Sep 17, 2015
Music
Issue #54 - August/September 2015 - CHVRCHES
Vampire Weekend long ago embraced fame when its members became recognizable by their own names. Ezra Koenig is a present day indie icon, Rostam Batmanglij works in the not-so-dim shadows of other bands’ songs, and Chris Tomson’s charismatic drumming earns him a spotlight. Bassist Chris Baio, by default, becomes the forgotten one. The Names is his attempt to change that.
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Studio: IFC Midnight
Directed by Bruce McDonald
Sep 17, 2015
Cinema
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A half-cocked fusion of Rosemary’s Baby and a home invasion flick.
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Sep 16, 2015
Comic Books
Issue #54 - August/September 2015 - CHVRCHES
The crew of the USS Enterprise are chased into a parallel dimension, where they find a version of Earth devastated by nuclear war. Evolution, it seems, has altered significantly from the history Kirk and his crew are familiar with, and the bipedal primates roaming the planet are not the human beings they expected to find, but walking, talking, great apes.
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Sep 16, 2015
Music
Duran Duran
It’s easier than it should be to make fun of Duran Duran. Their 1980s heyday saw them churn out some of the greatest pop melodies of the era—“Hungry Like the Wolf” is an all-time great, no matter what anyone says.
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Studio: FilmBuff
Directed by Steven Piet
Sep 16, 2015
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A riveting Midwestern murder mystery.
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Sep 15, 2015
Books
Issue #54 - August/September 2015 - CHVRCHES
Jon Morris’ knowledge of comic book history is immediately and readily apparent in his delightful-and insightful-accounting of some of the medium’s most “half-baked heroes.” In The League of Regrettable Superheroes, Morris wittily breaks down the shortcomings of a hundred different caped and costumed vigilantes whose collective kryptonite proved to be the test of time.
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Studio: Showtime
Directed by Amy Berg
Sep 15, 2015
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Prophet’s Prey digs deep into the demons lurking within a hotly contentious church that exists outside of mainstream American religion.
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Sep 15, 2015
Music
Metric
Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? aged with such grace that it still prompts the question: Why weren’t Metric pulled into the popular ring when it debuted in 2003? Its snappy guitar lines and whiplashed words were poppy enough for the radio but smirked with its own personality.
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FX, Tuesdays 10/9 Central
Sep 14, 2015
TV
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Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter returns to FX Networks with The Bastard Executioner, a bloody, medieval saga about Wilkin Brattle, a war-weary 14th Century soldier trying very unsuccessfully to live a life of peace.
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Studio: Film Movement
Directed by Mélanie Laurent
Sep 14, 2015
Cinema
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Breathe makes it clear that Mélanie Laurent is just as electrifying behind the camera as she is in front of it.
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