“Champagne for my real friends and real pain for my sham friends.” —Tom Waits If you have been following Loop at all over the past couple of years you would know I adore the documentary SOMM, and anything having to do with wine now I’m all like, …
“The woods are just trees, The trees are just wood.” Anybody going to see Into the Woods who is not familiar with the story was probably just expecting to see Meryl Streep with big blue hair going crazy for 3 1/2 hours, which might actually be …
On a much lighter note from last year’s Oscars (YAWN!), Neil Patrick Harris actually killed it in the beginning with his clever songs and sense of humor throughout, though the show did sort of drag on towards the end (as it tends to always do after …
HERE THEY ARE: my annual last minute Oscar predictions. Let’s do this! Best Picture: “American Sniper” Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan, Producers “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)” Alejandro G. Iñárritu, John Lesher and James W. Skotchdopole, Producers* …
“The Kinks exploded onto the 60s music scene with a raw, energetic new sound that rocked a nation. But how did that happen, where exactly did they come from and what happened next?” When it comes to the British Invasion there’s one band that probably comes …
“I think it’s time we all stopped hiding from this, and started talking more about dick pics” It all started about six or seven years ago. I was in Columbus, Ohio, and a friend hooked me up with a visiting tattoo artist who TOTALLY wanted to, you …
“The ‘Juice’ is loose. Fasten your seatbelts…” You probably know him mostly from the adapted hit movie Trainspotting or his recent book-to-movie release Filth, and now your favorite Scottish author Irvine Welsh is coming out with a new novel A Decent Ride. Based on this CMYK Vintage …
Ahhh… it’s here, you guys. As if Friday the 13th hadn’t struck me with enough bad luck in my pretty much nonexistent love life, February 14th had to find a way to sneak up literally THE DAY AFTER. Ugh. Another year, kids: watching those smitten …
Not sure what it was that sparked my loving of the TRAINWRECK trailer (OK, I totally do: it’s going to be the shit), Judd Apatow’s latest flick starring probably my favorite comedian right now Amy Schumer. Who in case you haven’t seen already, has her …
A couple weeks ago I attended the opening of Nuart Theatre’s 2015 Oscar Animated Shorts screening, and I was left inspired by these nominated creations because although they only lasted under 20 minutes, each one left such a big impression on me that let’s just …