The Avengers Movie Review

By on May 9, 2012 in Movies

The Avengers is the best comic book movie ever made. Sure, that sounds like hyperbole up there but I mean it. That isn’t to say it is the best movie ever made based on a comic book but in terms of having the feel of a comic and staying true to the spirit of the [...]

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The Raid: Redemption Movie Review

By on April 21, 2012 in Movies

Heavy on action and violence and very light on plot, The Raid: Redemption is not a film for everyone but if you are into non-stop martial arts, gun fights and melee weapon fights then you have most definitely come to the right place. The story, such as it is, follows 20 elite SWAT team members carrying [...]

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Cabin in the Woods Movie Review

By on April 15, 2012 in Movies

There is no way to write this review properly without revealing too much about the movie than you should know going in. For that reason I am just going to tell you to go see it, it is incredible, give my score and then, if you want to know my thoughts about it, you can [...]

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Patrick’s 10 Most Anticipated Summer Movies 2012

By on April 13, 2012 in Movies

It is that time again when we knock on the doorstep of the summer and see if the fun event movies can come out and play. Not generally awards season favorites, summer films promise spectacle and excitement like an amusement park ride complete with junk food and maybe some vomiting depending on how much shaky [...]

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The Hunger Games Movie Review

By on April 8, 2012 in Movies

Surely polarizing to fans of the book, The Hunger Games does a respectable job at adapting the source material despite several missteps that keep it from being truly great. Based on the massively popular book of the same name by Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games gives us a horrifying future in which the country is divided into Districts which are forced [...]

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Wrath of the Titans Movie Review

By on April 8, 2012 in Movies

While never achieving anything that approaches great, Wrath of the Titans deftly surpasses the previous film and delivers the film the first one should have been. Taking place 1o years after the awful remake Clash of the Titans, Wrath of the Titans finds that demi-god hero Perseus (Sam Worthington) has returned to the fisherman life [...]

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American Reunion Movie Review

By on April 7, 2012 in Movies

Despite some genuinely funny and true to form moments, American Reunion fails to recapture the magic of previous installments while managing to  eat itself by falling prey to the very lesson it is attempting to teach. It has been awhile since we have caught up with the gang from American Pie, a film that went a [...]

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Mass Effect 3 (XBox 360) Review

By on March 31, 2012 in Video Games

Summary [ 9.5 out of 10]: Mass Effect 3 is the final chapter in the series and opens as Commander Shepard is in the midst of a hearing for his actions after being grounded following the events of Mass Effect 2′s Arrival downloadable content when the Reapers attack Earth. Shepard escapes to the Normandy and [...]

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21 Jump Street Movie Review

By on March 7, 2012 in Movies

Absolutely hilarious from beginning to end, 21 Jump Street not only delivers the gold standard for remakes but also one of the best comedies in years. Based on the hour long 1987 Fox series of the same name that introduced the world to now obscure and barely remember actor Johnny Depp, 21 Jump Street tells [...]

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Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance Movie Review

By on February 22, 2012 in Movies

Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance is very much like finding a piece of shit with a roll of quarters inside: sure there is some value in there but it really isn’t worth what you have to go through to get it. Directed by Crank directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor,  they bring that same bizarre energy [...]

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The Woman in Black Movie Review

By on February 6, 2012 in Movies

Tense and genuinely creepy, the Woman in Black delivers pretty much everything as promised from solid performances, understated but spot on effects and expert direction to make this the most satisfying filmed ghost story I have seen in years. The Woman in Black tells the story of a young lawyer, Arthur Kipps (Daniel Radcliffe), a [...]

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Haywire Movie Review

By on January 26, 2012 in Movies

If you are going to have an action film with almost no story then you need to deliver wall to wall action to make up for it. Haywire does not do this. Haywire follows Mallory (Gina Carano), a spy for hire who is burned by the agency she works for and framed for a murder [...]

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Patrick’s 10 Most Anticipated Movies of 2012

By on January 22, 2012 in Movies

2012 has started out pretty rocky for films. The cineplexes are currently clogged with the dreck of the year just like every January/February, months which are widely held as the dumping ground for films not up to par. With this in mind, I look a head to better times to come in the year with [...]

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Contraband Movie Review

By on January 16, 2012 in Movies

Contraband is a forgettable middle of the road crime thriller heavy on the crime and light on the thrills. Following a plot rehashed from dozens of other crime movies, most notably Gone in 60 Seconds with a sprinkling of Kiss of Death, Contraband tells the story of Chris Farraday (Mark Wahlberg) a reformed smuggler who [...]

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imgscalr 4.2 Released

By on January 11, 2012 in Programming

Quick heads up to the Java developers out there using the imgscalr Image Processing Library, version 4.2 was just released! There is 1 new feature in this release and 1 bugfix: New Feature: New ULTRA_QUALITY scaling Method provides the nicest looking scaling result typically better than GIMP’s highest quality scaling method (Lanczos3)! Bug Fix: When [...]

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Uncharted 3 (PS3) Review

By on January 11, 2012 in Video Games

Summary [7.5 out of 10]: Uncharted 3 is the disappointing third game in an otherwise incredible series. I love Uncharted. I bought my PS3 with the express purpose of playing the first game and I thought the second game was one of the best ever made. I expected this same level of quality from the [...]

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