Reviews

Fee-fi-fo-fum, Jack the Giant Slayer is the exception this once

Daniel Woodhouse | Mar 6, 2013

Giants on the loose: No need to fear, Jack the Giant Slayer is here! But he looks better in 2D.

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“A Good Day to Die Hard,” but not a good day for “Die Hard” fans

Daniel Woodhouse | Feb 20, 2013

Some of us were surprised with the third "Die Hard", many of us with the fourth, and most us were just wondering how they could keep it interesting with a fifth installment, and now we see that they couldn't.

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“Mama:” Another film of a decidedly played-out genre

Daniel Woodhouse | Jan 30, 2013

Horror film "Mama" is definitely horrifying — but not necessarily in a good way. Spinnaker movie critic claims the film is yet another Hollywood blunder of a tired genre.

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Movie Review: ‘Pitch Perfect’ hits all the right notes

Katie Gile | Oct 16, 2012

Welcoming the fall season with open arms is the auto-tuned, hilarious love letter to collegiate a capella, Pitch Perfect. In essence, imagine Glee without the hallway drama, with an added a...

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Album Review: Centipede Hz by Animal Collective

Mason McGough | Aug 28, 2012

For a group with a track record as long as Animal Collective’s, it’s astounding how little Centipede Hz sounds like their past work. If anything, it most closely approximates the underworld sounds of Avey Tare’s solo album Down There. Animal Collective is not the band people think it is, simply because it’s never been.

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Album Review: NO by Old Man Gloom

Mason McGough | Aug 28, 2012

“YES” seems a more appropriate name for this album, at least cosmetically. No cavern is left untrodden, no matter how dark or foreboding. And the earth-shattering metal that intersperses them is the best part.

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Album Review: channel ORANGE by Frank Ocean

Michael Radcliffe | Jul 23, 2012

Frank Ocean’s debut LP, channel ORANGE, is an album of undirected life and young love. These concepts have been seen before, but it’s the angle in which Ocean sees them that makes them fresh.

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Album Review: Swing Lo Magellan by Dirty Projectors

Mason McGough | Jul 13, 2012

“There’s an answer/ I haven’t found it/ But I will keep dancing ‘til I do,” sings Dave Longstreth on Dirty Projectors' single “Dance for You.” It’s clear from Swing Lo Magellan and...

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Album Review: The Nature of Things by The Daredevil Christopher Wright

Mason McGough | Jul 6, 2012

Similar in cosmetics to the also fancifully named Father John Misty, The Daredevil Christopher Wright returns with a sophomore LP that pairs baroque arrangements with dire sentiment.

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Review: Don’t shave off ‘50/50’

Spinnaker | Oct 2, 2011

Find out what works and what doesn't in latest comedy-drama "50/50."

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Aston Marton – Winter Solstice (Album Review)

Spinnaker | Dec 21, 2010

When it comes to hip-hop culture Jacksonville is one of the last places you would think of as a hot bed, let alone a counterculture of artists at UNF. More importantly, in a world where up-and-coming...

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