Ray Manzarek is dead, 74 years ain’t bad, but cancer…I’m sorry that’s how he had to go. May that he is infinite now. Ray Manzarek was the songwriter. Morrison was the lyricist. Morrison gave the songs of the Doors the direct empathic heft, the dizzying drop into a fever dream of bohemian revelation. John Densmore […]
Star Trek: Into Darkness: Movie Review
May 19, 2013 by
There are many who will complain about Abram’s Trek as being a cold cash grab, which it is, but they miss the point. This is storytelling as it traditionally was. Before copyright monopolized canons…
Kitchen Nightmares Review: The Bouzaglos
May 19, 2013 by
You can explode with incompetence or immaturity and turn those failings into personal profit. All it takes is business sense and a disregard for opprobrium so absolute that it is comparable to a black hole.
The Great Gatsby (1974): Movie Review
May 16, 2013 by
The 1974 Gatsby vs. the 2013: Would you rather wince or yawn? Those are your options. One film is engaging but with painful exposition; the other is well acted but as dull as your grandmother’s house.
The Great Gatsby: Movie Review
May 11, 2013 by
We hazed our newest film cricket by making him see the new Gatsby. He describes it as a useful tool for seducing fourteen year old girls, Welcome aboard!
