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...movie fails to provide either a fresh rendition that sparks our interest or the good old-fashioned kind which satisfies. This devilspawn is nothing more than a punk. He is short and scrawny. He has gothically black hair that hangs in his eyes, and yes, like so many cool dudes, he wears sunglasses at night. He could have been the Edward Scissorhands backup...
Johnny Depp plays Axel, an orphaned fishmonger from New York City. The film opens with what we eventually learn are Axel's favorite dreams of Eskimo fishmongers. Soon, Axel's Uncle Leo (Jerry Lewis) sends his mafia punk son, Paul (Vincent Calo), to fetch Axel from the city to attend Leo's wedding in Arizona. Here, the film leaps into the surreal skies and endless planes of the midwest...
...Punk today has a higher profile than anytime since the late 70s. Thanks to bands like Green Day and Offspring, it sells bigger than ever before. This unprecedented popularity has done wonders for Epitaph Records, an independent label which boasts two very successful punk acts: Offspring and Rancid. At a time when so many musical acts are labeled "rock influenced by punk," or "pop flirting with punk," Rancid could probably be best described as "punk flirting with punk-with a heavy dose of punk...
Another major advantage of a live Rancid show is the chance it offers to see what the band looks like. Many punk rockers these days have close-cropped hair--often dyed some horribly unnatural color. This style inevitably makes them look silly and cute, a far cry from the mohawk and leather fashion sensibilities of the original 70s punks. Rancid could certainly be called silly looking, but they are not cute in the traditional sense of the word. Guitarist/vocalist Tim Armstrong, formerly of punk/ska act Operation Ivy, sported a leather jacket, combat boots and spiked mohawk that was pushing...
...Jerky Boys deny any responsibility for "Red: Phone Pranks Can Kill a Man," the 35-minute movie starring Lawrence Tierney (of Reservoir Dogs fame) that features those calls, punk...