Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
During a group session in the Adam Sandler film Anger Management, psychologist Buddy Rydell (Jack Nicholson) treats a distressed patient... read more
Smashing Pumpkins: Zeitgeist
Dischord - One Album, Two Opinions read more
Spoon: Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga
Austin band continues rebuilding sound it stripped bare on Kill the Moonlight read more
Interpol: Our Love to Admire
More dark, danceable shadows from hipster-adored New York rockers read more
Crowded House: Time on Earth
Hey now, hey now… don’t dream, it’s awesome read more
Transformers
Transformers is a terrible film. It’s not even bad in a campy, funny way that is enjoyable in the right mindset... read more
Björk: Volta
Iceland’s freest spirit declares her independence… again read more
Digitalism: Idealism
Don't saddle these daft punks with tired labels read more
Electric Soft Parade: No Need to Be Down Hearted
Can a band hit the reset button? read more
Daniel Wallace
Mr. Sebastian and The Negro Magician
Mythmaker Daniel Wallace—of Big Fish notoriety—serves up his strangest brew yet with this folksy, hyper-told novel... read more
Joan Druett
Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World
Chaos creates brave men and whimpering creatures, and award-winning writer Joan Druett describes both in the captivating true ordeals of... read more
Ratatouille
Inarguably, it was the heart and emotion of Walt Disney’s films that made them memorable... read more
Live Free or Die Hard
If Bruce Willis ever finds himself as an out-of-work mega-star... read more
Bryan Scary: The Shredding Tears
As a general rule, musicians should never write, record and play all the instruments on an album read more
Nick Lowe: At My Age
Nick’s knack for vintage country and pop in evidence once again read more
Billy Bragg
The Progressive Patriot: A Search for Belonging
Billy Bragg's notion of "Englishness" has taken quite a beating lately... read more
Justin Taylor (Ed.)
The Apocalypse Reader
The end of days arrives in 34 flavors in this collection of doomsday stories... read more
Steven Hall
The Raw Shark Texts
Before you even crack open British author Steven Hall's wildly inventive and occasionally uneven first novel, you've got to... read more
There And Back
This Eric Steel film opens with a beautiful panoramic view of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge, almost completely blanketed by fog... read more
Ryan Adams: Easy Tiger
Prolific songwriter's heart still breaking (good news for us, anyway) read more

