Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck Director: Brett Morgen Stars: The ghost of Kurt Cobain (not really) Year Released: 2015 Rating: 5/5 The story of Kurt Cobain has been turned into a film before, whether it was Gus Van Sant’s Last Days or 2006’s Kurt Cobain About A Boy, only to fall short of truly reflecting …
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House of Cards
House of Cards Director: David Fincher Stars: Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Kate Mara Year Released: 2013 Rating: 4/5 House of Cards reminds us that in the game of politics, everyone can be played. Never before has Washington looked so sexy or politics so interesting Kevin Spacey plays an ambitious Democratic congressman and the House Majority …
Help! I’m in Love with a Narcissist
Help! I’m in Love with a Narcissist Author: Steven Carter, Julia Sokol Publisher: M. Evans & Company Number of pages: 288 Rating: 4/5 I started reading, Help! I’m in Love with a Narcissist, with the hope that I would better understand the situation that someone I love is in, and with the goal that I …
Hannibal
Hannibal Creator: Bryan Fuller Stars: Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas, Laurence Fishburne Year Released: 2013 Rating: 4/5 Based on the characters and story created by Thomas Harris, Hannibal takes the viewer to a time before the good doctor was a known serial killer and consumer of human flesh, we see Hannibal Lecter as a …
DriveSafe lenses by Carl Zeiss Vision
DriveSafe lenses by Carl Zeiss Rating: 4.5/5 I drive at night a lot, usually long periods on highways travelling between Phoenix and Southern California and then up to Northern California. The generally puts my total driving time for a long weekend around 2,000 miles, which I plan in such a way that almost all of …
Chappie
Chappie Director: Neill Blomkamp Stars: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel Year Released: 2015 Rating: 4.0/5 Neill Blomkamp and Sharlto Copley do it right once again in their latest outing, Chappie. With Johannesburg, South Africa once again the setting of a near-future morality tale, we see a now familiar Joburg serving as the epicentre for a global …
American Sniper
American Sniper Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller Year Released: 2014 Rating: 3.0/5 Based on the autobiography of Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History, American Sniper is a war drama film by director Clint Eastwood and writer Jason Hall. Chief Petty Office Christopher Kyle …
Linkin Park- The Hunting Party
The Hunting Party Artist: Linkin Park Year Released: 2014 Rating: 4/5 With the release of Link Park’s sixth studio album, The Hunting Party, we (finally) see the departure of producer Rick Rubin and the re-emergence of the band that released the certified Diamond Hybrid Theory and four times Platinum Meteora. Heading up production on this …
we were quite the pair
I was a vampire on the weekends and she wore black to a wedding we were quite the pair, when you saw us you would smile and think “that’s one lucky couple”, and in my mind’s eye we still live but the wedding was a funeral and the bridesmaid wore white, the priest spoke in …
View from a Tree
He closes the door to his gray sedan. I watch him, walking with his keys dangling. I think of him as a friend most times. When he looks at me, standing by the post, he smiles. On warm summer days, a bit of food we will share. I often imagine him, running his hands through …