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3 years, 7 months ago
Into the West
 Into the West 8/10
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The Skin
 The Skin 5/10
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Death to Smoochy
Robin Williams Robin Williams has made a career out of being the most manic of funnymen, and while the Academy only cares when he's acts against type, we feel it's more fitting to honor the man for what he's best at -- being insanely funny and insane in general. Never has there been a better display of both than in Death to Smoochy, a pitch black comedy from 2002 that finds the former Mrs. Doubtfire as Rainbow Randolph, a corrupt host of a kids' television show who's just been replaced by the real deal. Co-starring Edward Norton as a pure-of-heart, Barney-esque dancing purple rhinoceros, Death to Smoochy provides Williams with the perfect outlet for his copious amounts of energy and creativity. Randolph is more than slightly unhinged, making it virtually impossible to take him too far. Williams spends most of the movie dancing, diving, spinning, and spouting impressive verbal tirades without wearing out his welcome. His passion and vigor are contagious despite Randolph's twisted motivations and downright disgusting goals. The TV host's background as an entertainer is enough to justify Williams' various accents and disguises, and his constant need to insult anyone and everyone around him lets the stand-up comedy veteran improvise as much as he likes. Norton, meanwhile, is the picture of purity and poise, making him an ideal foil for Williams' wild antics. It's not so much that they play well off of each other as Williams overpowers his good-hearted counterpart with a grotesque display of depravity. Did I mention this was a black comedy? While Williams can certainly play the kind hearted comedian -- Mrs. Doubtfire, Dead Poets Society -- Death to Smoochy arrived during a career renaissance for the stand up turned thespian. In the same year, Williams played two memorable murderers in Christopher Nolan's Insomnia and the truly terrifying One Hour Photo. Rainbow Randolph, with his own deadly plans, doesn't feel out of place. He may be more in line with what we've seen from the real Robin Williams, but he's certainly taken to the nth degree by an actor who's made a career out of doing just that. It's only fitting his best work be closer to home. ~ Ben Travers
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JxSxPx posted a review of Celebration

Celebration

“To commemorate the end of her recording contract with Warner Brothers, the label she had been with since 1982, Madonna released Celebration, a career-spanning greatest hits collection. There was the one-disc collection, a haphazard assembly of her biggest hits (with numerous omissions), and a deluxe” read more

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JxSxPx posted a review of We Are Glitter

We Are Glitter

“The edgy glam, sensual chic, and booming synths of Supernature get reconfigured on We Are Glitter, Goldfrapp’s remix album. These remixes bring the temperature down and transform them from stomping glam to atmospheric mood pieces. It’s a neat trick, and one that has peaks and valleys depending o” read more

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JxSxPx posted a review of Solo: A Star Wars Story

Solo: A Star Wars Story

“Chalk the original vision for Solo to the annals of “what might’ve been” cinema as their mid-shoot departure hinted at strife within the galaxy far, far away. As someone who generally enjoyed the new trilogy (it has problems, it has bold ideas), and found Rogue One to be the best modern Star W” read more

3 years, 8 months ago

Strange Frame: Love & Sax

“A science-fiction and queer run through a fairly generic premise is almost saved, but not quite, by a unique animation style in Strange Frame: Love and Sax. A street saxophone performer meets girl, hits the big time, manager forces them apart, and topple the oppressive power that be as the strength ” read more

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JxSxPx posted a review of Slightly French

Slightly French

“A polite, charming riff on Pygmalion was a tyrannical director replaces his leading lady with Dorothy Lamour’s carnival worker. He remakes her entire personality into that of a glamorous French movie star by dangling the carrot of movie stardom and upward mobility. Along the way, she falls in love” read more

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JxSxPx posted a review of Shockproof

Shockproof

“Fascinating and compromised in equal measure, Shockproof is the sight of two disparate auterists meeting and finding their work interfered with by the studio. It’s clear that anyone who knows Samuel Fuller or Douglas Sirk’s major works will know that ironies and undercurrents abound, as do endin” read more

3 years, 8 months ago
Jagged Little Pill
The jagged little Canadian with the jagged little voice manages to make sensuality and rage act like kissing cousins. So give her a hug. She's not angry at you. And her record is hook-y as hell. Essential moment: From "You Oughta Know": "Will she go down on you in a theater?"
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Jagged Little Pill

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Husbands
 Husbands 8/10
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JxSxPx added 2 items to their collection
Stella Dallas

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8/10

The Champ

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Gloria
 Gloria 7/10
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The Sun Records Collection

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The Sun Records Collection
"Blues without polish, country without corn and rockabilly played with brainless abandon: this collection of Fifties Sun releases has acknowledged greats (Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis) and lesser-known gems (Bill Justis' spiky "Raunchy"). Lewis' take: "It took all of us to screw up the world."'
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The Big Country
 The Big Country 10/10
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