Finals Fest plans include Quietdrive concert in Falcon’s Nest
Deep within each of the members of a certain Minneapolis band, there has been a constant drive for success in the music industry. This force has resulted in the coming…
Film tears human soul to pieces
This is the best movie I’ve reviewed this year. Here’s why: In April of 2000, Mark Hogancamp was dragged out of a bar in New York State and beaten so…
Rapid action elevates violent film
Sngmoo Lee’s “The Warrior’s Way” is the surprise action hit of the year. It is an operatic masterpiece of style and tone that will keep your eyes wide and your…
Beatles’ iTunes arrival transforms music downloads
Just about a month ago, Apple finished a deal that would bring the biggest band of all time to iTunes. The Beatles discography is finally available in the iTunes catalogue.…
Band transforms slow start to beautiful masterpiece
In a world full of dreadfully awful music, exceptions occasionally exist. LCD Soundsystem meets this exception and may even set the industry standard. The perfect brilliance of James Murphy, the…
Action film loses fizz as secondary characters divert away from plot
It’s ironic that a movie called “Faster” actually slows down as it progresses. What starts as an efficient revenge thriller branches out into a complex character study of morality and…
Harry Potter generation connects film, books as series nears end
At this point, a review for “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” is probably pretty unnecessary. If you live on Earth, you spent the weekend of Nov. 19th either laying…
Columnist calls on fans to revive sagging indie music
I might as well be signing my own death certificate by writing this: modern indie music is boring. Okay, I know that there are a lot of independent bands and…
Alien film sets tone for future
There is a scene in Steven Spielberg’s “War of the Worlds” in which Tom Cruise keeps his fictional son from running over a hill and seeing a fight between the…
Nail-biter tears up train tracks
I feel like I’ve become very jaded towards newly released movies. Mostly, I just like to poke fun at the gimmicky Hollywood junk that winds up on screen, completely unashamed…
