Saving General Yang Blu-Ray Review / 2013 Well Go Usa / 107 Minutes / http://www.wellgousa.com Saving General Yang is set in the years before 1000 CE, and shows the sheer grit and determination that a set of seven sons have in dispatching a military force that is hundreds of times larger than they. This film gracefully takes up a wide set of styles; charisma and honor fuel on this war…
Iron Man & Hulk Heroes United is a tour-de-force about two of Marvel’s hottest characters, Hulk and Iron Man. The two work together to defeat Zzzax. Zzzak is that perfect sort of villain; as a being of energy, neither the sheer strength of the Hulk nor the array of weapons available to Iron Man seem to cause any damage. It only is when the duo are…
Jubelale is a beer that has enough of a body to keep individuals properly warm; the malt backbone of this beer is enough to keep imbibers interested. Jubelale touches upon an array of styles – bocks, hop-heavy beers, and is able to establish a wholly new style in the course of 12 fluid ounces. The beer pours with a reddish-brown coloration and a small bit of lacing. From there,…
Though it has yet to receive the massive amount of critical and fan love as his previous HBO series The Wire, David Simon’s Treme remains one of the best kept secrets currently on air. Season three continues to build on that solid foundation of engrossing characters and stellar music. This latest season finds the residents of New Orleans still dealing with the aftermath of…
The 500 B.C. has a bouquet of citrus fruits and hops, and pours a ruddy orange into a vessel. For the pour, there is a finger’s worth of off-white head. The warmth that this DIPA provides is substantial, and provides a further indiication of the beer’s 8.3% ABV. The floral and fruit notes of the initial sip open up into a nicely-balanced blend of sweet and bite. A mild hop…
Fashion-wise, the early ‘90s was a sad, sad time for metal bands. Fighting, and ultimately losing, the good fight against flannel-waving grunge bands from the Pacific Northwest, they were still opting for the painted on jeans or ridiculous spandex and sleeveless t’s. But music-wise, once you strip away the hair metal band that were standing in the spotlight, there were still some old guards of the metal scene that were…
Farscape is a science-fiction show created by the Jim Henson company from 1999 to 2003. The show focused on the crew of a living ship, the Moya. Throughout the show’s run, a number of longher story arcs keep viewers on the edges of their seats. The show ends as strongly as it began, creating an immense galaxy of characters and motivations. The video quality of Farscape is…
How did “Get A Little Closer” move from initial thought to finished effort? I originally wrote “Get A Little Closer” the day before going to Nashville to meet with Dave Moody , the head owner of Lamon Records, for the tracks for the EP . I played the song for him and he immediately decided it would be one of the songs on the EP. The next day we booked…
/ 2013 Self / 10 Tracks / www.soraia.com/ http://soraia.bandcamp.com Love Like Voodoo is a track that immediately kicks things into high gear. The vocals laid down are reminiscent of The Runaways and The Distillers. There is a certain allure to this introduction that ensures that listeners will stick around with the band long after the track ceases. Like A Woman Would showcases the technical ability of Soraia. While the vocals…
The movie Syrup owes more than a little to David Fincher’s adaption of the book Fight Club. Like Fincher, Syrup director Aram Rappaport had to take a literary cult favorite – in this case Max Barry’s novel – and bring the story to another medium. Both books/films involve dark, cynical, plots that flirt with humor and romance and the characters in both are pretty difficult to root for. While,…
