Out of all possible film subgenres, the horror movie remake is almost certainly the least promising. History has shown that two approaches traditionally work, or, given the context, work as well as ca...
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My, what one can do with a nylon-string guitar these days. Originating from the simple concept of two classically trained players taking a stab at melding all sorts of disparate musical genres, Acoust...
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Over the weekend, the world lost one of its truly unique figures in journalism, Dr. - as he was dubbed by a 1960s mail-order church - Hunter S. Thompson. The man who, fueled by a heroic intake of subs...
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If there's one noticeable recurring motif in the hallowed pages of the Nexus -- well, besides how to acquire cheap liquor -- it's the nasty, unending volley of mud between those on either end of the p...
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Every time I try to read one of Dave Barry's columns, I come away drawing the same semi-disappointed conclusion: He clearly possesses great comedic skill, as evidenced by his occasional insightful qui...
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Think there are no black people in Argentina? "Afroargentinos," a 2002 documentary from Jorge Fortes and Diego Ceballos, says strongly otherwise.
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Critically, it's always difficult to determine how to handle remakes. If the original was truly brilliant enough to warrant revived attention after the passage of decades, the comparison deck is impos...
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With "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou", Wes Anderson shows that he's still full of life and invention
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The film covers the vast majority of Alexander's life as the youngest and mightiest nation-conqueror in the annals of ancient history, a tall order even for the director who brought us "JFK."
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"If only I were half my age and she was younger," laments Tears for Fears' Roland Orzabal on "Call Me Mellow," one of the many standout tracks on Everybody Loves a Happy Ending, the band's first new a...
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During my chosen screening of "I Heart Huckabees," I couldn't help but be distracted by a slow yet steady trickle of audience members who, peace made with the loss of seven dollars, stood up and shuff...
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There are certain films whose constituent elements alone assure them greatness, or at least a rank several notches above the norm. At first glance, "Sideways" seems to be one of these blessed cinemati...
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Like a shell-shocked Vietnam veteran, I can still feel the crippling blows dealt to my faith in humanity whenever I opened the Wednesday issues of the Nexus last year.
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While it was a fine - if overlong - comeback, many Fleetwood Mac fans were left high and dry when longtime keyboardist/vocalist Christine McVie chose not to return to the fold for 2003's Say You Will.
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For most of the college students likely to read this review, the awkward - inexorable - hours of elementary school sex education are still relatively fresh in memory.
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Ends on ‘good terms’ but is blocked on Instagram
Slow fade
Ghosting them on a random Monday
“It’s not you, it’s me”
Drunk Uber “we need to talk” voice memo
Presents a notes app pros and cons list
Asks to still be friends
Drops their stuff off, never speaks to them again
Texts “this isn’t working” then posts from another country
“It’s not me, it’s you”
Tells them they need to focus on Econ 10A
Delivers a hand-written letter to their mom
