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Erik Henriksen
With honor and distinction, Erik Henriksen served as the executive editor of the Portland Mercury from 2004 to 2020. He can now be found at henriksenactual.com.
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Should You Sell Your Car?
Yes! You should sell your car!Probably. Maybe? Well, it’s something to think about, for sure. Selling my car is something I’ve thought about, at least, as I’ve watched Old Portland get swallowed up and spat out into something newer and shinier and more expensive. Driving in the city used to make perfect sense—you could get […]
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The Portland Mercury’s Sinus Infection Report!
MERCURY ILLUSTRATION. DOC BY 4X6 / GETTY IMAGES ’Tis the season… sinus infection season! While public health authorities insist I’m “not a licensed medical professional,” I urge you to take heed of these sinus infection facts—YOUR LIFE MAY DEPEND ON IT! • How do sinus infections spread? Via this website! UH OH! • Sinus infections […]
Posted inMovies & TV
Erik Henriksen Tells You What to Watch This Weekend™
Welcome to Erik Henriksen Tells You What to Watch This Weekend™, a weekly post in which I, Erik Henriksen, tell you what to watch this weekend! I will continue doing this post until you have watched everything you should watch. Stan & Ollie is bad and you shouldn’t actually go see it, sorry. (Now playing, […]
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Stan & Ollie Review: Two Great Performances, and Not Much Else
Laurel and Hardy were before my time, and chances are pretty good they were before your time, too. The comedy duo—who enjoyed a glitzy heyday in Hollywood in the 1930s and 1940s—made their last picture in 1950, and their contributions to vaudeville and cinema have since been overshadowed by those of Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, […]
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Seth MacFarlane’s The Orville Is Much, Much Better Than It Needs to Be
I was wrong about Seth MacFarlane. Until recently, I’ve never thought of myself as a MacFarlane fan—whether it was Family Guy or Ted or A Million Ways to Die in the West, his TV shows and movies never worked for me, and something about him just… rubbed me the wrong way? (It happens sometimes!) Even […]
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The Mercury‘s Reviews of 2018’s Oscar-Nominated Films
The Oscar nominations came out this morning, and are, generally, as expected: Roma and The Favorite snagging a slew of them, Black Panther rising up as the first superhero movie to snag a Best Picture nomination, and the year’s showiest performances, from the likes of Christian Bale and Lady Gaga, getting mandatory nods while the […]
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Oscar Nominations Come Out Tomorrow, But in the Meantime, Here’s an Ad for a Movie About Pikachu’s Farts
Cinema is an illustrious, complex, and revered art form that has absolutely nothing to fear from the rise of prestige television. Partner up! #DetectivePikachu, hits theaters May 10. pic.twitter.com/bObscvnAjY— POKÉMON Detective Pikachu (@DetPikachuMovie) January 20, 2019
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The Hollywood Theatre Is Getting Roma on 70mm
Nearly two months after its initial release on Netflix and in select theaters, Roma—Alfoso Cuarón’s just-about-universally praised drama—is coming to Portland in 70mm. The film will play at the Hollywood Theatre from Fri Feb 2-Sun Feb 4. This is just the latest development in what’s been a… unique release pattern for the film. Distributed by […]
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Erik Henriksen Tells You What to Watch This Weekend™
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind Welcome to Erik Henriksen Tells You What to Watch This Weekend™, a weekly post in which I, Erik Henriksen, tell you what you should watch this weekend! I will continue doing this post until you have watched everything you should watch. I regret to inform you that we’re […]
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Movie Madness Offers Free Rentals to Furloughed Government Employees
Will Corwin As the partial government shutdown continues, Movie Madness is offering free movie rentals to furloughed government employees. Starting today, the Portland video store will join several other local organizations—the Portland Japanese Garden, the Oregon Zoo, and the Oregon Children’s Theatre—in their attempts to slightly alleviate the severe financial and psychological pressures that have […]
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Star Trek: Discovery Returns Next Week. Here’s an Easy Way to Get Caught Up
It was a rocky beginning. The first season of Star Trek: Discovery—the series that, in the US at least, exclusively streams on the deeply annoying, otherwise useless, pay-per-month service CBS All Access—had its share of stumbles, and it wasn’t until the season’s final episodes that it started to gel. When it it finally did, it […]