On Tuesday, I will release my next book, 1997: An Ordinary Year in Film, an in-depth set of reviews on the films of 25 years ago. It… Read more “Contact/Event Horizon: To Confront the Alien”
The Best Songs of 2012
2012 was a year flooded with an almost violent optimism. That was true on the hot 100 year end list. It’s true on my list. We were… Read more “The Best Songs of 2012”
The Best Songs of 2011
We are at the edge of the end. After this, one more entry. And if I’m honest, I would have stopped the project at 2009 if these… Read more “The Best Songs of 2011”
OPX 23: Covid VII – Scorn in America
The Omniplex is open, and well, um… what can we say? All we can do is lift up the art that, be it good or bad, comforts us in hard times. This week we discuss The Bob’s Burgers Movie, Marmaduke 2022, Roger Ebert being horny on main, and Zephyr gets Morbed.
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The Best Songs of 2010
There comes a point where pop culture isn’t for you. It’s not a sudden stop. But it sputters and you get off the culture. That’s what these… Read more “The Best Songs of 2010”
The Best Songs of 2009
And so the last full decade of this project ends. For the record, starting next week I will cover 2010-2013 but I’m scaling them back to lose… Read more “The Best Songs of 2009”
The Best Songs of 2008
2007 was a year spent fighting depression hard. 2008 was a year spent fighting depression and anxiety hard except I had a job at the end of… Read more “The Best Songs of 2008”
The Best Songs of 2007
And so we hit this era. You have to have extra emotion connected to one of the most traumatic years of your life. I spent the first… Read more “The Best Songs of 2007”
The Best Songs of 2006
2006 is a year I once thought was like 2000 in how incredibly mediocre the films were and how mediocre everything seemed. That makes sense. Both years… Read more “The Best Songs of 2006”
The Best Songs of 2005
I feel freed. 2004 was such a long year to write about and the songs weren’t that interesting to write about. Like they were good but not… Read more “The Best Songs of 2005”