Honorable Mentions: Jojo Rabbit, Frozen II, Doctor Sleep, 1917, Ready or Not, The Dead Don’t Die, Honey Boy, Ad Astra, Lords of Chaos, Hotel Mumbai, Child’s Play, Gloria Bell, Escape Room, Her Smell, The Death of Dick Long, Rocketman, The Peanut Butter Falcon, The Two Popes, Dora and the Lost City of Gold, Terminator: Dark … More Nick Earl’s Top 10 Movies of 2019 (part two)
This was the year that I changed my life and moved to Los Angeles to pursue my acting career. I’ve been lucky enough and have sought out jobs based around my favorite thing in the world, film. I’ve been an extra on Hollywood sets, I worked for a year and a half in the last … More Nick Earl’s Top 10 Movies of 2019 (part one)
Woof. “Cats” was directed by Tom Hooper and stars Francesca Hayward, Idris Elba, Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, Jason Derulo, Rebel Wilson and James Corden. The film is based on a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber that is based on old collection of poems T.S. Eliot, all of which are about… cats? Of note: I haven’t … More I saw “Cats” and am a fraction of the person I once was
“Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker” was directed by J.J. Abrams and stars Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac. The film is the 11th in the Star Wars universe, and takes place after the events of “The Last Jedi.” This review will avoid spoilers as much as possible. I … More “Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker” is inconsistent because fans gave it no choice
The decade is less than two weeks from ending, and with it comes the end of an entire decade of some of the best albums ever made. Here, I am going to talk about 60 of them, in order, based on what they have meant to me and how much I have loved each and … More The Top 60 Albums of the 2010s
With the release of “Lover,” her seventh studio album, on the horizon, Taylor Swift has had quite a career since her debut at the age of 16. Multiple Grammy wins, millions upon millions of album sales, and a bevy of singles and deep cuts that have stolen the hearts of her many fans. So, with … More The Top 10 Taylor Swift songs to date
On “i,i,” the newest Bon Iver record, Justin Vernon is not the first voice listeners hear. After an intro that evokes many of the similar sounds and samples of the band’s 2016 release “22, A Million,” Mike Noyce, in a very similar way to British producer and singer James Blake, who also appears on the … More Bon Iver makes bolder, bigger,”wow” sound on “i,i”
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” was written and directed by Quentin Tarantino and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt and Margot Robbie. The film is about an actor who is on the brink of losing relevancy and his stunt double in Hollywood in 1969, all while being the neighbor to Sharon Tate and Roman Polanski. … More “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” shines bright through DiCaprio and Pitt
The 2019 rendition of “The Lion King” was directed by Jon Favreau and stars Donald Glover, Beyoncé, John Oliver, James Earl Jones, Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner. The film is a CGI remake of the 1994 original, which is about a young lion named Simba who must learn how to become the next king under … More “The Lion King” (2019) is a bland, uninspired waste of time
At the end of Frightened Rabbit’s set at Newport Music Hall in Columbus on May 2, 2016, lead singer Scott Hutchison took a drink. The organ-sounding piano had already begun playing the familiar chords of “Keep Yourself Warm,” one of the most beloved tracks on the band’s 2008 release “The Midnight Organ Fight.” The crowd … More “Tiny Changes” leaves large and important impact
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