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Film Review: Respect
A biopic about Aretha Franklin from the start of her career throughout her peak.
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A biopic about Aretha Franklin from the start of her career throughout her peak.
From August 6 – August 8, in the year of our Hokage Naruto Uzumaki, 2021, OTAKON returns to the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
With anti-vaxxers and anti-maskers ruining our chances at a return to “normal” and the Delta variant on the surge, we could all use a little musical catharsis. “The Blur” delivers in a bristly pop-punk way that seems perfectly timed. Northern Colorado’s One Flew West explains, “‘The Blur’ was the first song we wrote and put together after our tour got canceled in March of 2020.” The song bounces from verse to verse with pop hooks and angsty breakdowns wholly capturing a feeling that unfortunately seems to be circling back around. There is a certain type of frustration that is borne… Read more »
Basslines and Protest Signs is Brett Callwood’s column looking at the intersection of music and politics. This week talks about the rise of the Delta variant threatening to shut down live music again.
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Properties featured: This week: Motherland: Fort Salem, Cooking with Paris, Cocaine Cowboys: The Kings of Miami, Grown-ish, The Suicide Squad, Vivo
A movie about an American man trying to help his daughter deal with a European country’s legal system.
Today we’ve got a new live-action Pokémon series in the works, Cooking With Paris coming to Netflix, and Simone Biles withdrawing from the team final at the Tokyo Olympics.
A documentary about how the NYC skate scene collided with hip hop in the late 80s to mid-90s to help birth the streetwear we see today.
A late 80s styled ninja movie focused on Snake Eyes, the formally silent G.I. Joe.
