Looking Ahead To 2013: Quarter 2 (April – June)

Looking Ahead Q2With a few days passed in April, it’s time to look ahead to what’s coming out in the next 3 months in movies, music, tv, and games.  Before we would pretty much include everything we could look of, but that went deep into the land of ridiculous lengthiness, so to make this less painful all around we’ve decided to pick (no more than) our top three selections in each category.  Enjoy! [Read more...]

Looking Ahead to 2012: Quarter 2 (April – June)

Hello internet perusers!  We are back with round 2 of the four part year break down of things to come.  Between April and June, the writers on HST have plenty that we are looking forward to in movies, music, and games,, and we want to share them with you.  No, none of these are April Fool’s jokes.  Zac is actually really excited to see a movie about male strippers. [Read more...]

Now Playing Review – Fast Five

With Fast Five following shortly after Scream 4, looks like higher numbered sequels that don’t have the name Harry Potter in the title aren’t necessarily something to dread anymore.  It may not be time to start a list of the successes this year quite yet (hopefully once Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides is released), but there is definitely reason to hope.

Fast Five compiles a plethora of characters from the previous entries of the films, bringing back some favorites, as well as some lesser known characters for those who tuned out once the series left the country, creating a team to support Dominic, Brian, and Mia with the ridiculous plot in Rio that involves being chased down by a glorified bounty hunter of sorts to bring them back to the states to pay for their crimes.

Before you write the film off for this plot alone, let’s do a little comparison to help explain it.  If this movie were a cinematic vehicular race it would be the pod race from The Phantom Menace. [Read more...]