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New@Redbox Review: Paranormal Activity 2
Seems like just yesterday that the hype for the original Paranormal Activity was at a fevered pitch. Produced on a microscopic budget and winning over Steven Spielberg, the film was released to an extremely small number of theaters. The viral marketing pushed people to ‘petition’ Paramount to get the “extremely scary” film in their town. Kelly and I went to screen it right as they began to open wide and our theater was packed clean to the aisles. The film eventually grossed over $100m and ended up displacing Saw as the go-to American horror franchise. So after all that hoopla, how does its sequel hold up?
The Internet Strikes Again!: Bankruptcy At Borders
Gosh darnit, internet, you’ve gone and ruined something else! Whether it was Hulu and television, Netflix and DVDs, Napster and music, or Amazon and its Kindle with tangible books, you’re just up to no good! Well, to be fair, this was pretty much Borders’ fault.
My Love Affair With @Twitter Is Ending
I remember it like it happened yesterday: I was sitting on the bow of a dinner yacht over a sunny lake in Minnesota when I got my first followers. It was July 2008 and my flip phone erupted with a beep and Twitter had notified me that my good friends @graphicnapkin and (his girlfriend) @mrlivedog were now following my tweet stream. They were, in effect, voluntarily listening to me and my thoughts. Maybe it was because they were tech-y friends who wanted to be nice, but it doesn’t matter, history is history. Let me back up and set the stage a bit, though:
We Agree: The New Gawker Sites Suck
Usually a decent bastion of journalism (although Gizmodo’s stolen iPhone 4 coverage last year was a bit chintzy) it’s obvious that no one at Gawker is directing artwork or UI experience, as their brand new sites demonstrate. Read the rest of this article…
First X-Men: First Class Trailer!
Gee, it’s about time. For a movie that’s only four months out, it seems like Fox is cutting it a little close promoting this film. It’s also a good thing, because this comes not long after some disastrous looking cast photos leaked out a few weeks ago.
HP Unveils webOS Greatness: Nick’s Take!
Today, HP showed off their new mobile devices, the first from (the formerly branded) Palm after their acquisition last year. Kelly’s said a few words already, but he hates a playa and that ain’t cool! As a former Pre owner, this announcement has been the most exciting tech news of the year. Palm never got a fair shake after Rubenstein took over and the company launched webOS two years ago, but with some great backing, we’re now seeing some awesome new stuff that’ll be out this summer. So with that said, let’s run down the devices that HP showed off today and get excited!
New@Redbox Review: The American
Have you heard of Nick Pittsinger? If you’ve been on the internet recently, you may noticed his handiwork in the form of pop songs slowed down 800%, creating entirely new music. From a Justin Bieber song emerges an ethereal, nearly half-hour score that satisfies far greater than the original product. So what would happen if you slowed down a movie like The Bourne Ultimatum 800%? You’d get a zen thriller like The American. Read the rest of this article…
New@Redbox Review: Catfish
After finishing Catfish, I told Kelly that the film couldn’t be real. It was too slick, too easy, perhaps even over-edited. “You persuade,” the Austrian Emperor tells Mozart in Amadeus, “but you do not convince.” The more I thought about it though, the more my mind changed. Read the rest of this article…
Nick Reviews: Super Bowl XLV Commercials!
See my review after the break!
Book Review: Stephen King’s “Under The Dome”
Poor Dale Barbara. A day after being mobbed outside Dipper’s bar, the former Army vet just wants to get the hell out of town and start a new life somewhere else. A passing truck gives him a glint of hope as its brake lights flick on, but the moment is lost as the driver decides against it and speeds past him. Minutes later, he and nearly two thousand others are trapped inside Chester’s Mill, Maine as an invisible dome encapsulates the town.
