READY PLAYER ONE Soderbergh saw it. Multiple times. Writer/director Steven Soderbergh keeps track of what he watches, reads, and listens to, and for the past few years, he’s posted his “Seen, Read” list on his website/store, Extension 765. The 2018 edition of that list is now out, and it’s… you know, every year, I only […]
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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Erik Henriksen Tells You What to Watch This Weekend™
Scott Radke 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. AND THUS WE ENTER JANUARY, the worst month for movies—it’s the time […]
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My Favorite Movie of 2018: The Sisters Brothers
As we looked back at 2018, each of the Mercury’s movie critics decided to highlight just one of our favorite movies of the year—movies that might not get as many awards or eyes as the most talked-about or financially successful films of the year, but movies that are still very much worth watching and rewatching. […]
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Erik Henriksen Tells You What to Watch This Weekend™
“For an aqua man, you sure spend a lot of time in the woods.” 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. […]
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In Memoriam: Eddie the Sea Otter (1998-2018)
Photo by Kathy Street, courtesy of the Oregon Zoo Eddie, the Oregon Zoo’s beloved basketball star and one of the oldest sea otters in the world, passed away this morning after being humanely euthanized, “following a decline related to his advanced years.” Eddie and his longtime companion Thelma moved to the Oregon Zoo in 2000—after […]
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Aquaman Review: Finally, a Movie Where an Octopus Plays the Drums!
Aquaman is very goofy, and if it was an hour shorter, it would totally be worth your time. As the affably bro-y fishman, Jason Momoa punches CGI monsters and supervillains who wear stupid costumes; he also, in the film’s best moments, flips back his dripping hair and, angling his shirtless torso for maximum gleam, all […]
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The Hollywood Theatre Is Raising Funds to Buy a New 70mm Print of 2001: A Space Odyssey
After successful campaigns to save Movie Madness, get a new marquee, and install improved front doors, the nonprofit Hollywood Theatre is launching its latest fundraiser—one that aims to collect $25,000 so the theater can purchase a brand-new 70mm print of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey. Ever since 2015, when the Hollywood brought back 70mm […]
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Coming Soon to Southeast Powell: Studio One Theaters, with High-End Picture, Sound, and Food
Scott Radke We’re starting to get a better idea of what Portland’s newest movie theater will look like. And sound like. Eagle-eyed Mercury readers will remember that we’ve been trying to figure out what’s going on with the construction at Southeast 39th and Powell forever—all the way back in April, I mentioned a building permit […]
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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 you should watch this weekend! I will continue doing this post until you have watched everything you should watch. Chilling Adventures of Sabrina: A Midwinter’s Tale—Sabrina Spellman’s back with a holiday special! Mercury […]
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Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Isn’t Just a Great Spider-Man Movie—It’s Also One of the Best Movies of the Year
Superhero fatigued? NO ONE CAN BLAME YOU. In addition to all the Avengers movies and Justice League movies and X-Men movies, roughly 616 Spider-Man movies have come out in the past few years, and even for a lifelong Spidey fan— *raises hand, makes THWIP noise, gets lunch money stolen* —that is too many Spider-Mans. Especially […]
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See Roma However You Can. But If You Can, See It in a Theater.
See Roma, and see it on a big screen, and see it loud. Alfonso Cuarón’s first film since Gravity is decidedly less flashy—a semi-autobiographical drama, it’s set in the early 1970s and is almost entirely focused on Cleo (Yalitza Aparicio), a live-in housekeeper and nanny for an upper-class family in Mexico City. But while Roma’s […]