Month: April 2003

Whatever she does, it matters—right? Easy to forget that the ersatz Material Girl skillfully retooled her whole M.O. back in 1998, suddenly creating “serious music” in connection with William Orbit, right about the time she discovered yoga and Pilates. Ray of Light was actually a critical success, and 2000’s Music also had its fans among…

We’ve been reading occasional snipes against the White Stripes that suggest a backlash against their meteoric rise. If so, that’s ridiculous. Never mind their media oversaturation, the opening dates for the Rolling Stones, Jack White’s new career as a Hollywood actor. Look past the red/white color scheme that just happens to be an effective branding…

It strikes us as a teensy bit redundant to shell out for multi-DVD sets of two TV sitcoms that are still on the air in reruns all over the place. Still, the wise man plans ahead for the future, storing up treasures for the lean times yet to come. We’re especially partial to the first…

Dull and dry is never a problem with David Attenborough. The BBC’s grandfatherly grandmaster, perhaps the world’s premier practitioner of pop-science storytelling, has a knack for making you feel the same joy of discovery that he so obviously does. His latest series is a 10-part companion piece to his stunning 1998 Life of Birds that…

So much nostalgia TV in one place, you can almost smell the crimebusting. In case you feel like watching the entire run of a 70s cop show from the beginning but you have no idea which one, this collection is, like, a total godsend. Here are the very first episodes—not the pilots, when the cast…

One cannot live on arthouse films alone. The summer tradition of big, booming, brains-optional blockbusters has returned, and the first two out of the gate are ones we’ve been looking forward to, perhaps a little guiltily. We don’t have any grandiose expectations for the return of Marvel Comics’ mutant metaphors for prejudice and teenage angst;…