In memory of the passing of one of the best voices in music history I decided to go with a more uptempo bit of Whitney Houston cover song magic with her cover of Chaka Khan’s “I’m Every Woman” instead of the more schmaltzy “I Will Always Love You”, both of which are on THE BODYGUARD soundtrack (that CD was chock full of awesome). I’m Every Woman Continue reading Cover Me Monday: I’m Every Woman
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 90% (Critics) / 82% (Audience)
Directed By: Alexander Payne
Written By: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
Starring: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Matthew Lillard, Robert Forster and Amara Miller
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Synopsis: A lawyer tries to be a single parent to his two daughters while his wife lay in a coma suffered during a boating accident. He is also burdened with the knowledge that his wife was cheating on him while dealing with the added stress of a multimillion dollar land deal that his family is pressuring him to make a decision on.
With a sound that is reminiscent of a less emo Drake, Houston-based rapper Kirko Bangz is poised to explode on the national hip-hop scene. Kirko Bangz – Drank In My Cup Continue reading Shuffling On My iPod: Kirko Bangz
The fine folks at The Animation Workshop must love those 1980s cartoons (that seemed to be created solely for the purpose of selling action figures) as much as I do. While my shameless devotion is put on display by non-ironic t-shirts and a nifty DVD collection…the students at The Animation Workshop were proactive and created their own addition to the pantheon of He-Man, Thundercats and Silverhawks in the form of the Space Stallions!
Producer turned artist David Sitek (from TV On The Radio fame) is the mind behind Maximum Balloon. Sitek teams up with Dragons of Zynth frontman Aku to give the world this electro-tinged dance track. My first time hearing this song was in a “Women We Love” video from Esquire UK that featured the ever so lovely Daisy Lowe. I recommend watching it…it’s quite the stimulating video. Maximum Balloon feat. Aku – Tiger Continue reading Shuffling On My iPod: Maximum Balloon
In the heart of Jakarta lies a rundown apartment infested with druggies and drifters. It’s ruled by a ruthless drug lord who uses the tenement to shelter his junkie customers, pushers, enforcers and brutal killers. The apartment block is considered untouchable by even the bravest of police – until one early morning when, cloaked under dawn’s darkness – an elite SWAT team, led by officer Rama (Uwais), raids the peril-filled structure. As Rama’s squad races between the maze of rooms and floors, encountering a barrage of gunfire, machetes, and ruthless hand-to-hand combat around every corner, the stakes get higher and higher building to an explosive crescendo and an ultimate battle. – Collider
The Cardigans‘ cover of Black Sabbath‘s “Iron Man” is another example of what I truly love about cover songs…when the artist doing the covering transforms the song to the point that it is not even recognizable or has been changed around to fit an entirely different musical genre. In the case of this version of “Iron Man” The Cardigans do their very best Portishead impression to make the dark rock anthem something a bit less heavy and foreboding but still cool. The Cardigans – Iron Man Continue reading Cover Me Monday: Iron Man
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 85% (Critics) / 86% (Audience)
Directed By: Josh Trank
Written By: Max Landis and Josh Trank
Starring: Michael B. Jordan, Michael Kelly and Alex Russell
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Synopsis: Three high school students make an incredible discovery that gives them all telekinetic abilities. Their powers bring them closer together in the beginning but before long one of the friends gives in to his darker impulses and events careen out of control.
Loveless, jobless, possibly terminally ill, Frank has had enough of the downward spiral of America. With nothing left to lose, Frank takes his gun and offs the stupidest, cruelest, and most repellent members of society. He finds an unusual accomplice: 16-year-old Roxy, who shares his sense of rage and disenfranchisement. – IMDB
Die Antwoord is a South African hip-hop trio (there is a DJ to go along with the photogenic twosome in the picture) with a pretty singular style and sound about them. “I Fink U Freeky” is their newest song and it has grown on me like a malicious tumor. The video for the song also may be the greatest thing to ever appear on YouTube this side of the Spirit of Truth. Die Antwoord – I Fink U Freeky Continue reading Shuffling On My iPod: Die Antwoord
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 97% (Critics) / 92% (Audience)
Directed By: Michel Hazanavicius
Written By: Michel Hazanavicius
Starring: Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo and John Goodman
Studio: The Weinstein Company
Synopsis: With the arrival of talking pictures the career of a silent movie star begins to fade into oblivion while the object of his affection sees her own star rise just as fast.
Carol Channing was born on this day in 1921. While most of the whippersnappers in this generation will either not know who the hell Carol Channing is or think she is just a character from an episode of Family Guy (Up yours, young people!), in actuality Carol is a veteran of stage and screen with multiple Tony Awards and even an Oscar nomination. Of course my love of Ms Channing comes from her iconic appearance as the White Queen in the 1985 Alice in Wonderland TV movie.
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