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Tim Basaraba – Paul Walter Hauser was a huge stand out in the great I, Tonya (2017), playing Shawn Ecardt, an overweight, delusional momma’s boy. Now, with the help of director Clint Eastwood, he had a chance to play the same character, albeit in different circumstances in Clint Eastwood’s 2019 film Richard Jewell
Tim Basaraba – Is Taika Waititi one of the best, most recognizable auteurs in cinema today? With What We Do in the Shadows (2014) and Hunt for the Wilderpeople (2016) giving way to the big budgeted Thor: Ragnarok (2017), I would holler a resounding “Yes!” And Jojo Rabbit is no exception.
Eric Tra – Post-hardcore rockers Alexisonfire and punk legends The Distillers joined forces this past weekend at Seattle’s Showbox SoDo on their final night of their short, but sweet, five show tour. As an added bonus, Sunday’s show also featured some familiar faces—Monsterwatch (#41for2017) a local hard rock outfit began the night with some brutal, dizzying riffs off of their Zot EP.
Tim Basaraba – Is it fair to automatically characterize a film as a hopeless attempt at recapturing the glories of its predecessor? No it’s not. Sometimes the pleasant surprise after our prejudices are upended is eternally rewarding.
Andy Bookwalter – Continuing in the tradition of sending a confused old man across a treacherous mountain pass in search of music he doesn’t understand by bands he’s never heard of, this old man is going to Timbrrr!, the yearly festival held annually in picturesque Leavenworth, Wash. that’s so good it has an exclamation point right in its name!
