(500) Days of Summer and Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist (and a quick, blink-and-you’ll-miss-it plug for Enchanted)

I caught the tail end of Nick and Nora’s Infinite Playlist again on TV last night.  Like so many other moviegoers, I missed this when it was in the theater.  I did catch it on DVD when it came out.  In what may be a new record for me, let me start with a digression.  [...]

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Mad Men

Far too often lately, I’ve been faced with TV shows that I really liked in the early seasons trying my patience in the most recent ones.  I know that pretty much any show is going to have ups and downs in quality and I’m resigned to riding out the lows in my viewing life.  Luckily, [...]

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Soundtracks (including a nod to John Hughes and the best soundtrack ever for a movie that has not been produced)

The first time that I can truly remember a song in a movie hitting its mark with me in the theater came in the opening credits of The Breakfast Club.  When Simple Minds’ Don’t You Forget About Me came pounding through the speakers, I instantly loved the song, immediately understood what I was getting in [...]

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Rancid (and by extension, The Clash and The Specials)

Rancid has always worn their message on their sleeve.  There is nothing subtle when they sing on their new album about being “disconnected from the country I love.”  The same can be said about their influences — you can hear each one of them front and center in the music and lyrics.
Rancid has been around [...]

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Picture of meMichael Landweber writes fiction for adult, young adult and middle grade readers. He lives in Washington, DC with his wife and two children. His stories have appeared in Pindeldyboz, Fourteen Hills, Barrelhouse, American Literary Review, Fugue among others. He is an Associate Editor at the Potomac Review and can also be found writing and blogging about TV, movies and other fun stuff at Pop Matters.

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