Taking its name from the notorious first tragedy by William Shakespeare, punk, indie band, Titus Andronicus wholly augmented Shakespeare’s title into its outfit for its fourth studio album. “The Most Lamentable Tragedy,” released in July 2015, is the most recent and perhaps the most ambitious album by these New Jersey rockers. Much anticipated and seated favorably in the ears of listeners, this ... Read More »
Great actors are said to disappear into their roles, and no actor tries harder to do that than Johnny Depp. It seems that every film he has done over the past several years has involved some sort of heavy costuming. Most people assume he chooses his new goofy looks according to whatever movie he is in, but I ... Read More »
“Year Walk” is one of the strangest horror games I have ever played. Released in 2013 by Simogo, the player follows the story of a young man as he participates in the Swedish ritual of year walking, an old custom that involves entering the woods on New Year’s Eve and interacting with supernatural creatures that dwell there as a means ... Read More »
In 2002, director M. Night Shyamalan was put on the cover of Newsweek magazine with the caption, “The Next Spielberg.” At that time his meteoric rise in Hollywood seemed unstoppable, but since then, the speed of his rise has been put to shame by the trajectory of his fall. It would even be fair to call Shyamalan one of the ... Read More »
Once upon a time, when B-list action movies were given C-list sequels with D-list stars, they always went straight to the video stores instead of going to theaters. There was a sort of understanding between studios and audiences that if someone was going to make a movie with video store quality, they were not going to try and trick their ... Read More »
I’ve always felt somewhat lonely while playing open-world role-playing games. While single-player gaming often demands a certain level of isolation, this feeling also depicts the nature of this particular game style. They are constantly getting bigger and more open. With each new release, whether it’s “Skyrim,” “Fallout 3” or “Borderlands,” the constant drive for developers revolves around throwing the player into ... Read More »
Hitting bookstores on Sept. 1, “Your Voice is All I Hear” from Leah Scheier barely kept me interested but left me near tears by the end. Throughout the entire first half I thought about putting the book down, not finishing it and walking away. But I’m glad I didn’t. The main character, April, falls in love with Jonah, the new guy ... Read More »
Did anyone else ever have action figures or dolls as a kid? Ones from all kinds of different brands that were not even supposed to go together, but you played with them all at the same time anyway? Did you ever mix together toys like G.I. Joe, Barbie, and Michelangelo to make whatever goofy story you imagined? That is what “Avengers: ... Read More »
In no particular order, here are some artists and albums that will make waves in the music ocean this summer. There’s a plethora of fantastic music fresh out of the oven, so here’s a baker’s dozen to feast your ears on. 1. Alabama Shakes – “Sound and Color” Brittany Howard, singer and guitarist, has one of the best voices in music ... Read More »
Mikal Cronin’s new release, “MC III,” is a supersonic pile-driver for the ears. This album originated from this past year’s tour with fellow East-coaster, Ty Segall. As the third LP for the Californian singer-songwriter, it features one well-constructed pop song after another and is his first release under the Merge record Label. Classically trained from the California Institute of Fine Arts, ... Read More »
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