Sweeny Todd

2007 turned out to be a fantastic year for movies. Eastern Promises, No Country for Old Men and more recently Tim Burton’s Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street swept the silver screen.

Avid fans jam to Rock Band

The video game Rock Band debuted in November of 2007. In the most contentious year of gaming thus far, the game still proved to be popular and successful. While the game came out only a month after its competitor Guitar Hero III, many fans adopted Rock Band in favor of the former.

No Country for Old Men attains cinematic perfection

I would like to imagine that the Coen brothers’ decision to make No Country for Old Men happened while both were sitting enjoying a morning cup of coffee at the breakfast table, and that the conversation went like so:

Golden Compass directs viewers to new realm

A stunning performance from last year, The Golden Compass was a delight on screen for movie-goers. Set in a parallel world from the imagination of Phillip Pullman and his novel Northern Lights (The Golden Compass in North America), the first of the trilogy His Dark Materials, the story starts by introducing Lyra Belacqua, played by new actress Dakota Blue Richards, who lives in a world comparatively similar to our own except for one overtly obvious difference: all humanoid souls exist externally to the host body in a quasi-independent animal form called a daemon.

99X’s Mistle Toe Jam heats up the holidays

The year 2007 has come and gone, but it hasn’t been 2008 long enough to forget some of the things that brought us pleasure prior to the close of the year. Chief among those was the last major concert of the year, 99X’s Mistletoe Jam (MTJ). The concert was held at the Arena at Gwinnet Center, which given the sellout crowd was probably the best place to hold it. This year the marquee listed the Silversun Pickups, The Shins, Silverchair and the headliner, Modest Mouse.

War wins major victory

Politics is all about drama. The levels of emotion run deep as we want our elected officials to deal with some of our worst problems, like poverty, unemployment and social prejudices.

Broken fails to impress

With a name like Bishop Allen, you might think Justin Rice and Christian Rudder’s band is of the Christian or gospel genre. Think again—Bishop Allen, whose name actually comes from a street where Rice and Rudder lived, makes mellow music more suited to belong to the alternative/indie rock category.

Beowulf 3D offers new twist

Needless to say, Beowulf is based on the epic poem in Old English. The story is about the title character saving King Hrothgar and Heorot Hall from the monster Grendel and his demon mother.

Two Bits Man resolves an assortment of issues for the new year

I spent most of Winter break at my parents’ house eating cookie dough ice cream and listening to Feist. Around my fifth tub I decided that maybe, just maybe, my life could use some improvements, so here are my resolutions for 2008: