Year: 2007
Review: Chance in Hell
Chance in Hell Gilbert Hernandez Fantagraphics Books Street: 08.01 Gilbert Hernandez is a crafty son of a bitch. He weaves a story that is as poignant as it is troubling and tense. Chance in Hell tells the story of Empress, an orphan who is raised in what can only be described as a post-apocalyptic no-man’s
Review: Freemasonry Revealed
Freemasonry Revealed The Secret History of the Freemasons Koch Entertainment Street: 09.11 The secretive nature of Masonry, the ties it has in the Latter Day Saint church’s history and history in general have always enticed a great deal of curiosity in me. When I picked it up, Freemasonry Revealed was still wrapped in its original
Review: Fabio Montale
Fabio Montale Jose Pinheiro Koch Vision Street: 08.14 Based on a trilogy of crime novels that Jean-Claude Izzo wrote in the early 90s, Fabio Montale adapts the story of a compassionate, honest yet stone-cold detective on the brink of retirement as he solves murders and tries to clean up the dingy underworld of Marseille. Alain
Review: Darzamat
Darzamat Live Profanity (Visiting the Graves of Heretics) Metal Mind Street: 08.28 I had never heard of Darzamat before, the name sounds like some sort of chemical or something. Surprisingly they are actually pretty entertaining, utilizing both male and female vocalists. The show for the DVD was filmed during the Metalmania festival this year and
Review: Cro-Mags
Cro-Mags The Final Quarrel: Live at CBGB 2001 MVD Visual Street: 08.28 I’m not going to pretend to say I know a lot about NYC hardcore, my expertise pretty much runs into the realm of Agnostic Front. I can however say that I own a couple Cro-Mags records and was excited to check out this
Review: Blessed by Fire
Blessed by Fire Tristán Bauer Koch Lorber Films Street: 07.17 Based on the war surrounding the ownership of the Malvinas Islands, Tristán Bauer delivers an amazing film and a truly moving and entertaining war movie experience. Focusing on the sheer brutality the Argentinian soldiers faced during this war, Blessed by Fire switches constantly from the
Review: A Few Days In September
A Few Days In September Santiago Amigorena Koch Lorber Street: 09.06 This movie is French! Or just kind of French. It stars many finer actors such as John Turturro, Juliette Binoche, and last but not least the fabulous and tantalizing Nick Nolte (I heard that he once posed for playgirl). The movie is set 10
Review: Wii Sports
Wii Sports Nintendo Reviewed On: Wii Street: 11.19.06 While Sony and Microsoft have been cramming as much graphical and memory power as scientifically possible into their new consoles Nintendo decided that they didn’t care that much about making anything look or act very realistic. Instead they have spent their time trying to make an anti-console
Review: The Darkness
The Darkness Starbreeze/2K Games Reviewed On: Xbox 360 Street: 06.25 Life must be tough in the world of first person shooter video games. Sure you can get shot about ten times every five minutes and still live, but obstacles as enormous as beer bottles can block your path and force you to reroute. Shooting 20
Review: Big Brain Academy
Big Brain Academy Nintendo Reviewed On: DS Street: 06.05.06 I already know what you’re thinking. Yes, my brain is ridiculously large. Yes, the Nintendo Double Screen (DS) did eventually burst into flames trying to gauge the awesome power within my mind—but before the poor little machine combusted from exertion I managed to have a pretty
Review: South Park and Philosophy
South Park and Philosophy South Park and Philosophy Open Court Publishing Company Street: 03.01 For nearly a decade now, South Park has yet to fail the general American populous with the pointed political satire of Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Sure, it started out as a method for testing the patience of the FCC with
Review: I’jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody
I’jaam: An Iraqi Rhapsody Sinan Antoon City Lights Publishers Street: 06.15 I’jaam, a fictional manuscript, transports the reader back to Saddam’s Iraq. The narrator of the story is a young college student who despises his country’s government and is eventually taken into custody by them. His time spent in Iraqi prison is a horrifying one.
