The Best of Everything in 2011

It’s 2012, and other than that whole apocalypse thing, there’s a lot to be excited about. So what better way to start the new year than to dwell on the past? 2011 was a fantastic year for entertainment. We were introduced to some great new creations and we said goodbye to some of the biggest and best commodities in history....

Movie Review: The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, Part One

The dawn has finally arrived for one of the world’s most beloved film franchises. Breaking Dawn, Stephanie Meyer’s final book in her wildly popular Twilight Saga series, makes its appearance on the big screen.

While it is immediately apparent that the Twilight Saga has a very specific key demographic, luck would have it that a free ticket to attend the...

Book Review: The Pale King

It’s been a while since this book came out… almost too long for me to be reviewing it now. But something that the late author, David Foster Wallace, pointed out in an interview with Charlie Rose stuck with me. He said that his best-known novel, Infinite Jest, had gotten rave reviews even though most reviewers wouldn’t have had time to...

Movie Review: 50/50

Films about serious illness walk a rather fine line. They can easily be overly sappy or rife with clichés, and they can also attempt to laugh the illness away with over-the-top comedy. 50/50 is a no-frills take on an unfortunate situation that looks to endear itself to viewers with its heart.

Inspired by screenwriter Will Reiser’s real-life battle with cancer,...

Sucker Punch

Girls, guns, gadgets and lots of action. This is what Sucker Punch promised with its scintillating marketing campaign. With some of the best trailers seen in recent years, Sucker Punch quickly whipped its target 18-35 demographic into a drooling frenzy in anticipation of the film’s release.

Getting straight to the point, yes, the action scenes are fantastic. Wildly imaginative and...