Mark Phinney | Lollipop Magazine

Millers Crossing – Review

February 1, 1997

After redefining noir and slapstick for the ’80s, the two-headed beast they call Coen jitterbugged into the ’90s the most complex gangster pix of the decade.

Barton Fink – Review

February 1, 1997

John Turturro again turns in a paranoid tour de force as our hero, a poor, disillusioned playwright creating his art not for commerce, but for the common man.

I’ve Got My Friends – Review

February 1, 1997

If the masses don’t know it by now, punk and Boston are alive and well and pissing in the corner at the Rat.

The Amazing Royal Crowns – Interview

February 1, 1997

An interview with Jason “King” Kendall, Nate “Super 8” Moir, Jack “the Swinger” Hanlon, Johnny “The Colonel” Maguire

The Cretins – I Feel Better Already – Review

February 1, 1997

On their CD debut, I Feel Better Already, The Cretins prove that they are the new and rightful throne owners of the Bubblicious scene that is punk.

The People vs. Larry Flynt – Review

February 1, 1997

The story of Larry Flynt, the most notorious name in American sleaze, is an amazing one, full of triumph, tragedy, controversy, sex, God, and utter absurdity.

Where the Buffalo Roam – Review

December 1, 1996

Bill Murray is indeed the funniest man on the planet, and Dr. Hunter S. Thompson, at one point, was the most dangerous man on the planet.

The Halibuts – Life on the Bottom – Review

October 1, 1996

This is good and proper surf, the California sound; it holds in its wings all the beach party flair and lei-wearing class that is the soothing West Coast theme.

The Cretins – The Cretins / Magnatone split – Review

October 1, 1996

If you love sappy lyrics, and a sugar-coated voice to match, over new-school textbook pop punk, then look no further.

Magnatone – The Cretins / Magnatone split – Review

October 1, 1996

If you love sappy lyrics, and a sugar-coated voice to match, over new-school textbook pop punk, then look no further.