John V's Eclectic Avenue
A blog of reviews, thoughts & commentary on movies, music & books.
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Captain America: The Winter Soldier: Who Is The Real Enemy?
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The 2011 film Captain America: The First Avenger was part of Marvel’s effort to lay the groundwork for their hit superhero team-up advent...
Sunday, April 20, 2014
A Look At The 2014 TCM Film Festival
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A certain blogger with TCM Host Ben Mankiewicz I recently returned from the Turner Classic Movies Film Festival, which was held in Holl...
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
An Oscar Double Feature: 2 Brief Reviews
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Dallas Buyers Club (2013) – Matthew McConaughey and Jared Leto give fine performances in this powerful, fact-based drama. McConaughey p...
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Power Pop Flashback: Tinted Windows
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What do you get when you combine Adam Schlesinger, bassist & songwriter for Fountains of Wayne, Taylor Hanson, lead singer & keyboa...
Sunday, March 16, 2014
Darkman: Raimi’s Other Superhero Film
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Sam Raimi is probably best known to superhero fans as the director of three Spider Man films starring Tobey Maguire, or to horror fans fo...
Sunday, March 9, 2014
Memory, Magic & Loss in "The Ocean at the End of the Lane"
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Neil Gaiman has proven himself a master of fantasy with stunning, ambitious works such as Stardust (1999) , The Graveyard Book (2008) an...
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Peter Wolf Brings The Blues, Soul, Rock & Country To Infinity Hall
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As lead singer of the J. Geils Band, and as a solo artist, Peter Wolf has always moved across genres as nimbly as he spins around onstage d...
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