'Press Play With Madeleine Brand': Lamenting 'Smurfs,' Debating 'Eddington'

Katie Walsh and I were at the KCRW studios yesterday to talk about this weekend's major movie releases. My big takeaway? Lots of stinkers! 

You can hear our reviews of Eddington, Smurfs and I Know What You Did Last Summer down below. (We also discuss an upcoming 70mm screening of 1984's Streets of Fire.)

'Guava Island' Review

Over the weekend, Donald Glover both astounded and disappointed. On Friday night, he blew me away with his Coachella performance. On Saturday night, I was underwhelmed by his top-secret film project Guava Island. I wrote about both, and how they're connected, for MEL.

Rihanna - "Same Ol’ Mistakes"

I was shuffling through saved tracks on Spotify the other day while writing, and up came the bouncy, electronic beat that kicks off Tame Impala's "New Person, Same Old Mistakes." Except, when the vocal started, I realized it wasn't frontman Kevin Parker singing. Yup, I stumbled upon Rihanna's pretty darn faithful cover from her new album Anti. Renamed "Same Ol' Mistakes," the song remains dreamy, yearning, remorseful. Hopefully it will inspire a few of her fans to check out Currents.