Gimme Shelter
Synopsis: Called “the greatest rock film ever made,” this landmark documentary follows the Rolling Stones on their notorious 1969 U.S. tour. When 300,000 members of the Love Generation collided with […]
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The Dark Knight Rises
Synopsis: It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, […]
Thunderstruck
Synopsis: Break every rule but never break a promise. After a near death experience at a 1991 AC/DC concert, teenage best friends Sonny, Ben, Lloyd, Sam and Ronnie swear a […]
Tokyo Days, Bangkok Nights
Tokyo Days, Bangkok Nights, by Jonathan Vankin, Seth Fisher, Giuseppe Camuncoli and Shawn Martinbrough 7.5 I read this book on the strength of Seth Fisher’s art alone. Impressed with his […]
Duel
Synopsis: Fear Is The Driving Force. Steven Spielberg directs this high-velocity thriller about a motorist terrorized by an evil truck. Spielberg’s first full-length movie, Duel, helped jumpstart the director’s big-screen […]
Smokey and the Bandit 3
Synopsis: In this plotless, mindless chase movie, papa Big Enos and son Little Enos (Pat McCormick and Paul Williams) hire Cletus (Jerry Reed) to haul a Jaws-replica shark from Miami […]
The Thin Man Goes Home
Synopsis: Outlaws come and go in Nick and Nora’s lives. Now it’s time to meet the in-laws. The debonair sleuths leave little Nicky Jr. at boarding school, grab Asta and […]
Buried
Synopsis: Paul Conroy is not ready to die. But when he wakes up six feet underground with no idea of who put him there or why, life for the truck […]
Lucille
Lucille, by Ludovic Debeurme 7.0 ‘Lucille’ is the story of an anorexic girl and a malcontent boy, both from dysfunctional families, how they meet and how they affect each other’s life. […]
Irredeemable, vol. 7
Irredeemable, vol. 7, by Mark Waid and Peter Krause 7.25 Well, that’s it, then. I give up on ‘Irredeemable’. I know it’s considered one of the great new reads, and […]
Habibi
Habibi, by Craig Thompson 9.25 Honestly, I wouldn’t have read ‘Habibi’ if I hadn’t already been immensely impressed by Craig Thompson’s potential, via ‘Blankets‘; nothing about the title or the […]
Smokey and the Bandit II
Synopsis: Jump in and buckle up for a wild ride in the fast lane of laughter as Burt Reynolds and Sally Field team up again to take on Jackie Gleason […]
Easy Rider
Synopsis: Experience the real, uncensored ’60s counterculture in this compelling mixture of drugs, sex and armchair politics. Academy Award – winner Jack Nicholson (Best Actor, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s […]
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