Did you see Brooks Wheelan’s special Alive in Alaska? You did? Good for you! Then you know it’s one of the best (THE best?) comedy special to come out last year. You might not know this, but he’s also a very cool guy. Wheelan has always been funny and with his new special continues to do so. I can’t remember the last time he was in Boston, but I think it was a Laugh Boston or something like that. Does...

Nosferatu Can you feel it? Everyone’s got Nosferatu FEVER! Well, maybe that’s just the plague. Or maybe it’s the pneumonia that was going around. I, for one, was certainly a victim of that, coughing almost uncontrollably in the theatre while watching Count Orlok seduce poor Ellen. But it takes a certain kind of director to make something unique and so weird that it compels people to reference and meme it endlessly. There’s just so much of this movie that’s...

Photos by Brittany Rose...

Photos by Brittany Rose...

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga We can all agree that Mad Max Fury Road was a pleasant surprise, right? It was good, some of us thought I’d be great, some of us thought it actually WAS great, and some people consider it one of the greatest movies of the past 10 or 20 years. I’m cool with that. I think the first 2 Mad Maxes are SUPER overrated, anyhow, and I don’t care who knows it. But, there’s a...

Wolf Man It’s kind of nice watching a movie and not knowing who any of the stars are. Jodorowsky once said that movie stars are the death of cinema, or something like that. He’s not wrong. Then again, he also wanted to make a movie with Salvador Dali, Mick Jagger, and Orson Welles. So, maybe he IS wrong. But in a time when almost every mainstream movie is overcast (NO role is too small!), I enjoyed watching Wolf Man and...

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Seven Does the fact that you can remember distinct facts about a movie 30 years after you watch it mean it’s a good movie? I watched Seven once – just once – on VHS when it came out, being terrified of certain parts, and still distinctly recall certain sequences. Yes, I remember the ending, but also, surprisingly, several shots, scenes, and exchanges. I don’t know, that sounds to me like a good movie. So, how would this...

A deeper look at the grooves pressed into the Nuisance EP by Clean Lines. At this point, the city of Seattle has become synonymous with grunge – but on their Nuisance EP, Clean Lines prove that there are other, greater musical possibilities which also come from the Evergreen State. Within just four cuts’ time, Clean Lines don’t just crib some ideas from The Briefs and call it a day – rather, they ambitiously utilize recognizable sounds and rethink some well-tread...

The Dark Knight Returnsby Frank Miller There was a time when Frank Miller was the coolest. No, not the 80s. I’m talking about the mid aughts. Graphic novels began their ascension into cool and adult, the Sin City movie came out and was well received or at least unique, and Frank Miller got a black check of sorts. We all had Frank Miller fever! I had it too! That all quickly vanished when Miller was given a chance to make...