Archive for ‘November, 2011’

Breaking Dawn: Another One Bites The Dust

It is finally the big day; bloodsucker teenage heartthrob Edward Cullen (Robert Pattinson) and his pasty human girlfriend Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) are walking down the aisle, and no one can stop them. In the penultimate installment in the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn, the newlywed couple heads off to a remote island getaway for their [...]

J. Edgar: Turmoil and Success

Clint Eastwood’s biopic, J. Edgar, chronicles the muddled successes, corruption and internal struggles of J. Edgar Hoover (Leonardo DiCaprio), founder of the FBI. Makeup blunders and a confusing plot that jumps in and out of the past have led many critics to give the film mixed reviews thus far. I already think Leo’s face looks [...]

The Ever Elusive Mystique of Monroe: A Conversation with My Week with Marilyn’s Simon Curtis

While the fairy tale of the Royal Family, shaking moptops and suave accents have always weakened American knees to courtesy before Union Jack, it is Hollywood that twinkles through the London fog to endear the Earl Greys to America. In his first major motion picture, My Week With Marilyn, Director Simon Curtis encapsulates the joy [...]

Justin Timberlake is a time cop, think about it

Imagine a future where everyone is gorgeous, doesn’t age beyond twenty-five and pays for everything with time (literally) and you’ve got yourself an intriguing idea. Andrew Niccol’s In Time does have a phenomenal premise – and though it doesn’t soar very far beyond it –it’s an entertaining watch. In Niccol’s world, if you’re poor, you [...]

Rocking the Blips: An interview with Anamanaguchi’s Luke Silas

What do you get when you put a rock band and some vintage Nintendo equipment in a giant blender? Anamanaguchi. This New York City band of (super smash) brothers has beautifully combined the nostalgic melodies of our favorite game systems with fast, upbeat pop-punk to create something truly unique and fun. Luke Silas took the [...]