Film Review: Beauty and the Beast 3D

Beauty and the Beast is back in theaters with the Disney 3D treatment and it is pretty much a success all around.

Book Review: Heat Wave

Castle is easily one of my favorite shows on TV right now, thanks in large part to Nathan Fillion. As the title character, he brings so much glee to crime fighting (comparable to Po in Kung Fu Panda at times) that it is not hard to love the man. Not only that, but he brings […]

Film Review: Joyful Noise

Joyful Noise is the first movie of 2012 I have reviewed and it is already in the running for the year’s worst.

HST… Film Review: Contraband

Zac: So Lauren, you and I both saw Contraband this week, the new film staring Mark Wahlberg, Kate Beckinsale, Ben Foster and Giovanni Ribisi about a bunch of smugglers trying to iron out a family debt; what did you think?

Review of Anthony Green’s ‘Beautiful Things’

A little while ago, someone asked me who my favorite frontmen were in today’s music. Though the rest of the five I listed took some time to spit out, the first name to come out was Circa Survive’s Anthony Green. His overall lyricism, the signature voice inflection, and his overall stage antics (like climbing into […]

Audio Book Review: How to Flirt with a Naked Werewolf by Molly Harper (Read by Amanda Ronconi)

It is beyond me why people with annoying voices decide that it is their calling to narrate audio books. Enter Amanda Ronconi, narrator of Molly Harper’s book. She manages to make an already poorly written book even more horrible, especially every time she did her “man” voice. Her rendition of all male characters sounded like […]

Music Review: Snow Patrol’s ‘Fallen Empires’

Before listening to this album, I tried remembering why Snow Patrol didn’t explode over here like they did overseas. Their one mega U.S. hit, “Chasing Cars” took over mainstream radio stations for months (still gets played today). However, due to rapid repetition, that song quickly lost it’s luster. Their next single was their song “Signal […]

Looking Ahead to 2012 – Quarter I (January – March)

With our lists of favorites of the past year done, it is now time to look ahead to what is to come this year. [Takes a gander] Holy F there is a lot! Did you read year? No, I said year through March. Silly you. Here is the list from your favorite writers at HST […]

Music Review: Cage the Elephant’s “Live From The Vic In Chicago”

Two years ago, a small band out of Kentucky named Cage the Elephant came out big with their radio-ready first single, “Ain’t No Rest for the Wicked.” That song catapulted them into the spotlight, giving them a lot of radio play and song plugs (like the beginning of the excellent Borderlands). Now, two albums into […]

HST’s Best of 2011: Video Games

Last but not least, here is HST’s list of favorite video games from the past year. And what a year it was, with huge titles coming out and an epic fall season to cap off the year. Plenty of sequels and a few new IPs to boot, so there are plenty of games to mention […]