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THE FILM

“The Hammer” reminded me quite a bit of Artie Lange’s “Beer League;” the overall feeling being that to best appreciate the charms of the picture, it helps to be able to stomach the star of the show. Adam Carolla isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but the man can sling around an acidic one-liner with the best of them, and his starring debut is a familiar, but persuasively funny brew of clich s and belly laughs.

40 years-old and fired from his construction job, Jerry (Adam Carolla) is looking for a change of luck. A former amateur boxer, Jerry finds himself drawn back into the ring with aspirations of joining the Olympic team. With his trusty sidekick Oswaldo (Oswaldo “Ozzie” Castillo) and a new love interest in his life (Heather Juergensen), Jerry hopes to reverse his fortune by fighting opponents half his age. When he starts racking up victories, Jerry begins to see an actual re…Read the entire review

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Highly Recommended

THE FILM

“The Hammer” reminded me quite a bit of Artie Lange’s “Beer League;” the overall feeling being that to best appreciate the charms of the picture, it helps to be able to stomach the star of the show. Adam Carolla isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but the man can sling around an acidic one-liner with the best of them, and his starring debut is a familiar, but persuasively funny brew of clich s and belly laughs.

40 years-old and fired from his construction job, Jerry (Adam Carolla) is looking for a change of luck. A former amateur boxer, Jerry finds himself drawn back into the ring with aspirations of joining the Olympic team. With his trusty sidekick Oswaldo (Oswaldo “Ozzie” Castillo) and a new love interest in his life (Heather Juergensen), Jerry hopes to reverse his fortune by fighting opponents half his age. When he starts racking up victories, Jerry begins to see an actual re…Read the entire review

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Highly Recommended

THE FILM

“The Hammer” reminded me quite a bit of Artie Lange’s “Beer League;” the overall feeling being that to best appreciate the charms of the picture, it helps to be able to stomach the star of the show. Adam Carolla isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, but the man can sling around an acidic one-liner with the best of them, and his starring debut is a familiar, but persuasively funny brew of clich s and belly laughs.

40 years-old and fired from his construction job, Jerry (Adam Carolla) is looking for a change of luck. A former amateur boxer, Jerry finds himself drawn back into the ring with aspirations of joining the Olympic team. With his trusty sidekick Oswaldo (Oswaldo “Ozzie” Castillo) and a new love interest in his life (Heather Juergensen), Jerry hopes to reverse his fortune by fighting opponents half his age. When he starts racking up victories, Jerry begins to see an actual re…Read the entire review

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John Cage is a pioneering avant garde musical artist. Best known for embracing unconventional sounds and textures, Cage opened up the soundstage to anything that could be found, created, or conjured. Perhaps the most famous (or infamous) example of his philosophy of accepting found sounds as music is 4′33″ (four minutes and thirty-three seconds), a three-movement piece for any instrument, where the musician is instructed not to play the instrument for the duration of the piece. The resulting sounds of the environment become the composition.

Of course, Cage wasn’t always so passive, often going to great lengths to use new technologies and systems in his art. A great example of this was his “Variations” series, which were often complex, but always allowed for the performers to make it their own. Variations VII was originally performed at a nine day perform…Read the entire review

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The Performance
John Cage is a pioneering avant garde musical artist. Best known for embracing unconventional sounds and textures, Cage opened up the soundstage to anything that could be found, created, or conjured. Perhaps the most famous (or infamous) example of his philosophy of accepting found sounds as music is 4′33″ (four minutes and thirty-three seconds), a three-movement piece for any instrument, where the musician is instructed not to play the instrument for the duration of the piece. The resulting sounds of the environment become the composition.

Of course, Cage wasn’t always so passive, often going to great lengths to use new technologies and systems in his art. A great example of this was his “Variations” series, which were often complex, but always allowed for the performers to make it their own. Variations VII was originally performed at a nine day perform…Read the entire review

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