Billy Howerdel is a lucky man. His career has been a little backwards. In his first band, a little group called A Perfect Circle, he got to work with Maynard James Keenan, Josh Freese, Jordie White, James Iha amongst others.
Watching sports on film can be tricky: the audience needs the story and the sport needs the story because, otherwise, we’re just watching a fixed game. We know there’s only one conclusion and as a viewer, that’s not interesting. Instead, what leads us to our spirited involvement in the fixed fight is everything surrounding it …
At this point, someone should just bottle what Jack White’s got because it works. Love him or hate him, you have to admit that what he does, he does well.
Formula films almost never redefine a genre.
Rob Zombie’s directorial debut, ‘House of 1000 Corpses,’ should, by all accounts, be a train wreck.
Make no mistake, Nicolas Roeg’s 1976 film ‘The Man Who Fell to Earth’ is bizarre. It is the least science-fiction-y science fiction movie I’ve seen, the narrative and story are very loose and almost unnecessary and it’s at its most interesting when it’s at its most mundane. Yet, for the entire two and a half …
As we reported earlier this week, Nine Inch Nails released their first album free from a recording contract, entitled ‘Ghosts Volume I-IV.’ Through the release of his previous album, ‘Year Zero,’ Nine Inch Nails front (or only) man Trent Reznor was vocal about his displeasure with the record label, specifically about the limitations to releasing …
I tend to ignore direct-to-video animated features. Right or wrong, I assume they’re usually poorly written and cheap products released to capitalize on an upcoming feature or our current goodwill towards a certain character. And with casts that usually read as a who’s who of television stars you’re not watching, the appeal was never there …
English band Morcheeba, released their sixth studio album on February 4th titled ‘Deep Dive.’ This is the band’s second studio album without singer Skye Edwards, a voice that became synonymous with the band thanks to their first four albums. 2005’s ‘The Antidote’ met with mixed reaction from fans because of Edwards’s missing vocals (she was …
Michael Clayton is a fixer. His 17-year employ at a law firm causes the musing, “He’s been with the firm for 17 years and he’s not a partner?” But Clayton isn’t the type of lawyer firms want to advertise. In fact, he embodies the image and actions of everything that lawyers try to shy away …