Fee fi fo fum, ask not when the thundering applause comes. Cuz it won’t…
Nailed it. [Read more...]
Film Review: Jack The Giant Slayer
03/01/2013 by Leave a Comment
Film Review: Upstream Color
02/27/2013 by 2 Comments
Shane Carruth’s Upstream Color has been long anticipated since the release of his first film, Primer, and this follow up eclipses his first work in almost every way. [Read more...]
The Best of 2012: A Year in Film
02/21/2013 by Leave a Comment
2012 was considered a great film year by many people over this Oscar season and I have to agree for the most part. [Read more...]
Music Review: K Sera’s ‘Collisions And Near Misses’
02/18/2013 by Leave a Comment
There are many words to describe the Sacramento alternative outfit K Sera. None of them are “simple.” Even with the bands first Cantos EP, you could tell that they weren’t aiming right down the middle. No, with each K Sera song to come out, you could tell that they were aiming for the stars with every note they play. And with their debut full length Collisions and Near Misses, K Sera manage to and succeeds into landing in a new musical galaxy. [Read more...]
Film Review: Safe Haven
02/14/2013 by Leave a Comment
They really need to stop putting “From the author of The Notebook” on the posters, because being constantly reminded of this is a detriment to every film that follows based on the books of Nicholas Sparks. [Read more...]
Film Review: Side Effects
02/09/2013 by Leave a Comment
Side Effects might be Steven Soderbergh’s last film for theatrical release and while that is terribly depressing he couldn’t have gone out on a much higher note. [Read more...]
Best & Worst Super Bowl XLVII Commercials
02/03/2013 by Leave a Comment
The Super Bowl is a time when fans of all teams can get together, cook up some food, and watch two teams beat the crap out of each other. And in between, we all watch and see how the million dollar commercials came out. And 2013’s commercials were all over the place, so Alan and Lauren have decided to pick their favorites (and not so favorites) out of this year’s batch. [Read more...]
Film Review: Warm Bodies
01/31/2013 by Leave a Comment
No matter how popular a genre is, there always comes a point in which someone takes it too far. Take zombies – a romance between the living and the undead would definitely be that thing to push the genre over the edge. Yet surprisingly, the relationship works well. [Read more...]
HST… Film Review: Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters
01/24/2013 by Leave a Comment
Lauren: Early on, the main storyline is introduced by the crudely drawn faces of missing children canvassing milk bottles decorating the background of a impromptu witch trial. If that little detail is not even slightly hilarious to you, then Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters is not for you. Granted the title probably clued you in long ago. [Read more...]
Film Review: Mama
01/17/2013 by 3 Comments
Keeping with the theme, I decided to take my own mom to the screening of Mama. I’m not sure if she’s forgiven me yet. [Read more...]
Music Review: A$AP Rocky’s ‘Long.Live.ASAP’
01/14/2013 by Leave a Comment
One can’t really praise nor criticize Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky without sounding redundant from everyone else. I wasn’t the biggest fan of his when his first mixtape Live.Love.A$AP when it came out a couple of years ago – mainly because I wasn’t a fan of the cloud rap type of production. But in the time it took for his long awaited (and delayed) debut album to come to fruition, the cloud rap style has grown on me a little bit. So to my surprise, Rocky was able to mix in modern to his typical hazzy flow to deliver a rather consistent and engaging listen with Long.Live.A$AP. [Read more...]
Film Review: Zero Dark Thirty
01/11/2013 by Leave a Comment
Zero Dark Thirty is the gripping true life account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden and Kathryn Bigelow superbly tells that story through the eyes of our protagonist Maya. [Read more...]
HST…Film Review: Gangster Squad
01/11/2013 by Leave a Comment
Zac: Gangster Squad is exactly what it is aiming to be: loud and violent fun, while putting to good use an excellent cast all up for the ride. [Read more...]
Looking Ahead to 2013: 1st Quarter (January – March)
01/04/2013 by Leave a Comment
Now that we’re done looking behind us here at HST, it’s time to ring in the new year by filling our calendars with the upcoming releases (movies, music, TV, and video games) we’re looking forward to most. Big names, big sequels, big comebacks, big excitement. [Read more...]
HST…Best Video Games of 2012
01/03/2013 by Leave a Comment
Plagued by delays and shortcomings, 2012 was an up-and-down year for video games. We saw triumphant returns to form, fantastic new IP’s, and some tragic farewells throughout the year, as well as some big games coming out of small developers. And as the window closes for the current gen consoles, we at HST celebrate the year that was and prep ourselves for whatever can come out of 2013. [Read more...]
