Rental Review – Couples Retreat
No matter who you go with, when it comes to vacations some fighting and mishaps are bound to happen, but usually there are enough good moments to balance out, if not overpower, the bad. Couples Retreat tries to show these moments of both ups and downs (well, mainly downs), but in the end the trip is far too painful →
Should Avatar Win the Oscar for Best Picture?
Avatar is currently the odds on favorite to win the Oscar for Best Picture. Almost everyone enjoyed this film, but does it deserve to win Best Picture? My expectations for Avatar were hindered from the beginning. Avatar’s various previews accurately depict its recycled plot and clichéd theme of the noble savage. I immediately dubbed the film ‘Dances with →
Ben and Locke of LOST Getting Their Own Hitman Drama?
So TV Guide is reporting that Terry O' Quinn (Locke) is shopping around a new series post-Lost that will co-star Michael Emerson (Ben) that would revolve around the two as a pair of hitman that are dealing with family problems on the side. This sound brilliant and you can get the full scoop over at TV Guide. But lets get →
Review: Cop Out
Kevin Smith’s latest is his weakest, this is coming from a fan of his, and while it has some solid laughs and moments through out, the filmmaking is sloppy and uneven while the acting seems to through the motions at times. The film follows a pair of detectives, Jimmy and Paul, who have been together for years now and seem to →
Gaming Review – Mass Effect 2
A few years ago BioWare opened my eyes to what RPGs could really be like with the first Mass Effect, a game that wasn't hard to love. It created a massive universe with humans as the babies of the species still needing to prove themselves among a broad group of alien races that were all fleshed out with histories, →
Lost: Season 6 – Episode 6.5 – The Lighthouse – Review
The Lighthouse, episode 5 of the final season of Lost was not up to par with last week but it was another affective sideways story, this time for Jack, and put a lot of pieces in place for next week, and the season, where it looks like things might finally get a little crazy. First we will take a look at →
Suggestion Box (Feb. 15-21)
Defendor Trailer – Woody Harrelson plays your average man with more than average aspirations to defend the innocents at night as something along the lines of a superhero. Check it out here. Heavy Rain Developer Mystery Video – If you wanna learn a little more about the characters before the release this week, then check out this video here. Splinter Cell: Conviction →
Queue Review: Black Dynamite
Scott Sanders and Michael Jai White have teamed up on Black Dynamite to make a spoof/homage of black exploitation films of the 60’s and 70’s and the results are a fun and often hilarious movie that hits all the right notes. The year is 1972, and Black Dynamite is the baddest mother on the streets, kicking ass, taking names, and bedding →
Watch The Ricky Gervais Show: Episode 1 For Free!
And make sure to tune in every Friday night on HBO! Your life will be a bit brighter now that Karl Pilkington is in it. [vodpod id=Video.3082351&w=650&h=535&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26]
Review: Mary and Max
Mary and Max is another quality animated entry from 09 which has proven to be one the strongest animation years in the history of cinema. This stop motion animated tale is inspired by the director Adam Elliot’s experience with a pen pal and focuses on a long lasting writing relationship between a young girl in Australia, Mary, and a randomly selected →
Review: Shutter Island
Martin Scorsese’s adaptation of the Dennis Lehane novel Shutter Island is a successful mystery thriller with a great lead turn by Leonardo DiCaprio and a plot that brings some originality to a potentially tired idea. DiCaprio plays Teddy Daniels, a U.S. Marshall sent to Shutter Island to investigate the disappearance of one of the inmates at a psychiatric hospital for the →
Queue Review: Bronson
Nicolas Refn’s Bronson is a portrait on Britain’s most dangerous inmate who is portrayed in an incredible performance by Tom Hardy through a journey of solitude and violence told with incredible style. Bronson or Charles Bronson is our title character, but not that Charles Bronson. Our portrait is of Michael Gordon Peterson who adopts the name Charles Bronson after, yes, that →
While I was Streaming: New York, I Love You
The 2nd anthology film in the I Love You series this time stops in New York and the results are just as great as the Paris anthology, Paris, je t’aime. The film follows a loosely connected group of individuals as we watch their experiences with love through a series of short films and connecting vignettes. The stories involve a just dumped →
Where is the "T" Word?
A brief bit of serious talk: So as most of you probably know by now a plane was crashed into an Austin IRS building today causing extensive damage and potentially one death beyond the pilot. We later learned that there was an alleged suicide note left online by the pilot, that he had ill will towards the United States government, he →
Queue Review: The Cove
This documentary on the dolphin slaughter in Taijii, Japan is an informative and eye opening story that is all together thrilling and exciting as the attempts to get footage of the slaughter in the cove unfolds. What started as an ocean degradation documentary by Louie Psihoyos and members of the Ocean Preservation Society (OPS) quickly turns into a more focused affair →
Q&A Review – Mass Effect 2
Below you will find a Q&A between Lauren and myself in which we had a casual conversation over Mass Effect 2 and what we liked and disliked about the game, or expectations going in, and our outlook on the future of the series. So take a look if you are a fan of the series or gaming after getting pumped →
Introductions are in Order
Hello all, I’m Grant and I’ll be doing occasional reviews on this site. This introduction should let you know what I like, and what you can expect from me. Favorite Film Genre From Double Indemnity to Brick I love a good Film Noir. I enjoy the expansive plots and confusing narratives that leave me as lost as the protagonist. →
LOST: Season 6 – Episode 6.4 – The Substitute – Review
The Substitute, the fourth episode of the final season of LOST, has firmly righted the ship after an average episode three and not only answered one of the biggest questions in the LOST lore but added so much intrigue to the numbers that you can’t help but get excited. The flash sideways followed John Locke once he got off the plane →
Suggestion Box (Feb. 8 – 14)
Heavy Rain Demo – if you have a PS3 then you really should check out this demo. In it you get to play as two of the characters from the game, a private detective and an FBI agent, as they search for info about the origami killer. The first section is mainly just to mess around with the controls, including →
Now Playing Review – Valentine's Day
I still stand behind the fact that I am not a fan of this day, but Valentine’s Day has at least warmed my heart enough to be capable of acknowledging it as an acceptable holiday. But just this once. In a nutshell, Valentine’s Day takes a group of characters that tie together in simple ways and depicts the relationships in →
Now Playing Review – The Wolfman
During the 1930s and 40s Universal studios was known for their monster films with such characters as Dracula and Frankenstein, and feeling the urge to pull from their repertoire, Universal chose to remake the 1941 film The Wolf Man. Unfortunately the excitement of these films during their time has worn off with the newer version, and instead we are →
Perfect Dark on XBLA to have Online Multiplayer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!! This is the most amazing news ever, I am going to loose myself to this damn thing. Check out some articles from Kotaku and IGN for hands on impressions, it will only cost 800 MS Points ($10) and might get future DLC in the way of maps and weapons if it does well. You will also be →
Review: Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
The latest adaptation from Chris Columbus is a huge step forward from his dismal last effort but for every good scene in this film there is a bad line or plot hole that levels the film out to just being an alright, mildly entertaining experience. Percy Jackson & The Olympians: The Lightning Thief is quite a long title but the film →
Review: Valentine's Day
Valentine’s Day is a bunch of good actors, looking pretty, and doing decent work in paint by numbers plot and unimaginative entry into the rom-com genre; whose formula has been done much better in a few films still fresh in the memory. Now, this film is bound to bring in the bank for a number of reasons; lots of big name →
