PROS:

- Cerebral, danceable, groovy music

- Thom Yorke sounds slightly creepy

- Great production work



CONS:

- "What The Eyeballs Did" isn't on the album

- It's missing the energy of their live…

Originally Posted 3/4/13



One usually hopes that a song is great from beginning to end, but more often than not, certain parts are better than the whole thing. For me, if there's any part of a song that has to be good, it's the ending. (From my point of view, a good ending makes the whole song worth listening to.) Here are some great songs that happen to have fantastic endings. …

PROS:

- Nice laid-back, mellow vibe



CONS:

- Way too loud and distorted to enjoy properly



The Heart of the Nightlife is the debut album by Kisses released last year, and yet…

PROS:

- Bleak, deeply unsettling lounge music (how's that for an oxymoron?)

- Great playing throughout

- Just as good for active listening as it is for background music…

PROS:

- Tense, haunting atmosphere

- This mostly electronic album ends with a big band jazz song



CONS:

- Less accessible than Kid A

- Songs tend to meander aimlessly



Usually after a popular…

Well, folks, another Oscar ceremony come and gone, and a film that actually deserved to win Best Picture won for once. (Unfortunately, I had to sit through four hours of bullsh*t to see it happen.) However, as always, some films got left out of the Oscar pool that deserved recognition, and even some films that did get nominations didn't get enough love. Here are a few films I saw last year that deserved a lot more love than they got. …

PROS:

- Short and sweet (just under 40 minutes)

- Darker and more urgent than their previous albums

- Recorded using only analog synthesizers and "live" single takes (according to them)

CONS:

- Pretentious,…

There are two moments in my life I remember most. The first took place in high school: during a computer class, I was looking up pictures of the Libertines while at the same time listening to one of their songs. A black girl sitting next to me saw what I was doing, and she asked me, "Are you white?" I was a bit taken aback, but I answered, "No." She replied,…

(UPDATE: I made a few changes to this review. Nothing major, just added and took out a few words to make it flow better. Also, I got rid of the rating which was originally a 2 out of 5. I've lightened up on the film since this review was originally written; it's hard to hate a film as well-made as this.)





The Tree of Life is an Oscar-nominated film directed…

When I first saw the trailer for Premium Rush, I immediately thought of Run Lola Run, a German film about a woman running around Berlin trying to find money to pay off her boyfriend's debt. The movie was simple, action-packed, fast-paced, and driven by its pounding soundtrack. While Premium Rush may not have the pounding soundtrack, it’s just as…

The Tree of Life is an Academy Award-nominated film by Terrance Malik, who also directed The Thin Red Line and The New World. The film opens with a married couple, played by Brad Pitt and Jessica Chastain, grieving over the death of one of their sons. Their eldest son, played by Sean Penn, is also grieving as he is shown sitting at a table, lighting a…

*in my Major Glory voice* "Avengers, ASSEMBLLLLLLLLLLLLLLE!!!"



After being teased and hyped up over the course of five movies, The Avengers have finally arrived, just in time for the summer. The basic plot: S.H.I.E.L.D. commander Nick Fury (Samuel L. Jackson) has summoned a bunch of superheroes (Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Iron Man, etc.) to stop…

Safe stars Jason Statham as an ex-cop who crosses paths with a little Chinese girl, played by newcomer Catherine Chan, and ends up protecting her from, well, pretty much everyone. Turns out, the girl has memorized the…

Project X is a film by newcomer Nima Nourizadeh (and produced by Todd Phillips of The Hangover fame) that tells the story of a group of friends throwing a birthday party for one of their own and trying to make it as memorable as possible. Little do they know, this party will leave destruction in its wake and end up making them more popular than they could…

This video might have spoilers, so yeah... Precaution.

Theaters are for loud, dumb action movies about people going on an adventure! In IMAX! In 3D! Not long boring dramas with abrupt endings! Journey 2: The Mysterious Island is a perfect example of this.

Following the events of Journey to the Center of the Earth (which I haven’t seen), young Sean Anderson (Josh…

You know, one thing I thought about while watching this movie is, “This movie is totally unrealistic; I wouldn’t act this crazy if I had superpowers.” But the more I thought about it, I realized not only would I totally react the same way, but the only unrealistic thing about the movie is that superpowers exist (and the fact that the characters film everything,…

WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MAJOR SPOILERS.

I love this movie!

I’m surprised I liked it as much as I did; judging by the trailer I thought this would just be about Liam Neeson being a badass in the snow. Turns out, this is a character movie about a bunch of…

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Red Tails is essentially a made-for-TV movie released in theaters, featuring wooden acting, corny dialogue, and tension-less airplane…

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One thing I’m slowly starting to learn about writing movie reviews is that it’s much easier to pick apart a bad movie than a good one. When watching a bad movie, nothing is…