High up on the historic intersection of Hollywood and Vine sits the Bardot Hollywood – a one time VIP section attached to the Avalon that hosted the likes of Jerry Lewis, the Ramones, and Frank Sinatra. But not tonight. As I approach the venue, I hear a swath of synths emulating from inside, leading me…
Ranking 10 albums to sum up the year in music feels pretty daunting if not impossible. How does one define a year in music with such a brief amount of material? You look at not just the albums themselves, but the lore, atmosphere, and external world they conjured with them. Hundreds of great albums were…
This year, we had the atom bomb vs. the Barbie doll, simultaneous writer and actor strikes, and oh great, now artificial intelligence. The toughest year on the industry in a generation served as a wake up call to those who thought it couldn’t get any worse. Stingy CEOs, a “vacuum in leadership,” and the burst…
Every year, a plethora of holiday films try to leave their mark and define what the spirit of the holiday season truly means. Some are more memorable than others, some ring true no matter how old the holiday novelty theme lasts. Even some this year have the potential to stand the test of time (I’m…
It has now been a full month since Oppenheimer hit U.S. theaters, to which the response has been rapturous if not near unanimous: Oppenheimer is our first awards worthy, earth-shattering epic so far this year. With a scale so big that it demands to be seen in theaters, it’s brought the greater moviegoing world closer…
The day we’ve all known has been coming is finally almost upon us. This Friday, July 21st, the moviegoing world will be offered two choices – one about the start of the end of the world as we know it, and the other about impending mortality. One is about how we have come to live…
This awards season has given a pretty firm indicator as to who will take the big prize, albite a few categories. To date, Everything Everywhere All At Once has taken the DGA, the PGA, the WGA, and SAG Awards. If it takes best picture (and our 2023 Oscar predictions say it will), it’ll be among…
We’ve witnessed the hard downfall of music titans, the rise of others, all bringing into focus one single, important question: can we separate art from the artists? Depends on who you are. Sometimes it’s doable. Sometimes it’s downright unforgivable. 2022 made us ask ourselves a lot of these questions, all while incorporating the act of…