Jun 28 2006
Spiderman 3 Trailer Released!
Spiderman 3 Trailer @ Apple.com
It looks so awesome…I just know it’ll suck. =/
Jun 27 2006
Music Releases: June 27, 2006
RIYL: Rise Against, Lostprophets, Less Than Jake, AFI, Angels and Airwaves, Three DAys Grace, Taking Back Sunday
The Coral Sea
Volcano and Heart
RIYL: David Bowie, Pink Floyd, Mercury Rev, Radiohead
Dashboard Confessional
Dusk and Summer
RIYL: AFI, Angels and Airwaves, Taking Back Sunday, Guster, Panic! At the Disco
Dirty on Purpose
Hellelujah Sirens
RIYL: Camera Obscura, Built to Spill, The Replacements, Band of Horses
RIYL: DJ Spooky, Hot Chip, Boards of Canada, Gotan Project
Lostprophets
Liberation Transmission
RIYL: Three Days Grace, AFI, Angels and Airwaves, Hoobastank, Rise Against, Panic! At the Disco
RIYL: Madonna, Erasure, Bananarama, Keane, Morrissey, Zero 7
Grant Lee Phillips
Nineteeneighties
RIYL: Matthew Sweet, Golden Smog, Thom Yorke, Raconteurs, Keane, Neil Young
DJ Spooky
In Fine Style: 50,000 Volts of Trojan Records
RIYL: Four Tet, Dub Trio, John Zorn, Cut Chemist, Thom Yorke, Sonic Youth, Gnarls Barkley
Jun 27 2006
Hex
Hex
Thursdays, 10pm
BBC America
At an English boarding school, a girl realizes she is a witch and while trying to deal with her newfound powers, the devil is trying to seduce her since he needs to procreate.
I love the supernatural shows, so I had to check this out. It is British so it is a bit subdued and the humor is pretty dry. The two-hour series premiere was really like watching a movie. It didn’t start in with the witch/supernatural stuff until the very end. It was setting up all the characters in the show and really introducing Cassie, the blonde girl. She is very insecure and longs after a blonde, curly-haired soccer player boy. Her roommate, Thelma, is a lesbian and wishes Cassie was too.
Cassie runs across an ancient artifact that looks like a vase. When she touches it, she has visions of a lady hanging from a tree and another lady being sacrificed in some kind of voodoo ritual. She starts investigating a portrait she sees around the school since it is one of the women from her visions. She finds out that lady was a McBain and a witch. She also reads some stories about Azareal being a fallen angel who needs sacrifices to stay pretty or else he turns into a super ugly creature thing with wings. Towards the end, he tricks Cassie into sacrificing Thelma.
That’s not the end for Thelma though! She’s a ghost that wanders around bugging Cassie, messes with her dreams (Cassie has a lot more lesbian dreams now), and loves that she can eat anything she wants. The biggest pain is that she is stuck wearing the clothes she had on when she died. The school thinks that Thelma killed herself, but Cassie knows the truth. She is now trying to figure out what exactly Azrael wants from her, while also finding out she has some witch powers. She can light some things on fire and move things with her mind. I’m not sure what else she can do, but that’ll probably come with time.
It moves back and forth from super serious drama with Azrael to goofy stuff, mostly from Thelma. Thelma has found out that Cassie is from the McBain family and fears that what happened in the past will happen to Cassie too. Oh, Cassie’s mother is also in an insane asylum because of Azrael tormenting her for years.
Jun 26 2006
Charlatans: Tiny But Good
Charlatans
June 2, 2006
Wonder Ballroom
After having such a good time at Goldfrapp, Marci wanted more concert fun. I told her I was seeing the Charlatans in June, which I hadn’t seen since 1992 when I was in high school. Oh such a long time ago. They have fallen off the radio station in the U.S. (so sad), but I have been a fan all along. I would have seen them if they had ever played in a city I lived in since 1992, but they usually stuck to L.A. and NY for the past decade. I was very excited that I would finally get to see them again after only seeing them live twice before (1991 for Some Friendly tour and 1992 for Between 10th and 11th tour). It has been six albums between now and then so there were quite a few songs I had never heard live.
I gave Marci copies of everything I had so she would know if she wanted to see them. She knew some stuff, but had no idea it was the Charlatans. Jer had grown to love the band from the mp3s coming up in the shuffle all the time. He decided he would go too, even though he hates concerts and states this after every one he sees. I love concerts and always want to hear songs live after hearing them on CD.
The show was on a Friday night, so after I finally arrived home from work, Jer announced, he was ready to go get drunk before the show. Marci showed up at the house and we all headed to Wonder Ballroom. We were going to eat in the restaurant attached to the concert hall and I’m so glad we did! It was super yum and I highly recommend it to anyone in the Portland area. I had an awesome burger. Marci had fish and chips and Jer had mac and cheese (if I remember right). We all discovered the joys of aioli. We asked what it was since it was on the menu and after the waiter described it as a French garlic mayo, we all got some. Super yum! We also commented on our fancy water, which was inside a wine bottle. We ate our food, drank some beer and noticed band members from the Charlatans eating at a nearby booth. We knew that we didn’t have to worry about getting up if they were still sitting there.
We did finally finish and head into the concert hall to find a couple other people there. Oh, it was a fairly big place for a band that doesn’t get radio play in Portland. I felt so bad for the band! I had seen sold out shows back in the day in Phoenix. I think they should have played in a smaller place like Berbati’s, where it wouldn’t have felt so empty. It was still early so we went up to the balcony for more drinkies. We all decided to get Maker’s Mark followed by cheap ass beer. What a combo. Jer had his with ice, I had mine without (so the bartender said mine was ‘neat’), and Marci said she wanted hers neater so he almost poured it right into her mouth.
We sat up on the balcony waiting for the opening band and laughing at the security guy in the corner being bored out of his mind. He was to the right of the stage and had a little flashlight. He was trying to entertain himself and caused us much amusement. We realized after a while that the opening band did not seem to exist, but a few more people were finally showing up. Of course, they were all trying to fit in the balcony, which made the floor area very empty. We decided to go sit on the floor near the stage.
When we moved downstairs, the band finally came out. Yeah! They opened up with songs from the latest album, which I am not the biggest fan. The reggae stuff doesn’t really work for me, and Jer thought it sounded like 311 when I was playing it at home (and he hates 311). They finally started playing some older stuff. After it being a little stiff in the beginning, probably when the band saw how few people there were, it loosened up a bit all around when they were playing some older stuff. People quit hanging out in the balcony and dancing around the floor. The band also lightened up. They were really feeding off the energy of the crowd.
Jer was not having a good time. The one song he wanted to hear, And If I Fall, they did not play. He was sitting on the ground while Marci and I were dancing around. Some other people were dancing around too. One guy was really into stomping and jumping up and down. He had a pattern with three stomps with his back right foot (like a stamping horse) and then he jumped up and down. I started doing the same exact thing behind him. I think he might have noticed and ran away.
I was happy with any song I heard, but some that I really wanted to hear, they didn’t play. That’s okay. I didn’t realize how much their first album was sonically huge sounding. When they played Sproston Green at the very end, it filled the entire hall. It didn’t seem so small. It was great and a nice way to end the show.
Jer did announce that he would never go to a concert again, so I think it went well all around.
Jun 25 2006
Movies Opening June 23rd
Nationwide Releases
Adam Sandler gets a hold of a universal remote that controls everything in his universe, but it starts going wacky and he can’t control it.
RT Score: 29%
RT Consensus: This latest Adam Sandler vehicle borrows shamelessly from It’s A Wonderful Life and Back To The Future, and fails to produce the necessary laughs that would forgive such imitation.
“The comic genius is evolving toward Bill Murray territory - that of a bright soul beaten and worn down by life, with a humorous shine tantalizingly repressed.”
– Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
“I have a soft spot for the low-comic high jinks of Adam Sandler, including Happy Gilmore and even the unfairly maligned Waterboy. But Sandler has a sappy side that makes me puke. I damn near choked on Click.”
– Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
“It’s a movie that shoots lazily for Capraesque and settles happily for Crapesque.”
– Scott Weinberg, EFILMCRITIC.COM
“The movie’s ending will come as a complete surprise to anyone not familiar with It’s a Wonderful Life, A Christmas Carol, or the 7th season of Dallas.”
– Pete Vonder Haar, FILM THREAT
“Umm, did I mention Kate Beckinsale is hot?”
– Brent Simon, FILMSTEW.COM
A man with two strikes against him gets out of jail and immediately has his son kidnapped. He needs to rob some banks in order to get the ransom money by the next day.
RT Score: 29%
RT Consensus: A well-meaning B-movie that suffers from a cliche-ridden script and poorly drawn characters that fail to inspire much sympathy.
“Suffering from an extremely flawed script from which it never recovers, Deep is awesomely bad, and not in a ‘Hey, I actually like Starship’s “We Built this City”‘ way.”
– Monica A. Reyhani, PREMIERE MAGAZINE
“The dialogue by Curtis-Hall and Darin Scott is a degrading string of profanities and inanities, interspersed with sadism and exploitation of women. Their opinion of their target audience should depress moviegoers of any color.”
– Lawrence Toppman, CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
“Waist Deep is what used to be called a B movie, back in the days when there were double features… It’s a hard little melodrama, done well.”
– Daniel M. Kimmel, WORCESTER TELEGRAM & GAZETTE
“What do you expect from the man who not only directed Glitter, but spent an entire DVD commentary track defending the film?”
– Brian Orndorf, EFILMCRITIC.COM
Limited Releases
The Road to Guantanamo is the only Certified Fresh movie of the week.
Docudrama about three British Muslims that were taken to Guantanamo under the assumption they were Al-Queda.
RT Score: 84%
RT Consensus: A gut-wrenching and riveting docu-drama that serves as a stinging indictment of U.S. military justice in an era of ever-increasing scrutiny.
“The Road to Guantanamo has a soul-stirring power and immediacy that’s tough to look away from. Whatever you do, don’t miss this one.”
– Aaron Hillis, PREMIERE MAGAZINE
“If its argument is flawed, then at least it’s an argument worth making.”
– Rob Vaux, FLIPSIDE MOVIE EMPORIUM
“Powerful, insightful and yet disturbing, this is a film that’ll stay with you; and that’s a very good thing.”
– Joe Utichi, FILMFOCUS
“It’s probably safe to say that most of what the film depicts happened that way. A film as determined as this one is to make an impassioned statement, though, ought to have made me feel that in my heart, not just accept it intellectually.”
– Bob Strauss, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
“This is excellently made propaganda, how much of it is genuinely true is another story and we can’t really be sure how much is and how much isn’t.”
– Eric Lurio, GREENWICH VILLAGE GAZETTE
“A riveting and disturbing documentary that falls short of greatness by not providing enough insight into the characters.”
– Claudia Puig, USA TODAY
A lowly samurai is falling in love with his family’s maid, which is forbidden. He has also been contracted to kill an old samurai friend, but knows he can’t win.
RT Score: 79%
“The Hidden Blade is tranquil, touching, and, in its climactic sword fight, excitingly real.”
– Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“Beautifully observed, with strong characters and a lovely romantic plot, although it’s as a bit too subdued.”
– Rich Cline, SHADOWS ON THE WALL
“Yoji Yamada redefines the words ‘cinematic perfection’ with a film that looks and feels like a true classic.”
– Edward Douglas, COMINGSOON.NET
“Back to the woodshed with this dull blade!”
– Phil Hall, FILM THREAT
“Even when it comes to the climactic blade battle, the director holds back with samurai-style self-control. In spite of this muted mood, the resolution of the film’s love story manages to work the heart-strings.”
– Matthew Leyland, BBC
“Casually paced and filled with telling detail, Yamada’s delicate drama with swordplay (there’s not much, but what there is packs an emotional wallop) transcends its specific setting in its depiction of Katagiri’s internal struggle.”
– Maitland McDonagh, TV GUIDE’S MOVIE GUIDE
Tribute concert and documentary about singer-songwriter Leondard Cohen.
RT Score: 67%
RT Consensus: A moving, if somewhat uneven, look at the legendary singer-songwriter, I’m Your Man treats Cohen’s body of work with the reverence it deserves.
“A funny, frank and incisive look at the philosophical singer and poet.”
– Shlomo Schwartzberg, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
“It’s enough to send fans and converts alike to the Cohen library for more of the master himself.”
– Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
“I’m not generally a big fan of tribute concerts, but this is a glorious exception.”
– Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“The concert achieves mixed success, lurching back and forth between earnest folk renditions of Cohen classics versus twitchy, indulgent freak shows and post-punk gravitas.”
– Jeremiah Kipp, SLANT MAGAZINE
“How odd, that someone would make a documentary about Leonard Cohen with so little Leonard Cohen in it!”
– MaryAnn Johanson, FLICK FILOSOPHER
“No matter how much unique artistry they bring to their interpretations, something essential is lost when anyone other than Cohen is at the mike.”
– Ken Fox, TV GUIDE’S MOVIE GUIDE
Five stories of people in New York one year after 9/11 and how they are dealing with loss and a new look on life.
RT Score: 56%
“A riveting and quirky movie about the aftershocks of 9/11 in the lives of a group of people still in denial a year later.”
– Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND PRACTICE
“Sam Catlin’s script may actually be a little too subtle, and connective tissue joining this diverse group of characters is rendered perilously thin.”
– Ken Fox, TV GUIDE’S MOVIE GUIDE
“Keenly observed and beautifully acted, Danny Leiner’s The Great New Wonderful is a seriocomic gem of rare grace and psychological nuance.”
– Timothy Knight, REEL.COM
“This is one of the more depressing films to come out this year.”
– Eric Lurio, GREENWICH VILLAGE GAZETTE
“Finally, here is a film that addresses this major American catastrophe without shoving important messages down the audience’s throat.”
– Susan Michals, FILMSTEW.COM
Some Latino kids from South Central L.A. don’t fit in since they like punk rock instead of hip hop. They go skateboarding in Beverly Hills where they get in trouble for not being around there, but some white girls take a fancy to them.
RT Score: 37%
“Hollywood has long stereotyped Latino teens as violent, gangbanging thugs steeped in drugs and misogyny. Wassup Rockers is a welcome and different portrayal of Latino teenagers in America.”
– Julian Roman, MOVIEWEB
“Some moments of off-the-cuff beauty aren’t enough to mask the creepy heart of Larry Clark’s latest look at outcast kids.”
– Elizabeth Weitzman, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
“Wassup Rockers could have been a spiky culture clash. When it tries to shock us with its alleged realism, though, it is entirely a bore.”
– Kyle Smith, NEW YORK POST
“Wassup Rockers evokes some of Clark’s fetishistic quirks. But you get the feeling that this time around, he’s giving his appealing core cast of amateur actors more room to be human.”
– Gene Seymour, NEWSDAY
“It’s hard to believe this shoddy, dishonest mess is Clark’s sixth feature film.”
– Ken Fox, TV GUIDE’S MOVIE GUIDE
“This portrait of young South Central Latino boys cutting a skateboarding swath through the ritzy environs of Beverly Hills is ultimately more laughable than illuminating, at times approaching a level of camp commensurate with John Waters.”
– Frank Scheck, HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
A guy who misses his godson after his friends move to Japan, finds himself on a playground having fun with all the kids there. When one mom finds out he doesn’t have a kid of his own, she suspects the worst and causes havoc.
RT Score: 25%
“Peter Paige’s Say Uncle aims to be a dark comedy about the dangers of preconceived ideas, but the movie plays as a broad cartoon that speaks to the peril of having no ideas as a filmmaker.”
– Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
“…[the hero is] such a mess that you wouldn’t trust him with anything, let alone your kids.”
– Andy Klein, LOS ANGELES CITYBEAT
“Page makes the mistake of arguing a thorny case from the same juvenile perspective of his colossally self-absorbed character.”
– Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE
Jun 25 2006
Music Releases: June 20, 2006
RIYL: Head Automatica, Incubus, Nine Black Alps, Metric, Wolfmother, Elefant, Band of Horses, The Strokes
Frank Black
Fast Man Raider Man
RIYL: The Raconteurs, Sonic Youth, Neil Young, The Flaming Lips, Pixies, Elvis Costello
Brightblack Morning Light
Brightblack Morning Light
RIYL: Six Organs of Admittance, Sonic Youth, Feathers, Arctic Monkeys, The Flaming Lips, Gnarls Barkley
RIYL: Keane, Snow Patrol, Gomez, The Raconteurs
RIYL: Snow Patrol, Coldplay, Muse, Guster, Arctic Monkeys
Corinne Bailey Rae
Corinne Bailey Rae
RIYL: Gnarls Barkley, Nelly Furtado, Sergio Mendes, Van Hunt
Roman Candle
The Wee Hours Revue
RIYL: Ladyhawk, Elliott Smith, Syd Matters, Gnarls Barkley
Stuart Staples
Leaving Songs / Lucky Dog Recordings
RIYL: Scott Walker, The Twilight Singers, Neko Case, Calexico, Sonic Youth, Belle & Sebastian, The Flaming Lips
Submarines
Declare a New State!
RIYL: Mates of State, Mojave 3, Snow Patrol
Jun 22 2006
Awesomest Music Videos
Pitchfork Media had fun on YouTube and found a bunch of old videos on it. They compiled their list of 100 Awesome Music Videos. You might not agree with them, but a lot of them are fun to watch. Also, who knows how long all this stuff will last on YouTube before it is yanked down by someone, so watch them while you can!
Jun 22 2006
Futurama Back With New Episodes
Katey Sagal said on Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson that Futurama is coming back to television, but on Comedy Central. No word on when it will actually air, but they have ordered at least 13 episodes.
Jun 19 2006
Movies Opening June 16th
Nationwide Releases
Jack Black becomes a Mexican wrestler to help out the orphanage where he works. Directed by Jared Hess (Napoleon Dynamite) and written by Mike White (School of Rock).
RT Score: 37%
RT Consensus: At times hilarious, but other times offensive, Director Jared Hess is unable to recapture the collective charisma of his Napoleon characters, instead relying on a one-joke concept that runs out of steam. Sure to entertain the adolescents, however.
“An all-too typical example of a sophomore slump.”
– Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
“It’s happened to all of us. You get revved to see a big Hollywood comedy, starring an actor so funny he could make you laugh in your sleep, and you’re disappointed. Majorly.”
– Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“Hess colors the film with his askew sensibility that twists the slapstick into an oddball realm of droll humor that favors the eccentric over the hilarious.”
– Sean Axmaker, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
“Another tale (like ‘Napoleon Dynamite’) of a dreamy misfit seeking recognition and innocent love in an appealingly hermetic land of living cartoon characters. ”
– John Beifuss, COMMERCIAL APPEAL (MEMPHIS, TN)
“Fans of Napoleon Dynamite will love this endearing comedy with its visual flair and delicious fairy-tale magic.”
– Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND PRACTICE
“Very broad and very silly, it’s a doodle of a comedy — a one-joke idea (fat guy goes luchador) padded out to feature length by Black’s willingness to do anything for a laugh.”
– Ty Burr, BOSTON GLOBE
Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves live in the same lake house two years apart and write letters back and forth through a magical mailbox.
RT Score: 34%
RT Consensus: The plot of The Lake House is a little too convoluted, and the film fails to pull off the sweeping romance it aims for.
“Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock reunite for the first time since 1994’s “Speed” in a film that should be named “Slow.”"
– Phil Villarreal, ARIZONA DAILY STAR
“The only real magic in The Lake House is that Kate and Alex have never heard of e-mail.”
– Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“Bullock and Reeves have appealing chemistry and some nice tearjerker moments, but audiences should speed by this House on their way elsewhere.”
– E! ONLINE
“This insultingly dumb film doesn’t even have the good manners to be fun.”
– Boo Allen, DENTON RECORD CHRONICLE (TX)
“Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Auburn’s script brings a certain amount of emotional resonance to an otherwise silly premise.”
– Ethan Alter, PREMIERE MAGAZINE
“While this tale of magical realism has potential for delightful originality, the love story lacks heat, the science fiction premise spirals into senselessness, and the third-act twist is alarmingly apparent within the first 10 minutes of the movie.”
– Toddy Burton, AUSTIN CHRONICLE
The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift
It is really a sequel when it stars no one from the previous movies? This time random guys race in Tokyo, but I’m sure it is still the same story with newer cars.
RT Score: 36%
RT Consensus: Eye-popping driving sequences coupled with a limp story and flat performances make this Drift an adequate follow-up to the previous Fast and Furious installments. Strictly for the racing crowd and fans of the first two films.
“On par with the rest of the series….it’s all fun and games until someone gets hurt, and then it’s off the hook!”
– Peter Canavese, GROUCHO REVIEWS
“This movie is for freshmen only because it doesn’t rise to the level of being sophomoric.”
– Tony Medley, TONYMEDLEY.COM
“Tokyo Drift has no story and no stars. That just leaves the rides, which are shiny and loud and fast and sometimes just as computer-generated as their counterparts in Pixar’s Cars.”
– Glenn Whipp, LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
“Shifting the action to Japan makes this third movie in the over-the-top street racing series a lot fresher, but you’ll still need to shift your brain into neutral to keep your suspension of disbelief from bottoming out.”
– Steve Tilley, JAM! MOVIES
“If [Lost in Translation] had had more fast cars and no capable acting whatsoever, it would be this movie; it’s like Sofia Coppola went through Pimp My Ride film school.”
– Luke Y. Thompson, NEW TIMES
Garfield’s A Tale of Two Kitties
American Garfield goes to London and gets mixed up with a British prince cat that looks just like him.
RT Score: 11%
RT Consensus: Strictly for (very) little kids, Garfield’s A Tale of Two Kitties features skilled voice actors but a plot that holds little interest.
“Garfield himself (voiced by Bill Murray) is once again strikingly unlikable, a bloated, bingeing fascist.”
– Scott Brown, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“You know, I don’t remember the fart and pee jokes in The Wizard of Oz or the old Disney classics or the Muppet movies. Crotch-biting, of course, comes from a long tradition. Hmm.”
– Peter Canavese, GROUCHO REVIEWS
“The movie is only 78 minutes long, but that’s 78 minutes you could spend with your child reading A.A. Milne or Lewis Carroll or just about the entire output of Dr. Seuss. Or — to pick a more relevant example — Mark Twain. “
– John Beifuss, COMMERCIAL APPEAL (MEMPHIS, TN)
“The ‘best’ part is that it looks better than the previous Garfield movie, where the computer-animated kitty’s weird glow made him resemble a nightlight that couldn’t decide if it wanted to soothe or terrify kids.”
– Chris Hewitt (St. Paul), ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
Limited Releases
Documentary about the New York Times crossword puzzle-maker and a tournament where people try to finish them the fastest.
RT Score: 91%
RT Consensus: This brainy, ingeniously edited documentary on a solitary pasttime provides a surprising amount of crowd-pleasing entertainment and suspense, especially at the annual tournament.
“[An] amiable brainiacs-are-cool documentary.”
– Lisa Schwarzbaum, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“This is an odd and endearing look at the minds behind those tricky puzzles as well as the minds on the receiving end of all that Down and Across.”
– Liz Braun, JAM! MOVIES
“Creadon manages to find the tension in the sight of a bunch of people frantically penciling letters into small boxes.”
– Ethan Alter, PREMIERE MAGAZINE
“For those curious as to the activity’s history, this quirky cast of characters provides all you want to know and more.”
– Eric Campos, FILM THREAT
“Wordplay has no subject, finally, besides the puzzle you could be solving instead.”
– Michael Atkinson, VILLAGE VOICE
Kevin Bacon directs Kyra Sedgwick as a woman who wants a son so she can control every aspect of his life.
RT Score: 18%
RT Consensus: The transition from novel to film is awkwardly executed, and Sedgwick’s character, despite the attempts to make her sympathetic, merely comes across as creepy and crazy.
“I never really bought Loverboy, and unconvincing delusional cruelty is not what you would call a memorable night out.”
– Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
“This film couple’s vanity productions may keep them working but their fine talents are best realized under the direction of far better storytellers.”
– Jules Brenner (FC), CINEMA SIGNALS
“Freud might have found something interesting here, but for most of us it’s just a crazy mom movie, whatever contrivances the filmmakers use to make it all seem more profound.”
– Tim Cogshell, BOXOFFICE MAGAZINE
“Ugh! Another Hollywood vanity project from new poster children for actors who shouldn’t produce or direct.”
– Tony Medley, TONYMEDLEY.COM
“Kevin Bacon has been within zero degrees of separation from so many great filmmakers that it’s remarkable how virtually every decision he makes as director of Loverboy is completely misguided.”
– Scott Tobias, ONION AV CLUB
The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Ethan Green
Gay guy doesn’t realize what he has lost until the man he really loves is marrying a gay Republican.
RT Score: 42%
“Remarkably true to its source: It’s none too deep and a tad cartoonish, but also fast-paced, filled with quotable one-liners and often very funny.”
– Ken Fox, TV GUIDE’S MOVIE GUIDE
“It’s a dud.”
– Ernest Hardy, L.A. WEEKLY
“The Mostly Unfabulous Social Life of Then Green is another step back for the gay community.”
– Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE
“audiences both gay and straight should enjoy the comical and romantic hijinks. “
– Ted Murphy, MURPHY’S MOVIE REVIEWS
Jun 15 2006
Music Releases: June 13, 2006
RIYL: The Call, Big Country, The Waterboys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Ray Davies, The Psychedelic Furs, The Fixx
RIYL: Paco, Ivy, Tahiti 80, Zero 7
RIYL: Daedelus, Cut Chemist, Prefuse 73, Gnarls Barkley, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
RIYL: Sunset Rubdown, Destroyer, Belle & Sebastian, Band of Horses, Beirut, Islands, The Flamping Lips
The Futureheads
News and Tributes
RIYL: Keane, Arctic Monkeys, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Raconteurs, Hot Chip, The Flaming Lips, Sonic Youth, Snow Patrol
RIYL: Phoenix, Danielson, Scott Walker, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Arctic Monkeys, Cat Power, Wolf Parade, Lad Sovereign
RIYL: Pixies, Pavement, The Raconteurs, The Flaming Lips, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Pearl Jam, Tool
RIYL: The Raconteurs, The Dresden Dolls, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gnarls Barkley, Cat Power
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