Poison It Don’t Get Better Than This By Jay S. Jacobs Ready to feel old? It’s been 30 years since Poison released their second album, Open Up and Say… Ahh!, which featured the hit singles “Nothin’ But a Good Time,” “Every Rose Has Its Thorn,” “Fallen Angel” and a cover of Loggins and Messina’s “Your … Continue reading
U2 – Wells Fargo Center – Philadelphia, PA – June 13, 2018 Being one of the biggest music acts around, it is tough for U2 to make an arena show intimate. During their first of two nights at Wells Fargo Center on Wednesday, Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen Jr. wanted to strip … Continue reading
NANCY (2018) Starring Andrea Riseborough, Ann Dowd, Steve Buscemi, J. Smith-Cameron, John Leguizamo, Samrat Chakrabarti, Marinda Anderson, Jamie Angelle, Lorenzo Beronilla, Owen Campbell, Olli Haaskivi, René Ifrah, James Karpowicz, Virginia Kull, Linda Kutrubes, Ann Lucente and T. Sahara Meer. Screenplay by Christina Choe. Directed by Christina Choe. Distributed by Samuel Goldwyn Films. 87 minutes. Not … Continue reading
Skating Polly, Potty Mouth & Control Top – Kung Fu Necktie – Philadelphia, PA – June 9, 2018 A super triple bill took Kung Fu Necktie by storm on Saturday. Led by the youthful rock energies of Skating Polly with a raucous Potty Mouth and Philly’s own punkers Control Top, it was a beautiful June … Continue reading
THE STRANGERS: PREY AT NIGHT (2018) Starring Christina Hendricks, Martin Henderson, Bailee Madison, Lewis Pullman, Emma Bellomy, Damian Maffei, Lea Enslin, Preston Sadleir, Gabriel A. Byrne and Sunny Dixit. Screenplay by Bryan Bertino and Ben Ketai. Directed by Johannes Roberts. Distributed by Aviron Pictures. 85 minutes. Rated R. Just the fact that The Strangers: Prey … Continue reading
The Decemberists & M. Ward – Mann Center for the Performing Arts – Philadelphia, PA – June 6, 2018 For the 14th time live, my craving for indie rock steeped in rich language, watery peril and whale props was sated when The Decemberists played The Mann Center last Thursday. As part of the Your Girl/Your Ghost … Continue reading
TRADING PLACES – 35th ANNIVERSARY EDITION (1983) Starring Dan Aykroyd, Eddie Murphy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Paul Gleason, Kristin Holby, James Belushi, Al Franken, Bo Diddley, Frank Oz, Tom Davis, Giancarlo Esposito, Nicholas Guest, Charles Brown, Bill Cobbs, Philip Bosco, Alfred Drake, Kelly Curtis, Barry Dennen, Arleen Sorkin and John … Continue reading
