Blu-ray Review: Igor
Directed by Anthony Leondis (Lilo & Stitch 2), Igor is a somewhat fun but ultimately disappointing exercise in animation. Had it not been for the voice talents of Steve Buscemi, John Cusack, John Cleese, Molly Shannon, Jay Leno, Christian Slater and Arsenio Hall Igor would have been written off as a formulaic romantic comedy. However, […]
Blu-ray Review: Monster’s Ball
Written by Milo Addica and Will Rokos, under the direction of Marc Forster, Monster’s Ball is a film in which the characters seem to jump off the screen and draw us in to their difficult lives right from the start. Forster uses a slow, mournful tone that accentuates the sorrow in all the characters, without […]
DVD Review: Cloverfield
With an aggressive marketing campaign, Cloverfield was poised to make a splash on the theatrical scene. Like The Blair Witch Project and Snakes on a Plane before it, the buzz started in earnest on the internet. For awhile, the film was simply known as 1-18-08 in cyberspace and clues, theories and plot points were showing […]
Music Review: The Pipettes – We Are the Pipettes
Brighton, England’s The Pipettes were formed in 2004, by a local promoter named Monster Bobby who wanted to bring the Phil Spector sound back into the 21st century. By early 2005, Monster Bobby had put together a line up of Becki, Rose and Gwenno to make up the group. With hooks borrowed from ‘60’s girl […]