Author Archive for Jessica Hoke
Hot Chip: ‘One Life Stand’
Hot Stuff: An electro-pop artist invites you to bop your head to techno beats, you trendy kid, you.
Built to Spill Overflows
INDIE: Built to Spill delivers a polished new record of mid-tempo ballads and contemplative lyrics.
Finding the ‘Funny Ha Ha’ in Awkwardness
‘Funny Ha Ha’ is just the title for this film. In the opening scene, Marni, the drunken main character, tries to choose a tattoo, while the sober tattoo artist tries to change her mind. This scene sets the comic precedent for the rest of the movie and serves as foreshadowing for her future [...]
Hungry ‘Host’ Unsettles a City
At first glance, the hundreds of promotional posters at UC Irvine advertising the screening of ‘The Host’ look as if the film would be nothing more than a cheesy spoof of previous films like ‘King Kong’ or ‘Godzilla.’ However, it becomes apparent that this is not your average monster flick.
The intense movie has great special [...]
