Battle of the Bands: Guitar Hero 5
It has been almost four years since the original transformed the gaming world with its innovative plastic guitar controller and gameplay reminiscent of the seminal...
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Past and present unite in new Melrose
The premiere of last week unleashed a two-sided plot, appealing to both a drama-oriented audience as well as to the fans of convoluted mysteries and...
Short film 9 goes feature length, wows audience
Shane Acker’s takes the audience on an extremely fast-paced thrill ride that maintains its momentum from the opening credits to the very end. The film...
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Given the wildly uneven history that Batman has had with videogames, I didn’t get my hopes up when I first heard about . Sure, the...
Tengo’s Popular Songs crosses genre boundaries
If you’re in the mood for literally any kind of song, then Yo La Tengo’s latest album, , is perfect for you. Formed by a...
Extract squeezes out familiar laughs
, the newest film written and directed by Mike Judge, begins in a small flavored extract factory owned by a man named Joel. It is...
Houston’s Look botches return to previous glory
Whitney Houston’s last successful CD was released in 1998. I Look To You has been highly anticipated since the commercial disappointment in 2002. The anticipation...
Top Chef sizzles in new season
The beginning of this new school year marks the return of many of our favorite shows. The premiere of Top Chef: Las Vegas occurred on...
Fever Ray shines in debut solo project
After four energizing releases beside her brother Olof, Karin Dreijer Andersson of sibling duo The Knife decided to try one solo. Under the name Fever...
Halloween II
Mass murderer Michael Myers has some unfinished business left over from last year’s Halloween, including making sure that the girls that survived would never live...
Level-5’s Layton engulfs players in diabolical puzzles
After a year and a half of anticipation since the original, the much belated second installment of Level-5’s Professor Layton series on the Nintendo DS,...
Destination finalizes failure
Typically, a horror movie series tends to get wildly changed or diluted as its sequels go on, sometimes culminating in total revamps or resurrections. In...
Runway projects new trends
Unless you are the stylistic “fashionista” who adores the world of red carpets, statuesque models and high-end clothes, this will probably not convince you to...
Sparks struggles to deliver in rocky Battlefield
Jordin Sparks’ sophomore album since winning American Idol is by no means a slump. Her debut album wavered between esoteric pop and bland noncommittal fluff...
Magical Ponyo animates unlikely friendship
Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea is the newest film by Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata’s Studio Ghibli, a figurative factory of fantastic animated...
Hype Machine provides alternative for music lovers
In today’s information based society new music is easier to come across then Lady Gaga on the radio. The trick is finding a suitable filter...
Sunday takes back inadequacy
There hasn’t been much buzz about Taking Back Sunday for some time, but now they’re back with their fourth studio album. As a fan, I...
Mad Men illuminates darker side of ‘60s culture
The lives of Don Draper, his beautiful wife Betty and their two lovely children may look perfect from far away, but behind closed doors this...