Whether or not Fifty Shades of Grey is the disastrous smutty mess we are all expecting, the soundtrack is shaping up to be one of the year’s best. Maybe a Bodyguard for the 2010s? At the center of it all is “Love Me Like You Do”, sung by British pop star Ellie Goulding and produced by the inescapable Max Martin. It is
Month: January 2015
It’s time to talk about Boyhood. The coming-of-age drama by Richard Linklater has been captivating audiences for months with the sheer audacity of its premise: capturing the maturation of a young boy, in real-time and with the same cast, over the course of twelve years. The film is the virtually uncontested frontrunner for the Best Picture Oscar, with very
Today, The Pokémon Company unveiled some new details about its newest gaming venture, Pokkén Tournament. A collaboration with Bandai that’s due to be released in Japan this year, Pokkén Tournament is an arcade game that pits various Pokémon like Machamp and Lucario against each other in a Tekken-style brawl. It was assumed that the Pokémon featured in the game would either be fighting
The fifth post in my series examining the top contenders at this year’s Academy Awards. I doubt that anyone could’ve imagined that a Bradley Cooper vehicle would become the year’s most controversial Oscar contender. It’s sounds silly to type, but I’ve had my ups and downs with American Sniper. Even with its early buzz, I
Soap operas have had it really rough these past few years. Long past its 80s heyday, there are only four daytime serials on television: General Hospital, Days of our Lives, Bold and the Beautiful, and the most successful of all, Young and the Restless. Yes, that means there is no more Erica Kane, although Susan
