Blogcritics Author: El Bicho

Music Review: Willie Nelson & Wynton Marsalis - Two Men With The Blues

El Bicho — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:18:57 EDT

Two Men With The Blues will undoubtedly take yours away.
Every other 2008 album released, from those already out to those awaiting a future Tuesday, are officially put on notice that Two Men With The Blues is in the running for the best of the year. Sure, it’s not an even playing field since it features Willie Nelson and Wynton Marsalis, two of the greatest musicians in their field brought together...

DVD Review: Baby It's You (1983)

El Bicho — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 02:57:13 EDT

"Baby It's You" finally debuts on DVD thanks to Legend Films.
Opening in New Jersey 1966, Jill (Rosanna Arquette) is a Jewish, popular high school senior with interests in being an actress. At school, she meets an Italian young man nicknamed “the Sheik” (Vincent Spano) who wants to be the next Sinatra and is rumored to have been expelled from his previous school. He becomes enamored with her at...

Movie Review: The Dark Knight

El Bicho — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 21:58:04 EDT

Batman returns in "The Dark Knight," a film that raises the bar not just on superhero movies, but all films in general.
Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight is a fantastic film that has raised the bar on what superhero movies can be, much the same way Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore’s Watchmen did for comic books over twenty years ago. While the film has the familiar elements of a superhero movie (costumed characters,...

Music DVD Review: Neil Diamond - The Thank You Australia Concert: Live 1976

El Bicho — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:43:48 EDT

Witness Neil Diamond's historic concert event in Australia.
After a three-year hiatus, Neil Diamond made his return to the stage with a seven-city tour of Australia and New Zealand. At the time, he was a huge hit down under because his classic 1972 live album Hot August Night had become Australia’s biggest-selling record. According to the DVD liner notes because of the overwhelming, enthusiastic...

Movie Review: Gonzo - The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

El Bicho — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 04:42:18 EDT

A very good and balanced look at the man and the myth.
In Gonzo - The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson Academy Award-winning documentarian Alex Gibney presents a biography on his life and explores his writing through the use of archival material, some of which is available to public for the first time, and new interviews of family and friends. The film is a fitting tribute to the man Thomas...

DVD Review: Batman Begins (Limited Edition Gift Set)

El Bicho — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:44:16 EDT

It�s a very good movie, but is the double-dip worth it?
Just in time for The Dark Knight marketing onslaught, Warner Brothers has re-released a Limited Edition Gift Set of Batman Begins, Christopher Nolan’s reboot of the franchise. It’s a very good movie, but is the double-dip worth it?Eight years after the damage done to Batman from the one-two combination of Batman Forever and Batman &...

Book Review: Santa vs. Satan - The Official Compendium of Imaginary Fights by Jake Kalish

El Bicho — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 20:31:34 EDT

El Bicho vs. Jake Kalish
Have you ever thought of an invention to help mankind that never got passed the idea stage, and someone else beat you to the punch? Or noticed a really hot girl you wanted to ask out, but before you worked up the nerve to make your move some other idiot swept her off her feet? Well, that’s likely going to be the reaction of many a man who has...

Music DVD Review: ZZ Top - Live From Texas

El Bicho — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 09:41:11 EDT

A great performance nearly marred by terrible editing.
Heading in to their 40th year, that little old band from Texas, ZZ Top continues to rock the house with their first live DVD, capturing their performance at the Nokia Theater in Grand Prairie, Texas on November 1, 2007 before an enthusiastic hometown crowd. Although it’s been a couple of decades since the trio of guitarist Billy Gibbons,...

Concert Review: Bonnaroo 2008, Part 3

El Bicho — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:44:38 EDT

All good things must come to end, but what condition will we be in?
Morning came pretty early on Day Three as the pointless musings of Ted and Alice’s dopey friend pulled me from Slumberland. She was going on about the Disco Biscuits show, which Fumo and I had skipped because we weren’t in any condition to start a show at 2am. However, the rest of her group had been there, so she wasn’t telling...

Concert Review: Bonnaroo 2008, Part 2

El Bicho — Tue, 8 Jul 2008 07:36:07 EDT

No rest for the wicked as the bands just kept coming.
I awoke on Day Two to the shriek of a young woman. “Someone took a shit next to our car!” she cried, unknowingly securing a place in my memory as my now-current response to the question, “What is the strangest sentence you have ever heard when waking up?" After a few giggles, I tried to roll over and get some more sleep, but...