[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_rd0Kolfhw&w=560&h=315] Spark: A Burning Man Story Release Date: August 14, 2013 Director: Steve Brown, Jessie Deeter Studio: Spark Pictures Distributor: Paladin Films Genre(s): Documentary, Special Interest Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes What is Burning Man? Honestly…I can’t tell you because it is different for everyone that attends. […]
"The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones" is Ok, Comparable to Similar Adaptations
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHlwRsl2uFk] The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Release Date: August 21, 2013 Cast: Lily Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Robert Sheehan, Lena Headey, Aidan Turner, Jonathan Rhys Meyers Director: Harald Zwart Studio: Constantin Film Distributor: Screen Gems, Entertainment One Genre(s): Action, Adventure, Fantasy Based On City of Bones by Cassandra Clare Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia The critics […]
eBook ARC Roundup: Angry Robot
The first time I ever requested an egalley from Angry Robot I did so because I figured, hey. That sounds like Bad Robot, right? And Bad Robot is awesome. So why not give it a shot? Little did I know that they would have so many awesome books in their […]
The Legend of Korra's First Art Book Is a Must Buy for Korra Fans
Title: The Legend of Korra: The Art of the animated Series – Book One: Air Author: Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko Release Date: July 23, 2013 Publisher: Dark Horse Books Source: Netgalley DRC Genre(s): Art book, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Steampunk, Cartoon, Nickelodeon Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: N/A GoodReads | Amazon From the moment you open the Legend of […]
"You're Next" Twist Make An Otherwise Average Movie A Horror Must
Title: You’re Next Release Date: August 23, 2013 Cast: Sharni Vinson, Nicholas Tucci, Wendy Glenn, AJ Bowen, Amy Seimetz, Rob Morgan, Barbara Crampton Director: Simon Barrett Studio: Snoot Entertainment Distributor: Lionsgate Genre(s): Horror, Gore, Family Drama Rating: B- Review Spoilers: IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia Nothing says family get together like a good ol’ fashion slaughter. […]
Indie eBook Roundup #3
This time around we’ve got lots of super powers, super brains, super technology, and the supernatural from a wide variety of authors, genres, and publishers. I, Crimsonstreak – which I am constantly misspelling as Crimsonsteak – is the take away this edition though F9 isn’t too bad for a novella. […]
"Jobs" Shows Just How Much Ashton Kutcher Looks Like Steve Jobs
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrvkCS0ZGPU] Directed by Joshua Michael Stern Starring Ashton Kutcher, Josh Gad, and Dermot Mulroney Rating: C- It’s hard to do movies about people like Steve Jobs. Living a life in the spotlight, Jobs brings to light the rather rocky yet illustrious chronicles of a genius. As a slave to the company […]
Robots, Exoskeletons, Crazy Villains, and Space Make "Elysium" a Sci-Fi Must-See
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QILNSgou5BY&w=560&h=315] Elysium Directed by Neil Blomkamp Starring: Matt Damon, Jodie Foster, Sharlto Copley Rating: B+ If you’ve seen Park Avenue (a documentary on Netflix about the rich and poor) Elysium is essentially a future built from that divide. In 2154, Earth is nothing more than an overpopulated and polluted place […]
"Kick-Ass 2": Good on violence, terrible on most everything else
I want to start this review by saying that I legitimately like the first Kick-Ass film. It’s not a perfect movie by any stretch of the imagination and I definitely ended up liking The Losers and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World more by the end of 2010, but it was […]
A Stranger in a Game Land: King of Tokyo
I don’t really game that much. Up until this point in my life, the only board games I had really played were games like Monopoly and Clue and trading card games like Pokemon. All of those ended up with me rage quitting because my aunts and uncles sucked all the […]