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All content by Brandon Specktor

The good and the so bad they’re good movies of the summer

Brandon Specktor
August 13, 2011

The good and the so bad they’re good movies of the summer

Brandon Specktor
August 7, 2011
The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey brought their ?Fully Charged? performance to Tucson Convention Center on Sunday night.

Exotic escape fires up Tucson Convention Center

Brandon Specktor
July 6, 2011

Woody Allen makes art about art … and time travel

Brandon Specktor
June 22, 2011
'Bridesmaids' takes something borrowed

‘Bridesmaids’ takes something borrowed

Brandon Specktor
June 15, 2011

On tedious tides

Brandon Specktor
June 8, 2011
Filmmaker Mischa Cantu directs our Soviet steampunk future

Filmmaker Mischa Cantu directs our Soviet steampunk future

Brandon Specktor
May 11, 2011

A Year of Escapes

Brandon Specktor
May 11, 2011
Where to rock outside AZ

Where to rock outside AZ

Brandon Specktor
May 4, 2011
Dark Dark Dark

“Dark, Dark Designs”

Brandon Specktor
April 27, 2011

Film captures man behind muscle

Brandon Specktor
April 13, 2011
Shrek The Musical

Broadway shows hit Tucson’s boards

Brandon Specktor
April 6, 2011
Zoo Bombs

Tokyo garage rockers sweat through disaster

Brandon Specktor
March 21, 2011
Flogging Molly

A rowdydow amid recession

Brandon Specktor
March 9, 2011
Photo by Greg Grusby / Industrial Light & Magic

Q&A;: Gore Verbinski

Brandon Specktor
March 2, 2011

Idols given idols

Brandon Specktor and Remy Albillar
March 2, 2011
The ongoing story of Satan

The ongoing story of Satan

Brandon Specktor
February 7, 2011

UA grad shines in ‘Miracles’

Brandon Specktor
February 2, 2011

Hail to ‘The King’

Brandon Specktor
January 19, 2011

Happy Holly(wood)days!

Brandon Specktor
December 8, 2010

The Flicksgiving Cornucopia

Brandon Specktor
November 24, 2010
Mike Christy / Arizona Daily Wildcat Composer Martin Bresnick speaks to a crowd of about 40 people Monday, Nov. 15, 2010, at the UA Poetry Center in Tucson, Ariz. Bresnick spoke on his concerto "Caprichos Enfaticos" which is based on Francisco Goya's "Desastres de la guerra".

“Oh, the humanities!”

Brandon Specktor
November 17, 2010
Festival offers a glimpse of Sundance

Festival offers a glimpse of Sundance

Brandon Specktor
November 10, 2010
Horror coming soon to theaters near you

Horror coming soon to theaters near you

Brandon Specktor
October 27, 2010
That's deadication

That’s deadication

Brandon Specktor
October 20, 2010
Psych ward romance 'Kind of' an enjoyable movie

Psych ward romance ‘Kind of’ an enjoyable movie

Brandon Specktor
October 13, 2010
Ernie Somoza / Arizona Daily Wildcat FOX

“Rialto celebrates 90 years of Tucson history with rare film screening, music”

Brandon Specktor
October 6, 2010
"Mine, all mine: game builds worlds"

“Mine, all mine: game builds worlds”

Brandon Specktor
September 29, 2010

To get you through your weekend

Brandon Specktor and Maitri Mehta
September 22, 2010
"'The Town': Cinema by Affleck, for Affleck"

“‘The Town’: Cinema by Affleck, for Affleck”

Brandon Specktor
September 22, 2010
Super Stereo launch into the future of pop

Super Stereo launch into the future of pop

Brandon Specktor
September 15, 2010
Fourth 'Resident Evil' flick one-third watchable

Fourth ‘Resident Evil’ flick one-third watchable

Brandon Specktor
September 15, 2010
Sylvan Street jazz band showcases UA faculty talents

Sylvan Street jazz band showcases UA faculty talents

Brandon Specktor
September 8, 2010
"Season ends in blood, sex and dreams"

“Season ends in blood, sex and dreams”

Brandon Specktor
August 25, 2010

The mission creeps on with narrative-driven ‘Dark Cells’

Brandon Specktor
May 6, 2010

Invisible Theatre closes season with comedic serving of wordplay

Brandon Specktor
May 5, 2010

“Spike and Mike’s newest: All of the punch, none of the raunch”

Brandon Specktor
April 21, 2010

‘Charlie and the Rabbit’ muses on childhood without words

Brandon Specktor
April 21, 2010

Non-dialogue shorts set the bar high for experimental storytelling

Brandon Specktor
April 16, 2010

Creeps and geeks inquire within

Brandon Specktor
April 14, 2010

Dusty Rhodes a high-energy hootenanny

Brandon Specktor
April 14, 2010

“‘Clash’ a bloody, titanic distraction”

Brandon Specktor
April 14, 2010

Guthries ride into Tucson

Brandon Specktor
April 7, 2010

Sustainability festival to quench Tucson

Brandon Specktor
March 24, 2010

Londoner Long hits the desert Thursday

Brandon Specktor
March 24, 2010

Acclaimed director Spike Lee to come to Centennial Hall

Brandon Specktor
March 3, 2010

“On the spot: Bailey Cool, Media arts junior”

Brandon Specktor
February 23, 2010

Prosaic paranoia crowns Lehane’s ‘Island’

Brandon Specktor
February 19, 2010

Our Pick

Brandon Specktor
February 17, 2010

If I can make it there: An unlikely journey to New York City

Brandon Specktor
February 17, 2010

For Folk’s Sake: A History of Lovers and Loners

Brandon Specktor
February 10, 2010

Cobain of Comedy? A few words with Daniel Tosh

Brandon Specktor
February 10, 2010

“New EP, soulful, somber”

Brandon Specktor
January 27, 2010

Denzel’s doomsday better on paper

Brandon Specktor
January 20, 2010
CD Review: AC/DC - Backtracks

CD Review: AC/DC – Backtracks

Brandon Specktor
January 13, 2010

20 more LPs worth your time

Brandon Specktor and Justyn Dillingham
December 9, 2009

What we’ve been watching: the decade in film

Brandon Specktor
December 9, 2009

Anderson’s quirky ‘Fox’ a visual masterpiece

Brandon Specktor
December 2, 2009

Lady Gaga’s derivative new ‘Monster’ gives the world what it wants

Brandon Specktor
December 2, 2009

Happy Flicksgiving!

Brandon Specktor
November 25, 2009

In RetroSpeckt

Brandon Specktor
November 19, 2009

Radio ‘pirates’ set sail for mediocrity

Brandon Specktor
November 18, 2009
Comedic Coens get serious with existential new 'Man'

Comedic Coens get serious with existential new ‘Man’

Brandon Specktor
November 4, 2009
New Conchords compilation struggles to maintain flight

New Conchords compilation struggles to maintain flight

Brandon Specktor
October 21, 2009
Korean vampire romance closes coffin on 'Twilight'

Korean vampire romance closes coffin on ‘Twilight’

Brandon Specktor
October 21, 2009
TIOL-FP-014 JENNIFER GARNER as Anna McDoogles and RICKY GERVAIS as Mark Bellison in Warner Bros. Pictures

‘The Invention of Lying is a masterpiece!’ and other white lies

Brandon Specktor
October 14, 2009

Dylan’s newest a holly jolly headache

Brandon Specktor
October 14, 2009

Night of the living ’80s: Ridin’ low and sailin’ away

Brandon Specktor
October 7, 2009
Woody Harrelson (left) and Jesse Eisenberg (center) star in Columbia Pictures' ZOMBIELAND.

Welcome to Zombieland: Would you like some comedy with your apocalypse?

Brandon Specktor
October 7, 2009
The real guitar heroes: Getting loud and digging deep

The real guitar heroes: Getting loud and digging deep

Brandon Specktor
September 29, 2009
'It Might Get Loud'

‘It Might Get Loud’

Brandon Specktor
September 23, 2009
"It's Beatlemania, remastered! "

“It’s Beatlemania, remastered! “

Brandon Specktor
September 23, 2009
Visually stunning '9' is one for the teens

Visually stunning ‘9’ is one for the teens

Brandon Specktor
September 16, 2009

Rod y Gab Offer 11 Reasons Why Guitar Will Never Die

Brandon Specktor
September 9, 2009
Uninspiring 'Woodstock' relies too much on cliches

Uninspiring ‘Woodstock’ relies too much on cliches

Brandon Specktor
September 2, 2009

Triple Threat Movie Showdown

Brandon Specktor
August 26, 2009
The movie 'basterds' of late summer

The movie ‘basterds’ of late summer

Brandon Specktor
August 26, 2009
Media Arts seniors Joseph Toretti and Patrick O'Rourke polish the final sound mixes to their senior thesis films in the Marshall Building on Saturday afternoon. The student films from the Media Arts Bachelor of Fine Arts program will be screening on Friday at the Tucson Convention Center.

I dream in widescreen

Brandon Specktor
May 13, 2009

Year in Review: Trends in Cinema

Brandon Specktor
May 13, 2009

Music festivals provide summer release

Brandon Specktor
May 6, 2009

“Platinum Bash mixes pop, rock, and hip/hop”

Brandon Specktor
April 29, 2009

“Molky delivers laughs, Rita drops jaws”

Brandon Specktor
April 22, 2009

High Voltage no brainer sequel

Brandon Specktor
April 22, 2009

Korn headlines KFMA Day at Tucson Electric Park

Brandon Specktor
April 22, 2009

Ozomatli channels crowd’s energy

Brandon Specktor
April 15, 2009

Meloy goes metal with masterful ‘Hazards’

Brandon Specktor
April 8, 2009
Entertainment on demand

Entertainment on demand

Brandon Specktor
April 8, 2009

Adventureland masters teen awkwardness

Brandon Specktor
April 8, 2009

Dead Heads unite at Rialto

Brandon Specktor
April 1, 2009

Putting the romance in bromance

Brandon Specktor
March 25, 2009

U2 stays relevant with no line on the horizon

Brandon Specktor
March 25, 2009

LMFAO and Shwayze ready to party at Rialto

Brandon Specktor
March 11, 2009

Watchmen as reviewed by Batman & Robin

Brandon Specktor
March 11, 2009

Bluegrass ballads set to spank club congress

Brandon Specktor
March 4, 2009

Grease invasion at the TCC

Brandon Specktor
February 25, 2009

‘The International’ lacks action and suspense

Brandon Specktor
February 25, 2009
Hairforce takes O'Malley's back to the 80s

Hairforce takes O’Malley’s back to the 80s

Brandon Specktor
February 18, 2009

Oscars

Brandon Specktor
February 11, 2009

Concert review: DeVotchKa

Brandon Specktor
February 11, 2009
Pat Downes, lead singer and songwriter for Badfish, jams away during the Badfish concert last Thursday at the Rialto Theatre. After opening for themselves under the name Scotty Don't, Badfish revealed itself and closed out the show.

Badfish pays tribute to Sublime

Brandon Specktor
February 11, 2009
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