‘High Fidelity’ (2000) examines love, music, love of music
Throwback Thursday (Movie review): This Nick Hornby adaptation is among the all-time top five films about music and love.
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‘High Fidelity’ (2000) examines love, music, love of music
‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist’ ain’t exactly ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’
First episode impressions (TV review): Still, the first episode of the Jane Levy-starring musical comedy is far from terrible.
Movies and TV shows John is looking forward to in 2020
2020 preview: Here are 10 films and 10 television shows I’m looking forward to in the new year.
John’s 20 favorite songs of the 2010s
2010s in review: These were my 20 favorite songs of the 2010s (with a limit of one song per album), in chronological order.
‘Blinded by the Light’s’ Pakistani family drama awkwardly mixes with Springsteen tunes (Movie review)
I love the way Javed (Viveik Kalra) loves Bruce Springsteen in “Blinded by the Light.” The Pakistani-British youth sings and dances in the street once he gets the Boss bug. He smiles when listening to […]
Come for the Beatles tunes, stay for Lily James in ‘Yesterday’ (Movie review)
“Yesterday” isn’t the first movie to use Beatles songs as its foundation – see also 2001’s “I Am Sam” and 2007’s “Across the Universe” – but writers Jack Barth and Richard Curtis deserve credit for […]
‘The Perfection’ isn’t what you think it is, but it’s still a clever little horror gem (Movie review)
“The Perfection” (Netflix) has one of those trailers that seems to give away the whole movie, so after making the mistake of watching the trailer, I let it fade from my mind a bit before […]
The top 100 ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ songs, ranked
Music rankings: Judging the song itself, the choreography and the performances, here are my selections for the top 100 “CXG” songs.
Malek, music are the stars of too-formulaic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ (Movie review)
Prior to seeing “Bohemian Rhapsody” (2018), I was hardly a Queen fan. The band’s popularity had faded before I was old enough to appreciate it, and growing up, their music was not something I was into. […]
Cooper, Gaga beautifully update ‘A Star is Born’ for a new generation (Movie review)
I’m usually not a fan of remakes, but I make exceptions if the remake brings a fresh perspective to the material. I can also be won over if the remake is really f****** good. Such […]