The Dark Knight

Jul 20, 2008 7:13 PM | Posted in Reviews | No Comments »

The Dark Knight has already broken Spider-Man 3's record 3 day gross with $155.34 million, in addition to breaking the largest midnight showing gross and largest one day gross records. Clearly, superhero movies are in. However, I think the Dark Knight ...

Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others)

Jul 19, 2008 9:57 AM | Posted in Reviews | No Comments »

If you're not familiar with the history of East Germany and the Stasi, this movie is a great place to start. Actor Ulrich Mühe lived in East Germany, so when asked how he prepared for the movie, he simply replied, ...

Coldplay - Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends

Jun 5, 2008 2:13 PM | Posted in Reviews | No Comments »

I'm in an unreleased album reviewing mood today. This is Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, Coldplay's followup to 2005's X&Y, which I found extremely disappointing. Coldplay's first album, Parachutes, had a very vanilla piano rock sound, ...

Venetian Snares - Detrimentalist

Jun 5, 2008 12:50 PM | Posted in Reviews | 5 Comments »

If you're not a fan of "intelligent dance music" (i.e. Venetian Snares, Aphex Twin, Squarepusher, Autechre, etc.), then you can just skip this review, unless you've never heard of IDM and want try some new music. Venetian Snares is one ...

Settlers of Catan

May 31, 2008 7:54 PM | Posted in Reviews | No Comments »

Settlers of Catan is a board game, and a very awesome one at that. "How can a board game be more awesome than any other one?", you ask. "Aren't all board games pretty much variations of the same thing?". If ...