Studio: Magnet
Various Filmmakers
Oct 29, 2014
Cinema
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Coming quickly on the heels of its 2013 predecessor, ABCs of Death 2 maintains the same formula, but steps up its game in several ways.
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Oct 28, 2014
TV
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For the most part, this whole season of Doctor Who has been marked by high points. After several weeks of episodes that so successfully raised the bar, I was unfairly critical of last week’s “Flatline,” which was actually quite good. I’m afraid of falling into the same trap with “In the Forest of the Night,” and that by comparing it to good chunk of excellent episodes that preceded it I might be judging it too harshly. But I don’t think that’s the case.
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Published by St. Martin's
Oct 28, 2014
Books
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There are a few revelations and much minutiae to be found in this memoir from Dylan’s longtime tour manager.
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Oct 28, 2014
Music
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For a band whose name and album titles are minimal, JJ traffics in a sound far more expansive. Sure, the title track introducing the album is fairly small in scope, but it gives way to the rolling percussion and strings of “Dynasti” before you know it.
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Studio: Magnolia Pictures
Directed by Ruben Östlund
Oct 28, 2014
Cinema
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A successful businessman Tomas and his beautiful wife Ebba are vacationing with their two children in the French Alps. While lunching on a patio, snow begins cascading down the nearby mountains, growing quickly into an avalanche that bears down on the family.
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Oct 27, 2014
DVDs
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While Nightbreed still isn’t a great film—even in this new director’s cut—Scream Factory should be lauded for allowing Barker to finally release his favored version.
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Oct 27, 2014
Music
The Growlers
It takes a lot these days for the standard guitar/bass/drums/singer set-up to make an impact. The oldest rock and roll format is also the most overused, with seemingly every kid who ever picked up a guitar forming a band in a friend’s garage and citing Dylan and The Beatles as influences.
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Studio: Oscilloscope
Directed by Jeff Preiss
Oct 27, 2014
Cinema
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John Hawkes plays heroin-addicted jazz pianist Joe Albany, and Elle Fanning is his shy, young daughter, Amy-Jo.
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Top Shelf
Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill
Oct 24, 2014
Comic Books
Issue #51 - September/October 2014 - alt-J
Collecting three volumes that concerned Ms. Murray and Co. (1910, 1969, 2009), Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill demonstrate their mastery of comics storytelling in this sprawling, Easter-egg filled amalgamation of lit and pop culture.
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