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No Concessions: The Greatest Movie Summer Ever
1982, when E.T. phoned home (and Spock, Spicoli, Garp, and The Thing all placed calls)
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Greatest Un-Hits: Daft Punk’s “Da Funk” (1997)
Daft Punk is a household name for music nerds now, and all the kids on the playground wear helmets and robot suits and speak French. Their sophomore album Discovery was a massive hit with
Read More »CD Review: Daft Punk, “Tron: Legacy” Soundtrack
The movie Tron: Legacy arrives at a point of very good fortune, and it is the most unlikely of comebacks. First off, it’s a sequel that never should have happened. In its original release
Read More »Revival House: “You shouldn’t have come back, Flynn.”
With Tron Legacy on the horizon, Jeff Johnson looks back on the cult classic 1982 original
Read More »No Concessions: Why I “Heart” Jeff Bridges
If the Oscars are truly serious about slimming down the Academy should just mail Christoph Waltz and Mo’Nique their supporting performer awards. Or hand them over at next Tuesday’s nominations ceremony and not even
Read More »Revival House: “Greetings, Starfighter!”
Computer-generated animation sure has come a long way in the last few decades -- and Jeff Johnson is here to take us almost all the way back to the beginning, with a look at
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