Gaming Review: The Last Of Us

With a little over half of the year gone, The Last of Us is making quite the play for Film of the Year. I mean game. Game of the Year.

My Cinematic Shortcomings: Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-Up (1990)

Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-Up is a wonderful look at identity while simultaneously being a wonderful piece of inventive film making.

Book Review: Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation by Aisha Tyler

If you read our looking ahead post, then you’ll know that Aisha Tyler’s new book is the only one that made my list for the next three months in that section. I wouldn’t say that there are any diarrhea in a rental stories among Tyler’s self-inflicted wounds, but what she does have to share during […]

Dissecting Pacific Rim

Guillermo del Toro has been away from behind the camera since 2008, but is Pacific Rim a worthy return for the talented filmmaker?
That answer might be complicated.

TV Rants & Ramblings: Teen Wolf 3.6 – “Motel California”

I think that it’s time that I just go ahead and embrace the weird that is Teen Wolf.

Book Review: Americana by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I think this book was supposed to be provocative, and I think the author tried her very best to be insightful… but it just wasn’t either of those things.

Book Review: Insurgent by Veronica Roth

To continue Tris’s story started in Divergent, it’s time to scale back from the challenges of becoming Dauntless and explore what it means to be an individual in a society that survives because of conformity.

Looking Ahead To 2013: Quarter 3 (July – September)

Looks like it’s time again for the writers over at HST to look ahead to what we expect/hope to be the best of the best books, movies, music, TV shows and video games of the coming months.

Film Review: The Lone Ranger

The Lone Ranger is a bloated, brutal and beautiful western that has a lot to say about history and can be a lot of fun when it wants to.

Why Didn’t You See Southland Tales?

Richard Kelly’s second feature, Southland Tales, is by no means flawless, but its ideas have never been more timely and the legion of Donnie Darko fans should be out there supporting it like they do that film.