reviews
Ryan Reynolds Steals the Show as 'Free Guy'
Directed by Shawn Levy
PUBLISHED Aug 10, 2021
Set in the gaming world, Free Guy might remind you of the many video game adaptations that have found fanbases of their own — but this film...
Nas Is No Pretender to the Throne on 'King's Disease II'
PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2021
Accomplished and respected enough to kick up his feet and puff cigars till the Hall of Fame calls, Nasir Jones has instead slammed the crea...
'Woodstock 99: Peace, Love, and Rage' Ought to Put an End to Y2K Nostalgia
Directed by Garret Price
PUBLISHED Aug 9, 2021
Y2K nostalgia is everywhere right now. Olivia Rodrigo and Willow Smith are making retro pop-punk, Limp Bizkit are enjoying a resurgence, an...
Just in Time for Ska's Fourth Wave, We Are the Union Deliver Their Best Album with 'Ordinary Life'
PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2021
If ska needed a revival, no one told We Are the Union. While there's been plenty of chatter about a new wave of ska, these L.A. punks have...
Foxing Voyage to a Galaxy of Their Own on 'Draw Down the Moon'
PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2021
By now, Foxing can only be expected to keep pushing their limits and defying expectations. When the St. Louis group emerged in 2013 with th...
Lingua Ignota's 'Sinner Get Ready' Is More Incantation Than Collection of Songs
PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2021
There's absolutely nothing reductive in comparing the music of Kristin Hayter (a.k.a. Lingua Ignota) to other artists. In fact, the artist...
'The Suicide Squad' Slices Open the Superhero Genre
Directed by James Gunn
PUBLISHED Aug 5, 2021
James Gunn's unique filmmaking style and cinematic vision explodes to life in The Suicide Squad as he employs a wacky crew of brilliantly c...
'Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson' Demystifies Music Production
Created by Morgan Neville
PUBLISHED Aug 4, 2021
Watch the Sound with Mark Ronson could easily be dry. This is, after all, a music producer making a show about music production, and he tal...