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MOVIE REVIEW “Escape from Tomorrow” by Doug Young Whistle WhileYou Watch “Escape from Tomorrow” Starring Roy Abramsohn, Elena Schuber, Katelynn Rodriguez; directed by Randy Moore This week’s column is written to the Disney songs “A Spoonful of Sugar” from Mary Poppins and “It’s a Small World” from the Disneyland ride, both written by Richard M. […]

MOVIE REVIEW “Don Jon” by Doug Young On a Scale of 1 to XXX DON JON Starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Scarlett Johansson, Julianne Moore, Tony Danza, Glenne Headly, Brie Larson; directed by Joseph Gordon-Levitt On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the sexiest). That’s how Jon and his friends in the film Don Jon […]

MOVIE REVIEW “World’s End” by Doug Young Metaphorical movie myopia Before entering a showing of the film Elysium, movie patrons are asked to secure Elysium Cinematic Health Care Insurance Policy. The terms and conditions of such policy are provided below. Anyone entering Elysium without securing such film insur- ance is still universally eligible to watch […]

MOVIE REVIEW “World’s End” by Doug Young Old red eyes is back The World’s End Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Martin Freeman, Rosamund Pike; directed by Edgar Wright From The World’s Endbrewery comes a selection of filmic brews that are sure to tantalize the retina. Like beer, movies may all contain the same basic ingredients, but what sets them apart is how […]

MOVIE REVIEWS “BLUE JASMINE” by Doug Young   A STREETCAR NAMED WOODY Woody Allen and some actors are sitting down for a table read of his script outline for his new film. It’s still being formed, but he has decided to give what he has so far a trial run and call it Blue Jasmine. […]

MOVIE REVIEWS “World War Z” and “Monsters University” by Doug Young World War Z Starring Brad Pitt, Mireille Enos, Daniella Kertesz, Fana Mokoena, David Morse; directed by Marc Forster Monsters University Starring the voices of Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Helen Mirren; directed by Dan Scanlon [With apologies, this week’s column is written to […]

LATE MAY – “WHAT’S NEW:   I”m easily a solid 10 days behind with posting an update here.  Ideally , these appear every two weeks but this one has pushed beyond that.  Sometimes there’s so much info to share, that I get overwhelmed with just starting, instead of just chunking ’em down into shorter updates.   […]

BLUE CARTOON   BLUE CARTOON has been one of the most consistent and popular indie power pop bands from the past 15 years.  While their catalog is not large, each release has been a gem, showing a healthy restelessness to grow, evolve and never staying in the same place.  Make sure you check out all […]

MOVIE REVIEW “Mud” by Doug Young [linebreak style=”simple”] HUCK IN THE MUCK Excerpt from “The Adventures of a Hucklecheery Filmgoer”: [linebreak style=”simple”] You don’t know about me without you have seen a movie by the name of Mud; but that ain’t no matter. That movie was made by Mr. Jeff Nichols, and he told a good […]

MOVIE REVIEW “Mission: Oblivion” by Doug Young   [linebreak style=”simple”] OBLIVIOUS CRITICAL DRONING DECLASSIFIED DRONE REPORT OF MISSION: OBLIVION Instructions: Launch a critical drone at target and report back findings and observa- tions regarding threats to American filmic interests. [linebreak style=”simple”] Target: The movie Oblivion, reportedly harboring actors Tom Cruise, Andrea Rise- borough, Olga Kurylenko, […]