble, but just not being able to resist it. The most likeable TV criminal since Stringer Bell.
7th Jun 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
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Husker Du
Candy Apple Grey
Mostly Bob vs Grant but it does feature "Don't want to know if your are lonely".
6th Jun 2011
Read more 3 star reviewsPolaroids From The Future
Despite the blatantly home made stylings, Sean Young has a great selection of personal photos on her apparently 'official' and seemingly up-to-date website, including this great batch from her days on the set of Blade Runner.
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6th Jun 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Mars Classroom
The New Theory of Everything
The worst crime Bob Pollard can commit is to be forgettable.
6th Jun 2011
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US Marshals
Decent attempt to follow up outstanding actioner 'The Fugitive'. Lacking Harrison Ford, but added twists.
5th Jun 2011
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Valentine's Day
Rom-com version of Short Cuts ....without anything like Raymond Carver or Robert Altman.
5th Jun 2011
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The Blues Brothers on SNL re-runs again this week, with added Carrie Fisher. Doing 'Soul Man' over on Sky Arts 1 right now. Genius.
5th Jun 2011
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#Spotted: @notTJMiller from 'I'm Having A Difficult Time Killing My Parents' as Stainer in 'She's Out Of My League'.
5th Jun 2011
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Bad Lieutenant Port of Call New Orleans
Unfathomable, pedestrian re-imagining from Werner Herzog, with added iguana.
5th Jun 2011
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She's Out Of My League
Disappointing, flat, meandering dirty rom com with Jay Baruchel. Judd Apatow not involved.
5th Jun 2011
Read more 2 star reviews#Spotted: The awesome Michael Shannon as one of Nicolas Cage's lackeys in the bizarre 'Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans'.
4th Jun 2011
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The Romantics
Unambitious old - friends - reunite - for - wedding flick, covering well trodden ground.
4th Jun 2011
Read more 2 star reviewsFuck! Bob Mould just popped up on this @FooFighters doc, singing backup. Have immediately scheduled a Husker Du/Sugar-fest for tomorrow.
4th Jun 2011
Read on Twitter\#Licks: The drum licks between each line of the chorus in the @FooFighters track 'Everlong'. Fucking awesome.
4th Jun 2011
Read on TwitterWatching 'Foo Fighters: Back and Forth' on BBC2. Good. Though I dare say Dave Grohl is starting to look a little like Gus Grissom. \#CSI
4th Jun 2011
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Just caught the Blues Brothers TV debut on a SNL re-run - "Hey Bartender". Brilliant ...and surprisingly serious.
3rd Jun 2011
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Terminator Salvation
This under rated (by me), well handled, stylish addition to the franchise has much to offer.
3rd Jun 2011
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Eddie Vedder
Ukulele Songs
Simply awful. George Formby does \#PearlJam
3rd Jun 2011
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Arctic Monkeys
Suck It And See
Disappointing plod, swapping edgy rock for 60's croon. Track 12 stands out.
3rd Jun 2011
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Yuck
Yuck
Throwback shoe-gazing indie nostalgia trip. Though it's more Family Cat than Galaxie 500.
3rd Jun 2011
Read more 2.5 star reviewsListening to MMJ's 'Anytime' has left me in a state of mourning with regards to new album Circuital.
3rd Jun 2011
Read on TwitterThanks to Abed, I now want to see The Cape too. "Six seasons and a movie!" @NBCTheCape \#community
3rd Jun 2011
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Bad Teacher
Some laughs, but Bad Santa + School of Rock + Cameron Diaz does not equal the sum of it's parts.
3rd Jun 2011
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BMX Triple Back Flip
New Zealander Jed Mildon has just set a world record by performing the first triple back-flip on a BMX. YouTubers respond with 5M+ views.
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2nd Jun 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
Appy Talk: Silent Film Director Free
the Silent Film Director iPhone app is still free today (in case you want to shoot in black and white without sound). Comes w "Evil Plan FX"
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#Spotted: James LeGros AKA Roach from Point Break as a redneck in 'Justified'. Always thought he would have made it bigger.
1st Jun 2011
Read on Twitter\#Licks The Shins 'Sleeping Lessons': Great drum shuffle at 2.24 to signal the gear shift as the mega-intro pumps up to awesome.
1st Jun 2011
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iCloud
Apple will be launching iCloud at their WWDC event on Monday. Music seems to be the primary focus of the rumours, providing a service where all your music will be accessible from any device, rather than stored locally. That will go some way to eliminating the capacity limitations of many phones/pads etc, as I currently have 113.94 GB of music just on my 'essentials only' laptop. 4000+ albums on the Death Star.
Talk has also expanded to including Movies/TV Shows in the service, as well as the obvious opportunity for a Dropbox-style service (hopefully better than the existing iDisk), and even a Spotify-style music subscription.
As usual, the consent of the labels/studios seem to be the hold up.
Picture nabbed from Apple Insider
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"My. Names. Mike D. From. New. York. City." The @beastieboys track "OK" has cruised into my best-of-beasties playlist.
1st Jun 2011
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How To Make It In America
Season 1
HBO
With Entourage winding down after an epic 7 (soon to be 8th and final) seasons, HBO have started to line up it's successor. While the no-money, Lower East Side vibe of aspiring fashion entrepreneurs Ben Epstein and Cam Calderon might seem like a million miles from the valet parking of Vincent Chase's Hollywood, there are many parallels with this East Coast cousin - following the same dreams of success and the high life, just jumping on board at an earlier stage.
Despite the opposing fortunes, lifestyle envy also plays a big part here and while the reality of always being a dollar short might not quite hold the everlasting appeal of having a dollar too much, always knowing the hippest parties and being on first-name terms with every door man in town is something many of us would have loved 15 years ago. Slow motion mixes with flash frame photography and well chosen music to beautifully capture the gritty, exciting world of opportunity of both the Lower East Side and the just-graduated student mentality.
How To Make It In America has that quick-fix vibe that gets you high in 25 minutes and leaves you wanting more. Well-rounded episodes that fly by, but the season arc stays strong and is filled out well with multiple story strands (including a career-best performance from Luis Guzman and Rasta Monsta) all staying as strong as each other, while still building the bigger picture of the show's overall themes and agenda.
Great stuff. Should be back for season 2 later on in 2011.
1st Jun 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
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#Spotted: Brit Marling from 'Another Earth' as a fake, hip lesbian in \#Community.
31st May 2011
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X-men: First Class
Not quite 1st class but not 2nd rate. Fassbender & Macavoy have fun w brain powers; Betty Draper: real ice queen.
31st May 2011
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My Morning Jacket
Circuital
A lot more even than Evil Urges, but the title track is the only real stand-out here.
31st May 2011
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Another great Señor Chang moment: "I'm gonna wear your little brother's skin like pajamas!" \#community
31st May 2011
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Becoming Dazed & Confused
Chimpovich recently highlighted this "Making of Dazed & Confused" documentary over at YouTube. Well worth a watch, notably for a pre-mcromcomedy Matthew McConaughey. I love those redheads.
That's part 1 above, part 2 below. Continue to parts 3 and 4.
30th May 2011 - Add Comment - Tweet
The Proposition
Keep forgetting I've seen this dry Australian western from Nick Cave ...which can't be a good sign.
30th May 2011
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