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MUSIC REVIEW: SUFJAN STEVENS - 'SILVER AND GOLD VOLUMES 6-10'An Expanded Volume Of Seasonal Warmth & Hauntingly Beautiful SongsChristmas music is an entirely sublime and spooky realm of frozen rapture that glows like an alien starship embedded in a frozen lake... |
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MUSIC REVIEW: BRIAN ENO - 'LUX'The Iconic Artist Returns To Best Ambient Form, Space & ExpressionFrom the first few notes, you can feel the unique energy it brings to the imagination, and the peaceful reverie it induces in those with the patience to hear it. |
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FILM REVIEW: 'CLUELESS'Now Streaming: Clever 90s Catch Phrases & A Fresh-Faced Paul Rudd In A Cult Teen Classic“He is kind of a Baldwin.” “She's a full-on Monet.” “The PC term is hymenally challenged.” |
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TV COLUMN: TOP 5 PERIOD DRAMASBuzzlist: From 'Boardwalk Empire' To 'Downton Abbey', The Best In TV Time WarpsSomething about seeing another time and place carefully portrayed brings a thrill to the senses and a feeling of the great scope of human experience. |
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MUSIC INTERVIEW: NICK WATERHOUSEFrom Contemporary Twists & Creative Drive To Touring 'Time's All Gone'...anytime anybody's interested in my stuff, it blows me away. To have 750 people interested – it hits you on a different level. You're like, “What's going on?” |
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TV REVIEW: 'FREAKS & GEEKS'Now Streaming: Rediscover An Apatow Classic With Seth Rogan, Jason Segel & James Franco... it's funny, insightful, original, heartfelt, true-to-life, and features a sterling cast of young actors, many of whom went on to do big things. |
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FILM COLUMN: TOP 5 CHILLING CLASSICSBuzzlist: From 'Psycho' To 'Alien', The Very Best In Cinematic ScaresCertain films are not only well-made and scary-as-hell, they've also got the weight of history behind them... |
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TV REVIEW: 'HELL ON WHEELS' SEASON 1Now Streaming: Knock Down Shoot Outs & Gritty Retribution In AMC's Stylized Western'Hell on Wheels' looks much more like the Tarantino version... staged and stylish, filled with larger-than-life heroes and villains doing a sketch of wild-West themes. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: BALMORHEA - 'STRANGER'An Instrumental Album Of Powerful Simplicity And Textured ContrastsStranger offers a vision of the self as a bright, shifting cloud to be investigated, and it provides the tools for quiet yet thrilling contemplation. |
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FILM COLUMN: TOP 5 FOUND FOOTAGE HORRORSBuzzlist: Shaky-Cam Escapes, Memorable Murders & Terrifying 'Paranormal Activity'... some critics argue that the sub-genre has run its course; but great found-footage films keep getting made, pushing the style to evolve in new directions. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: BOYS NOIZE - 'OUT OF THE BLACK'An Album Of Electronic Exuberance, Contagious Beats & Heightened EnergiesWhether you hear it in a crowded venue or blast it at home on your stereo, it's sure to stimulate movement, interest and energy. |
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FILM COLUMN: TOP 5 CRAZED CHARACTERSBuzzlist: From David Cronenberg & Dubious Exorcisms To David Lynch & Identity Crises... being plagued by ghosts or demons is bad enough, but what if they're coming from inside your head? |
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TV COLUMN: J.J. ABRAMSBuzzlist: From Super Spies To Time Traveling Islands, The Geek Guru's Best Sci-Fi SeriesWhether you're delighted or outraged by Lost's many twists and turns, you can't honestly say you've ever seen anything else like it on television. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: MATT AND KIM - 'LIGHTNING'A Breezy Album Of Infectious Indie Anthems & Smart SoundsIt's not trying to outfox you with hipster style, nor is it mired in melancholy literate profundity. It wants to make you get up and shake off the blues... |
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FILM COLUMN: TOP 5 CREEPY KIDSBuzzlist: From 'The Exorcist' To 'Silent Hill', Poltergeists, Mini Monsters & PossessionIn the spirit of looking at a beautiful, innocent child and thinking, "What the hell is that awful creature?" we present the Creepy Children in Horror Cinema Buzzlist... |
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TV REVIEW: 'ALIAS'Now Streaming: J.J. Abrams' Spy Drama Celebrates Conspiracies, True Love & Sydney BristowGarner is incredible as Sydney: she's a powerhouse of extraordinary competence, gifted intellect, and raw emotion. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: BASSNECTAR - 'FREESTYLE MIXTAPE'Something For The Weekend: A Free Download Of Tour Teasing BeatsDoctor's orders: download the Freestyle Mixtape and make a plan to catch Bassnectar on his tour through the US, Canada, and Australia in the last few months of 2012. |
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MUSIC REVIEW: TORI AMOS - 'GOLD DUST'A Fresh, Typically Tori-esque Orchestral Way To Showcase A Musical CatalogThe songs flow together in a way that's far more intimate, feeling like a personal opera playing out in someone's head. |
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FILM COLUMN: TOP 5 KEVIN SPACEY SOCIAL DRAMASBuzzlist: Real-Life Heroes & Villains, From 'Casino Jack' To 'The Life Of David Gale'If the idea of watching Kevin Spacey in an intelligent drama gives you a special kind of thrill, this Buzzlist is for you: |
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TV COLUMN: TOP 10 STRONG FEMALE CHARACTERSBuzzlist: From Buffy Summers to Sydney Bristow, Our Favorite Spies, Commanders & HeroinesThey just don't come any better than Syd. She'll win your heart with her genuine compassion, and she'll kick your ass if you cross the line. |