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Let’s Do the Panic Again: Phantom Planet Returns

July 3, 2019 By Nicholas Slayton Leave a Comment

It’s been seven years since Phantom Planet played a “proper show” in Los Angeles. But at the Lodge Room on Friday, May 10 (after a last-minute shift from Downtown’s Resident), it seemed like the band and Angelenos hadn’t missed a beat. The show, the second of a trio of Southern California reunion shows, drew a […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Alex Greenwald, Lodge Room, Los Angeles, Phantom Planet, Ryan XX

Learning to Appreciate Life in Jim Jarmusch’s The Dead Don’t Die

July 1, 2019 By Nicholas Slayton Leave a Comment

Dead Don't Die Chloe Sevigny Adam Driver Bill Murray

The Dead Don’t Die is certainly a Jim Jarmusch film. In his career, he’s brought his own idiosyncratic approach to quiet dramas, mafia films and Westerns. It never quite approaches parody or deconstruction; Jarmusch is interested in and a fan of the tropes of genres, and he sees how they can be used to examine […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Adam Driver, Bill Murray, Chloe Sevigny, Dead Don't Die, Jim Jarmusch, RZA, Selena Gomez, Steve Buscemi, Tilda Swinton

Dhani Harrison Plots His Own Path With Solo Debut In///Parallel

November 9, 2017 By Nicholas Slayton Leave a Comment

Dhani Harrison

Dhani Harrison has a story to tell. After working with thenewno2, Fistful of Mercy and scoring movies and television, the musician found himself hearing a certain sound in his head that he had to make real. The result is In///Parallel, Harrison’s first solo album, a 10-track record that was released on Oct. 9. The album […]

Filed Under: Features, Interviews Tagged With: Dhani Harrison, Music, Paul Hicks, thenewno2

“The Day Tennyson Died” Indicates That Season Three Might Be Penny Dreadful’s Best

May 6, 2016 By Nicholas Slayton Leave a Comment

Penny Dreadful Season 3 Dr Jekyll

Penny Dreadful Season 3 Episode 1 “The Day Tennyson Died” Let’s get it out of the way: Dracula has arrived. Penny Dreadful started out as a strange, Gothic adventure, throwing audiences right into the world of vampires, Egyptian magic and a collection of characters from Gothic and Victorian literature, or at least those that fit […]

Filed Under: News, Reviews Tagged With: Dracula, Eva Green, horror, Jonathan Harker, Josh Hartnett, Mina Murray, penny dreadful, Showtime, Simon Russell Beale, Television, Timothy Dalton, Van Helsing, Wes Studi

The Leisure Class is a Slog of a Film

November 6, 2015 By Nicholas Slayton Leave a Comment

The Leisure Class HBO

The Leisure Class is many things, but never once a coherent or good film. Jason Mann’s HBO feature is a tonal and narrative mess, one that does a disservice to talented pieces to produce a cringe-worthy whole. It is a shining example that no matter how strong a cast and crew are, without a solid script, […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Bridget Regan, Bruce Davison, Ed Weeks, Film, HBO, Project Greenlight, The Leisure Class, Tom Bell

Penny Dreadful Season Two Finale Review

July 9, 2015 By Nicholas Slayton Leave a Comment

Penny Dreadful Ethan Werewolf

S2E09 “And Hell Itself My Only Foe” “And Hell Itself My Only Foe” served as an epic set up for a season finale, filling itself with developments and cliffhangers, with the right pacing to keep the story moving forward. It also showed a marked improvement in John Logan’s pacing compared to season one. Although both […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Eva Green, horror, Josh Hartnett, penny dreadful, Showtime, Television, Timothy Dalton

Penny Dreadful S2E08 “Memento Mori” Review

June 25, 2015 By Nicholas Slayton Leave a Comment

Penny Dreadful Memento Mori

A tip of the hat to creator and writer John Logan. Beyond the occasional pacing issue, he’s kept Penny Dreadful a rich and smart show, but most of all treated the audience with respect. He’s avoided drawing out plots that could easily become frustrating — Hecate (Sarah Greene) attempting to seduce and distract Ethan (Josh […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Douglas Hodge, Helen McCrory, Josh Hartnett, penny dreadful, Sarah Greene, Showtime, Television

Penny Dreadful S2E07 “Little Scorpion” Review

June 18, 2015 By Nicholas Slayton Leave a Comment

Penny Dreadful Little Scorpion Eva Green

The ties that bind in Penny Dreadful are a strange thread. The company of heroes isn’t full of nice people — Vanessa Ives has committed selfish actions that doomed others, Ethan Chandler took part in the genocide of Native Americans, Sir Malcolm Murray killed and abused his way across Africa in the name of “exploration,” […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, penny dreadful, Showtime, Television

Penny Dreadful S2E06 “Glorious Horrors” Review

June 11, 2015 By Nicholas Slayton Leave a Comment

Penny Dreadful

As Penny Dreadful enters the back-half of its second season, the pieces of the puzzle are starting to come together, and they paint a dark picture for the heroes of the story. In the previous episode, Ethan (Josh Hartnett) described the heroes as being under siege, and said they need to bunch up and prepare […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: penny dreadful, Showtime, Television

Penny Dreadful S2E5 “Above the Vaulted Sky” Review

June 1, 2015 By Nicholas Slayton Leave a Comment

Penny Dreadful Eva Green Josh Hartnett

Only Penny Dreadful could make a breather episode so intense and fraught with developments. “Above the Vaulted Sky” features some big developments, but they are developments that set up the second half of the season and trouble to come. But best of all, the episode gives two storylines — Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett) and Victor […]

Filed Under: Features, Reviews Tagged With: Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, penny dreadful, Showtime, Television

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