EDC 2013: Under the Electric Sky, 2014 Directed by Dan Cutforth and Jane Lipsitz. Starring Pasquale Rotella, Tiesto and Avicii. SYNOPSIS: A documentary following revelers at EDC 2013, the largest dance music event in North America. 3D shades aside, I prefer to go into festival films as blind as possible. It’s a dangerous game of […]

They Came Together, 2014 Directed by David Wain. Starring Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler. SYNOPSIS: A couple tell the story of how they first met, which just so happens to have all the plot points of a by-numbers romantic comedy. Just look at that poster. At first glance, the tone appears like any other romantic […]

Hits, 2014 Directed by David Cross. Starring Matt Walsh, Meredith Hagner, Micheal Cera and David Koechner. SYNOPSIS: A disgruntled New Yorker’s cause is taken up by a hipster think tank from Brooklyn. “Written and directed by David Cross, based on a true story that hasn’t happened yet.” *Google translates opening credits* “Strap in.” Preconceptions are […]

Searching for Sugar Man, 2012. Directed by Malik Bendjelloul.Starring Rodriguez, Steve Segerman and Dennis Coffey. SYNOPSIS: A documentary looking for the elusive and mysterious 70s singer/songwriter Rodriguez. Rodriguez is an enigma. He was better than Bob Dylan, but didn’t sell. His albums sit alongside Abby Road and Bridge Over Troubled Water in fans’ record collections, but […]

Oliver Davis reviews Batman Incorporated #5… Grant Morrison has a wonderful way of mixing the absurdly camp with something terribly grown up. It’s as though he’s reached a higher plane through his niche occult habits, where cheesiness has gone-off and turned into post-modern mold. It’s a good kind of mold, though. Maturer, like Stilton. That’s […]

Oliver Davis reviews the first episode of Game of Thrones Season Four… Two Swords. Directed by D.B. Weiss. Written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. If ever a series needed a ‘Previously on [enter show title here]’ recap, it’s Game of Thrones. A lot of shizzle has gone down in and around Westeros. Political struggles […]

Oliver Davis reviews East of West #11… “THE NATION, XIAOLIAN…The Bride of Death makes her first moves in the great game of Nations. The Chosen begin to splinter.” Issue 11 opens on Xiaolian, ruler of the Mao region, preparing to leave for The Wall. There, she will confront her fellow Heads of States on the […]

A Late Quartet, 2012. Directed by Yaron Zilberman.Starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Imogen Poots, and Mark Ivanir. SYNOPSIS:The cellist in a string quartet is diagnosed with Parkinson’s as they prepare for their final tour. The film’s title, A Late Quartet, relates to the string compositions Beethoven produced near the end of his […]

Oliver Davis reviews Batman, Incorporated #9… Issue 9 opens with the funeral, placing these events before Tomasi’s brilliant ‘silent’ issue of Batman & Robin. Bruce is battered and bruised. One of his nails is black. A small detail, but somehow the most prevalent. The burial is intercut with the immediate aftermath of Damien’s death – […]

Oliver Davis reviews Batman, Incorporated #8… [Holy spoilers, Batman!] It’s the beginning of the end, and not just for Batman, Incorporated. Although the issue number reads ‘eight’, the true count is more around 16-18. This title has remained unaffected by that whole ’52’ business in all but its numbering. Before DC’s universe-wide revamp, Batman, Incorporated […]