Kaiser Chiefs – “Off With Their Heads”

They’re not blazing a trail. They’re not bringing rock and roll to a new level. They’re not even saving it. They just want some tea, and watch some football. And play some music. And they do it well. Kaiser Chiefs first caught my fancy a few years ago with their fantastic debut “Employment”, which almost played like a greatest hits album. From beginning to end, the album just moved. And grooved. It was only a few years later that they’d be trying to follow that... Keep Reading...

The Day the Earth Stood Still

You would think a big budget spectacle like this remake of the 1951 classic would be more fitting to be released in the summer time, when popcorn sci-fi cinema permeates the movie theatres; but I suppose that because this one’s supposed to be “thought-provoking”, it was more suitable at the “thought-provoking” time of year, the winter. I guess we have more time to think now that we can’t go outside and do anything, than we do in the summertime. Unfortunately for this movie, there’s... Keep Reading...

Milk

Biopics are a funny thing. Sometimes they work, and when they do, they often feel like flashes in a pan and rarely stay in your memory bank. I wondered why I have forgotten most of even recent pictures that were well done, such as “Ray” and “Walk the Line”, and I think I understand why. When I watched both of those movies, all it made me want to do was listen to their music. Unfortunately it’s just not possible to give a life story of someone so dynamic and powerful only a two or two and... Keep Reading...