Month: January 2014

True Detective review: “The Long Bright Dark”

True Detective review: “The Long Bright Dark”

“This type of thing does not happen in a vacuum” Nic Pizzolatto’s True Detective is a new HBO crime drama starring Matthew McCoughnahey and Woody Harrelson that will premiere an eight episode season. And last Sunday we FINALLY got a taste of this amazingness, leaving me very happy as 

“LET IT GOOOO, let it go!”: Loop’s 2014 Oscar predictions

“LET IT GOOOO, let it go!”: Loop’s 2014 Oscar predictions

Has another year of film passed by yet again so seemingly effortlessly and ever so graciously? Why yes, yes it has! It’s been a fun one, you guys. I already gave you my 2013 movie picks (which I’m sad to see some of them not 

Let Lamarca be your new Prosecco go-to

Let Lamarca be your new Prosecco go-to

I like my wine like I like my humor: VERY dry. And when it comes to Prosecco, I accidentally came across this new favorite Lamarca (its name derived from the La Marca Trevigiana zone) while out at Market Wine Bar in Cleveland. I was with my mom at 

<i>August: Osage County</i> review: because sometimes some crazy stuff goes down in the boonies

August: Osage County review: because sometimes some crazy stuff goes down in the boonies

“Life is very long” I had no idea John Wells’ August: Osage County was a Pulitzer-winning play before seeing the new movie starring Meryl Streep as the drug and alcohol-addicted mother Violet Weston coping with mouth cancer and the recent suicide of her husband (Chris Cooper), 

Your Sunday nights are about to get way better again

Your Sunday nights are about to get way better again

I know, you miss getting quiche with Ja’mie Private School Girl and hanging out in the Billy Barnes Extended Care Unit with your new favorite comedy trio in Getting On. Last season’s HBO Sunday lineup had us hooked from the get-go (fingers crossed both get a 

Spike Jonze stole our hearts in his new love story </i>Her</i>

Spike Jonze stole our hearts in his new love story Her

“The past is just a story we keep telling ourselves” In Spike Jonze’s latest movie Her we have the very earnest and heartfelt Theodore, a writer living in a not so far off futuristic DTLA (that OMG! has a train going all the way to 

Peter Paul and Mary <i>Album 1700</i> on this throwback Thursday

Peter Paul and Mary Album 1700 on this throwback Thursday

“So alone, rollin’ home” You know when you become so obsessed over an album you just keep playing it over and over, until you are a little embarrassed by the fact (better make sure that Spotify is set to private!)? Well that is pretty much my 

Some humanimation from Neal Brennan’s <i>Women and Black Dudes</i>

Some humanimation from Neal Brennan’s Women and Black Dudes

“If he wanted a hand job, I would’ve given it to him” There will be periods of time where I don’t check the Twitter for like, two days, and then of course I have to play catch-up and star f*ck all my favorite comedians. One 

And you thought you knew Mary Poppins: <i>Saving Mr. Banks</i> review

And you thought you knew Mary Poppins: Saving Mr. Banks review

“Responstible” is not a word! It hasn’t even been 48 hours since first seeing Saving Mr. Banks and I might have to go back and watch this one again because my fulfillment of Jason Schwartzman and B.J. Novak singing / playing piano every five seconds 

2014 Short North Mini-Mural competition: vote for Maria DiFranco’s “Domesticating the African Wolf”

2014 Short North Mini-Mural competition: vote for Maria DiFranco’s “Domesticating the African Wolf”

One of the main reasons I created Loop was because I had an overwhelming amount of artsy-fartsy friends that I wanted to showcase their talent. I wanted Loop to be a promotional space where people from all over the world could come see something new,