This article contains spoilers regarding the 2010 film Black Swan. Reader discretion is advised. A movie like Black Swan is practically begging viewers to engage in discussion and debate as to what they believe actually took place between title and credits. Due to this fact, I wasn’t surprised to see my friend Rudy Gamble put together ...
This time last year, I was embarking on a quest many (myself included) didn’t think I could pull off; I was attempting to watch at least 200 movies by the end of the year. At first glance that may not seem too crazy. After all, there are 365 days in the year, a movie a ...
There are a lot of great movie reviewers out there. But while movie reviews are great before seeing a movie, reviewers' tact in not spilling major plot points is often frustrating after you have seen the movie and are looking for answers. So stop reading if you haven't seen 'Black Swan'. If you have, enjoy ...
My wife spends a lot of time perusing the interwebs. With me being a film buff and an enormous sci-fi nerd (I know, that statement shouldn’t follow one involving me having a wife, but it’s true), she enjoys finding articles concerning those categories that provoke my ire. The website Cracked.com has become her go-to source ...
The recent media blitz by Apple touting the Beatles' inclusion in iTunes has inspired a couple of questions that have been running through my mind over the years: 1) Who would've thought in 1978 - when the Beatles' Apple Corp. filed a lawsuit against Apple Computer - that the two would eventually have to partner? 2) Are ...
I recently took in a group of Swedish films (who knew they produced more than bikini models and gummi fish?) known as "The Millennium Trilogy", made up of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (based on the posthumously released, worldwide bestsellers by ...
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What is 'Horror'? How do you define 'Horror'? If you're talking about... WHOA! Who let Morpheus hijack my column? Get your ass back to Zion and figure out why they have the technology to build enormous hovercrafts but not a sewing machine. kthxbai Morpheus does bring up a good point, though; how exactly does one define ...
Fun Fun Fun Fest is the little brother of the two notable Austin music festivals (South x Southwest and Austin City Limits). It's hard to compete with the coolness of SXSW or the sheer magnitude of Austin City Limits (up to 70,000 attendees this year) so Fun Fun Fun Fest doesn't. It prides itself as ...
There is so much mythology around the Velvet Underground that you'd think the Greeks would've built them a temple by now. Almost any band that falls under 'alternative', 'indie', or 'punk' can probably be traced back to Velvet Underground. But just because a band was influential doesn't automatically mean the music holds up. So I'm going ...
