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MOVIE REVIEW “Mud” by Doug Young HUCK IN THE MUCK Excerpt from “The Adventures of a Hucklecheery Filmgoer”:  You don’t know about me without you have seen a movie by the name of Mud; but that ain’t no matter. That movie was made by Mr. Jeff Nichols, and he told a good tale, mainly. There [...]

MOVIE REVIEW “Mission: Oblivion” by Doug Young   OBLIVIOUS CRITICAL DRONING DECLASSIFIED DRONE REPORT OF MISSION: OBLIVION Instructions: Launch a critical drone at target and report back findings and observa- tions regarding threats to American filmic interests. Target: The movie Oblivion, reportedly harboring actors Tom Cruise, Andrea Rise- borough, Olga Kurylenko, Melissa Leo, and Morgan [...]

FILLING IN THE BLANK SPACES:  A Tribute to Roger Ebert by Doug Young A blank page. That’s both a writer’s bread-and-butter and stumbling block. When faced with a blank page, some recoil at the prospect of having to create an award-winningly unique product. Others see an opportunity to express themselves, even if it may be [...]

“THE BIKER“…is Here! (Pop Geek Heaven writer and world renowned and respected comics/graphics novel writer has just released his latest novel, his third in the last nine months) Airship 27 Productions is delighted to announce the release of a brand new crime thriller by one of the finest talents in genre fiction today; Mike Baron! [...]

MOVIE REVIEWS Django Unchained & Zero Dark Thirty by Doug Young   “Filmoholic” Critic Man, aka Doug Young, has been rehabbing at The Colorado Statesman for the last decade or so. A senior environmental policy advisor to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, his reviews canbe found regularly on Pop Geek Heaven.

LIFE OF PI CHASING ICE review by Doug Young   Filmic core samples The Life of Pi — Starring Suraj Sharma, Irfan Khan, Rafe Spall; directed by Ang Lee Chasing Ice — A documentary about photographer James Balog and he and his team’s efforts to film declining glaciers around the world; directed by Jeff Orlowski [...]

LINCOLN A review divided against itself… by Doug Young Starring Daniel Day Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, James Spader, Joseph Gordon Levitt; directed by Steven Spielberg (With apologies to President Lincoln for changing the eloquent words expressed in his Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural Address.) Four hours and seven days ago Steven Spielberg brought forth [...]

WHAT’S GOING AHN – early December, 2012 Man, these always take me too long to get around to.  Crap!  I really want to do them every two weeks but it ends up being 3, 4 weeks.  I guess there’s so much stuff I want to list for you all that I just get overwhelmed and [...]

WHAT’S GOING AHN ‘n NEW – Early October   It’s been two weeks and, as usual, there is a whole lot of important and music-driven information to share.  Let’s hop to it!   PARTHENON HUXLEY – A few days ago, he launched KICKSTARTER campaign for his upcoming record.  He’s raised more than $5,000 this week(of [...]

2016 Reviews: Critic Man’s Cinema 2016:  Obama’s America  by Doug Young A documentary about President Obama by Dinesh D’Souza (the author of a number of books critical of the President, including The Roots of Obama’s Rage and Obama’s America: Unmaking the American Dream)   Phil M. Goer — a filmgoer who has followed the seemingly inexplicable columns, criticisms, and reviews of Critic [...]