MTV's Unplugged series often seemed designed to reveal every member of a band at their most restrained, stripped down to a bongo-tapping, acoustic-plucking, whisper-crooning essence. There's a feint toward that toward the start of Pearl Jam’s 1992 appearance, released on YouTube this week for the first time in its entirety by the band: a baby-faced, chipmunk-cheeked Eddie Vedder looks bashful and speaks softly, very much the laconic surfer boy who wandered north to a burgeoning grunge scene. Read More...
The first scene Oscar winner Pedro Almodóvar ever wrote for the story that would become the short film Strange Way of Life was the morning after. Two cowboys, Pedro Pascal's Silva and Ethan Hawke's Jake, reunite in their older age after a decades-long absence and awaken in a slight haze from a wild night of wine and sex. Silva lies on Jake's bed, wearing nothing but a henley, as the camera surveys his bare haunches. Read More...
Captain America may be turning 75, but he isn’t showing any signs of slowing down or going away. In honor of Cap’s 75th anniversary, Marvel Games has created never-before-seen versions of the First Avenger across its portfolio of mobile and PC game titles. The games will introduce seven new versions of Cap, including one where Agent Peggy Carter takes on the mantle as the star-spangled superhero, and another in which Peggy’s daughter Sharon takes up the energy-absorbing shield to defend the weak. Read More...
