Tim Basaraba – It’s risky to release a sequel ten years later. Most don’t do the original justice. Dumb & Dumber To (2014), Clerks II (2006) and Escape from LA (1981) are just some examples of not leaving well enough alone. Could a film built on cultural commentary from ’09 still be enjoyable and funny? Or did Double Tap fall into the same sort of sequel-trap?
Tim Basaraba – The Disney machine started their new round of live action films inspired by their classic animations with 2010’s Alice in Wonderland. Tim Burton’s film was a box office hit, and critics mostly favored its adaptation.
Aarin Wright – I’ve yet to see a more perfect album title than Crushing this year. The simple present participle serves as an accurate depiction to the steamroller squeeze the heart undertakes at each of the record’s lyrics, as well as the butterflies felt from Julia Jacklin’s raw and angelic vocals.
Tim Basaraba – With Disney buying Hulu to run in parallel with their new Disney+ feed, Amazon continuing to buy up precious IP, and Apple jumping into the game, Nextflix had to make some big moves.
Julia Olson – This summer I started my first post-grad, good ol’ 9-5 office job. It’s been really good, but I work in South Lake Union instead of on Capitol Hill. Every now and then I get an SLU panic moment; when suddenly I realize that I spend 40 hours a week typing in the shadow of Bezos’s balls.
