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Vengeance Comes to an End

Before the age of the twilight set upon the Gods, a legend rose to claim his place among them. And even though Kratos sat on the throne as the new God of War, he was haunted by visions of his family, a family he himself murdered. Tormented by the Gods,...

[YIR] My Favorite Games of 2009

As 2009 will be over in a few short hours, I’d like to take a chance to look back at the year and review some of my personal favorite games that were released this year. Unfortunately, with the recession hitting hard this year, many of my most anticipated games were...

The Boston Film Phenomenon

Last month I moved back to New York after a 2 year long stint in Massachusetts and while there I was amazed at the number of films based on, and set in the surrounding Boston area to be released in the coming days. It got me thinking of the recent...

The Hurt Locker: Showing the Lives of Soldiers in Iraq, Not Politicians

I recently was privileged with a viewing of The Hurt Locker written by Mark Boal and directed by newcomer Kathryn Bigelow.  The Iraq war genre has finally found the true unbiased representation of the events happening behind the “war on terror” that it’s been looking for. The last film in this...

The Entourage Effect

The other day I was in a bar and I overheard a group of people discussing upcoming films while circled around a pool table sipping their cocktails. One guy started the conversation by saying, “When’s Aquaman coming out?”, which of course led to his ill-informed counterpart to reply with, “I’m...

The Road to Awe

I approach this article with the utmost respect for each and everyone that was lost this year, and it’s a sad responsibility I feel to touch on each and every one of my heroes that passed away in such a short synopsis.  However, I get so mad each year when...

The Top 9 Unknown Sci-fi Films to look out for in 2009

I’ve been noticing a recent trend in this years popular genre and no I’m not talking about comic book films for once; I’m talking about the lost art of SCIENCE FICTION! I think the last truly amazing piece of science fiction I saw was Children of Men and since than...

Matt’s Top 5 Anticipated Movies of 2009

It’s going to be quite hard to top the past year of film with the evolution of the comic book movie along with overcoming the writer’s strike to produce some of the best indie drama we’ve seen in years.  Here’s a list of the 5 studio endorsed films I’ve been...

Trip’s Top 5 Anticipated Movies of 2009

With 2008 over it's time to start looking forward into 2009 and see the movies coming down the pipe to surprise and titalate. Although 2008 had some amazing movies released, Dark Knight and Iron Man to name a few, there were also quite a few "steaming...