http://colorofcontext.com Movie and Music Reviews Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:32:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Little bots have big hearts Release date: 27 June 2008 By Jerilyn Covert Leave it to Pixar to make robots that look so gosh darn cute. The animation film studio’s latest, Wall-E, is an entertainingly adorable film that tells the story of an artificial intelligence with a genuine heart. Imagine a science-fiction movie ... http://colorofcontext.com/2008/06/30/wall-e/ It’s about fuckin’ time Saints of Los Angeles, Mötley Records Release date: 24 June 2008 By Joe DeRosa If you’ve ever been in a fight, then you’re going to know exactly how this feels: You’re bruised, you’re bloodied, your body is aching and throbbing, and you’re just out of wits. But the ... http://colorofcontext.com/2008/06/26/motley-crue/ Martha Wainwright sings and dances through the rain “I Know Your Married But I Have Feelings Too” Release date: 6.10.2008 By Jerilyn Covert Take it from the man who’s been lauded by critics as the ultimate storyteller: “The story of who you are is never about you,” Rabih Alameddine writes in his new book ... http://colorofcontext.com/2008/06/19/106/ A twisted film without a twist Release date: 13 June 2008 We loved M. Night Shyamalan’s new movie “The Happening,” but disagreed on the ending--that is, whether or not there was one. Was it a copout, or a smart move toward breaking his mold? Our point-counterpoint ensues! She said . . ... http://colorofcontext.com/2008/06/14/he-saidshe-said-the-happening/ A good Hulk. A better Hulk--but not incredible. Release date: 13 June 2008 By Joe DeRosa With the Spiderman and X-Men franchises, Marvel really set the bar for comic book adaptations on film. Now, coming hot off the turbine-jet propelled heels of “Iron Man,” which many critics and fans consider the best ... http://colorofcontext.com/2008/06/13/the-incredible-hulk/ Country music icon glitters to gold “All I intended to be” Nonesuch, Release date: 10 June 2008By Joe DeRosa Setting out to review “All I Intended To Be,” the newest release from Country Music Hall of Famer Emmylou Harris, turned out to be a very difficult task. How do I review the stunning new ... http://colorofcontext.com/2008/06/12/emmylou-harris/  10 of Vincent’s most priceless This October 25 will mark 15 years since the death of Vincent Price, the legendary horror icon with the deep, sinewy voice and the flamboyant 6-foot-4-inch frame who played the suavest of villains in countless horror classics throughout the ’40s, ’50s and ’60s. With Friday the ... http://colorofcontext.com/2008/06/08/classics-vincent-price/ Disturbed, Indestructible Reprise, Release date: 3 June 2008 For any of you who are Disturbed fans, you will be happy to know that their newest CD, Indestructible, dropped on Tuesday. Their most aggressive and hard hitting album to date, Indestructible is also Disturbed’s most well written album and by far the best ... http://colorofcontext.com/2008/06/06/joes-briefs-disturbed/ Aging rocker nerds finally grow up “Weezer” (“The Red Album”) Interscope Records, Release date: 3 June 2008 By Jerilyn Covert By the time I really got into music, the ’90s had nearly come and gone, but I imagine the response to Weezer’s “The Blue Album” in 1994 must have gone something like this: ... http://colorofcontext.com/2008/06/04/weezer/ “I couldn’t help but wonder: Did the critics have it wrong?” Release date: 30 May 2008 By Jerilyn Covert Somewhere, in a fantasyland version of Manhattan inhabited by fashion socialites Carrie Bradshaw, Charlotte York, Miranda Hobbes and Samantha Jones, the term “repression” bears no meaning. Today, the “Sex and the City” heroines, ... http://colorofcontext.com/2008/05/30/sex-and-the-city/