100 Film Favorites – #60: Little Shop of Horrors (Frank Oz, 1986) “On the 21st day of the month of September, in an early year of a decade not too long before our own, the human race suddenly encountered a deadly threat to its very existence. And this terrifying enemy surfaced, as such enemies often…
100 Film Favorites – #65: We’re Back!: A Dinosaur’s Story (Phil Nibbelink & Simon Wells, 1993) In 1993, Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment produced two dinosaur movies. One was an epic in which dinosaurs are reintroduced to the modern world, and terrifying action sequences alternate with tender moments of survival and enduring humanity. The other was…
100 Film Favorites Countdown – #98: “Se7en” (David Fincher, 1995) Well, this might be the grisliest entry on the list. Maybe not. We’ll see. I briefly mentioned “Se7en” during the Creepy Classic Countdown in October. It’s one of my 100 film favorites mostly because I have a weakness for the “serial killers theming their crimes…
The Usual Suspects — Boring Desert Island Discs I Still Love: AC/DC – Back in Black The Clash – London Calling Fugazi – 13 Songs Green Day – Dookie Jesus and Mary Chain – Psychocandy Jimmy Eat World – Bleed American My Bloody Valentine – Loveless Oasis – (What’s the Story) Morning Glory Radiohead…
Welcome to EarnThis.net. We write articles and reviews about music, movies, and other forms of art and entertainment. Listed here are some of our favorite and most popular articles, retrospectives, and reviews. The (Incomplete) Wonder Years Retrospective “Growing up is loss: Of innocence, of old friendships, of cherished memories — sometimes, of hope.” See also:…
Just for a Day (1991) – 5 stars Souvlaki (1993) – 4.5 stars Pygmalion (1995) – 3 stars I was surprised to discover that I’ve never written about any musical group that would be classified as ‘shoegaze.’ That genre’s emphasis on heavenly washes of guitar sounds, gentle vocals, heavy feedback, and timeless melodies worked wonders…
Inspired by the AV Club’s enjoyable AVQ&A series, Earn This writers and friends teamed up and decided to do their own roundtable, question-answering session. The question we stole directly from a recent AVQ&A entry: You’ve discovered a genie, but he has some limitations: He can only grant one wish, and it must be within the…
A record-setting number of people watched The Big Game yesterday, so I’m sure everyone and their grandmother has something to say about the proceedings. Nonetheless, I couldn’t resist sharing my own take on a few aspects of yesterday’s Super Bowl. The matchup Really, was there a worse possible matchup? Both teams have won Super Bowls…
When I saw Dan’s predictions, I felt compelled to follow up with a batch of my own. But I knew I had to one-up him somehow, so I went for the old snazzy-synonym-in-the-title trick. Works every time. I’m gonna classify these as “Temerarious (But Not Lunatic).” I predict that, in 2012… Five different dance albums…
We lucked out — two Dan Lauria showcases in one season. The Powers That Be gives one of the show’s best actors another chance to show off his impressive chops when his own dad comes to town. Grampa Arnold, played by David Huddleston, throws a wrench in the Arnold family dynamic when he’s around; suddenly,…