Movie Review: Romance & Cigarettes

Romance & Cigarettes
Directed by John Turturro
Starring James Gandolfini, Kate Winslet, Susan Sarandon, Christopher Walken, Mandy Moore, and Steve Buscemi
Rated R

Romance & Cigarettes boasts a cast that anyone in their right mind would drool over. James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Mandy Moore, Aida Turturro, Mary-Louise Parker, Christopher Walken, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Eddie Izzard, Bobby Cannavale, and Elaine Stritch. I would pay to see any one of these fine actors just read out of the phone book...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!

Music Review: The Simpsons - Testify

From the very beginning, The Simpsons have always used music and parodies of popular music, themes songs, and musicals for comedic effect. As time went on, and the writing seemed to slip, the musical parodies and lampoons still seemed sharp and fresh.

Sometimes, those songs were the ONLY truly funny things on the shows, and fans clamored for copies of those them, and soon two CDs of songs from the show were released. Even stripped from the context of the show, those songs were inventive and hilarious, and much better than the albums they released of "original songs."

The third volume of tunes from the show, Testify was recently released. It will bring back memories, mostly good, of the past nine seasons of songs...continue reading this review at Geeks of Doom!