N.P.| February 19, 2020| 0 Comments

Shining violence in the city: AFTER DARK, featuring Italians Do It Better and Johnny Jewel

  Italo-disco hit a brief revival patch in the mid-2000s, with bands and music being inspired by those late-70s / early-80s synth boppers and dance-floor tracks, but with a unique style and sheen that distinguishes them from “traditional” disco. None were so inspired quite like Johnny Jewel (he’s so cool), who, after over a decade […]

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N.P.| February 4, 2020| 0 Comments

What’s Up, Doc? The Cartoonish Mayhem of SHOOT ‘EM UP

  As part of a holiday movie exchange among a group of friends, I was gifted Shoot ‘Em Up. it comes well-recommended, as it hits many of the things I want to see in an action movie: It drops us immediately into the action without any explanation; it keeps moving and stays tight (86 minutes!); the action […]

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