Gaming Review – Batman: Arkham Asylum

Let me get this off my chest now: I am a major Superman fan. In the many debates I have had fighting over who is the better superhero, the Boy Scout or the brooding billionaire, I always choose the Boy Scout. However, I have to hand it to the bat, he has proven in Batman: […]

Review: Taking Woodstock

Ang Lee’s latest is his lesser effort as of late as he starts off on the right foot but slowly dissolves into a bit of a mess with no narrative to speak of for the second half. Elliot Teichberg is a want a be artist living in New York City, only to see most of […]

Review: Play the Game

This cute little independent picture has a good idea at its core, but has a bit too much cliché and uneven work by its lead to really stand out above being an average comedy. David Mitchell is a ladies man and he has a plan and he sticks to it no matter what. Not looking […]

Now Playing Review – Post Grad

For all the romantic comedy highs and lows this summer has seen, Post Grad represents a lower point than I expected to reach. Sadly, for the viewing public, it is rare to see a romantic comedy that defies what is expected of it. Instead, most romcoms fit the description of being riddled with this genre’s […]

Suggestion Box (Aug. 17 – 23)

Batman: Arkham Asylum is being released this coming week, so if you haven’t checked out the demo on XBOX Live yet, make sure you do. Though you don’t get too play too much of the game, you do get to try out some of batman’s moves. Speaking of Arkham Assylum, a new trailer was released […]

Review: Inglourious Basterds

Quentin Tarantino’s latest is the long in development WWII epic that is not really a war film but a dialogue heavy affair like all of Tarantino’s work and the result is slow burn plot that builds amazing tension through fantastic characters all culminating in an explosive final act that could potentially re-write WWII history. Split […]

Review: Adam

This little spin on a love story is anchored by a fantastic turn by Hugh Dancy, but is marred by a bit of clichéd, contrived, and predictable subplot that makes a film that should stand out seem dull and ordinary too often. Adam has asbergers and his father has just died and while he has […]

Review: Paper Heart

Charlyne Yi’s pseudo documentary drama is bound to make you smile and get caught up in the love thrown up on screen by the real life interviewees and the dramatized version of her own coupling with Michael Cera. This documentary opens with our narrator contemplating her own ability to find love and whether she thinks […]

Now Playing Review – District 9

Though it comes in at the tail end, District 9 is easily one of the best movies of the summer. The story is this: Decades ago a space ship appeared above Earth, coming to a standstill above Johannesburg, South Africa. Growing anxious with the lack of contact, humans decided after months of waiting to take […]

Review: Mad Men 3.1

The third season of Mad Men began last night and the results were just what we want from a series premiere in the middle of the shows run. (Spoilers here in for the episode) I will say I find it rather interesting that the show reset some of the characters back their more original selves […]