Ang Lee knows how to make a beautiful looking film. Say what you will about the substance of his storytelling abilities, what he chooses to focus on always looks good onscreen. Life of Pi is an ideal match for Ang…
My Life as a White Trash Zombie[/caption]Angel Crawford is not what you would consider a sympathetic hero. She’s a drug addict who dropped out of high school to enter the real world but can’t even hold down a simple retail…
Skyfall, the latest James Bond film, has a lot of things going for it. It’s really funny. The cast is fantastic. The underlying premise is also very strong. It’s a beautiful film with a great look to it and will…
The first season of RuPaul’s All Stars Drag Race came and went in six short weeks. The show was a huge experiment in form and to call it divisive is an understatement. Poor Michelle Visage had to explain every week…
I love a good puzzle game. It’s one of the main genres in my wheelhouse (right behind music/rhythm games and the OCD madness of leveling up and resource distribution in a turn-based RPGs) because of the way I think. I…
Litographs are an attempt to create a tangible form of digital book distribution. Danny Fein came up with the idea of creating word art inspired by classic books using the entire text of the book. Meaning, the image of Alice…
Mark O’Brien is a professional poet and freelance writer who has spent most of his life in an iron lung. Stricken by polio at a young age, O’Brien developed a sharp wit and a philosophy that everything is funny. Mark…
Comedy music duo Hard ‘n Phirm (Chris Hardwick, Mike Phirman) put out a new video last week that’s pretty special. The pair was inspired by the Ermahgerd meme to write a midtempo love song. Not familiar with the meme? It’s…
If you’ve never been involved in a cappella music, the first 20 or so minutes of Pitch Perfect might be rough chop to to sail through. There are a lot of jokes in a faux-Diablo Cody wins the Oscar for…
Sweet Fever, the web series about a candy store owner willing to do anything to earn the top prize in a professional pillow fighting league to save her store, needs a little help to finish their first season. I raved…
In Flight, Denzel Washington stumbles around for two hours as a chronic alcoholic, coke fiend, and marijuana enthusiast while slurring out that he’s fine to take the stand in a hearing to determine if his alcohol and drug abuse caused…
Tony Harris, the award-winning comic book artist of Ex-Machina, Starman, and many DC/Marvel series, has taken a passionate stance on the subject of cosplay at conventions. Harris posted a long rant on his Facebook page admonishing women who he believes…
The challenge of translating a novel from another language is balancing the style and tone with the literal text. Lean too far towards literary flourish and you’re radically altering the content of the book. Stay too true to the literal…
The year is 1979. A large militarized group of Iranian citizens storm the American embassy in retaliation for the United States taking in their deposed Shah for medical treatment. Six embassy workers escape to the Canadian ambassador’s home. Their escape…