Stephenie Meyer’s fawned-over vampire soap opera Twilight may have been stealing all the press this Spring, but HBO’s True Blood is hands down the far more interesting vampire saga. The first season, told over 12 episodes, comes off like a cross between Twin Peaks and Six Feet Under (whose creator, Alan Ball, also happens to be the man behind True Blood).
Fanboys is just as much an homage to writer/director Kevin Smith as it is to Star Wars, the Holy Grail the characters are chasing throughout the movie. Set in 1998, the movie centers on a group of post-high school friends, still obsessed with Star Wars and working in a comic book store (kind of like every other character in a Smith movie). A friend is dying of cancer and likely…
Yawara! A Fashionable Judo Girl! was created by Noaki Urasawa, who was attached to Monster and Master Keaton. The show starts off with a young female named Yawara, who has been forced into learning judo through the exhortations of a grandfather that sees Yawara’s tremendous talent. Other characters, such as Yawara’s rival Sayaka and Yawara’s coach Shinnosuke, further pad out the cast. Beyond the humor that I present in the…
Melon is, I suppose, the hottest flavor this summer. We just reviewed the Smirnoff Melon Vodka a few days back, and we just received the Malibu Melon rum. Melon is a good flavor to lead off the summer, because it imparts a lighter flavor to any drink that the individual may make. The spirit may be a little on the light side in terms of alcohol content, but the taste…
Unless I am forgetting something, I believe that this is the first time that we here at NeuFutur have had the ability to go and feature a Blu-Ray edition of a show’s complete season. Where a number of the different series’ seasons have crept into the 5 and 6 DVD releases, the increased storage size of the Blu-Ray ensure that what viewers are left with is something much less unwieldy.…
Rounding out our Blu-Ray coverage for tonight would have to be a review of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. The film itself is adapted from a 1921 F. Scott Fitzgerald work, in which a baby boy is born with all of the hang-ups and problems presented typically to older individuals. As the years go on, the older looking Benjamin seems to grow physically younger. With all of the events…
Operation Valkyrie: The Stauffenberg Plot to Kill Hitler is a historical piece that looks to showcase information about the real life plot that was the influence for the 2008 hit Valkyrie. At over three hours (including bonus materials), it looks to go into the finest detail regarding every single aspect of the plot, plus a number of ancillary matters that were important for setting the stage for the plot (as…
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2, as people may expect, is a sequel to the similarly-named 2006 title, which itself had a rich heritage. The game itself is set in an alternate timeline in 1930s Japan, where the Taisho period (which ended in 1926) had maintained stability into the 1930s. Players assume the role of Raidou, whom along with eir cat Gouto pull double-duty as detectives and devil banishers. The…
Smirnoff is coming out with a number of different releases in the last few years that could be seen as shaking up the alcohol world. Their Tuscan Lemonade brought Limoncello drinks back, while their Melon interpretation of vodka really made a lighter flavor of that genus popular. Their Pomegranate one shares some similarities to the Melon one, but comes at the problem of providing a fulfilling spirit in a slightly…
The amount of different pieces that are present in an average issue of SLUG is just impressive. I know that we here at NeuFutur have given a number of different SLUG issues a review, but sometimes I just have to take a step and see exactly how much work has been done in the creation of an issue. The star power that is present in this issue is impressive, focusing…
Tinted Windows’ debut is getting here just in time. Every pop-punk/emo band that was too late to jump onto that bandwagon as it was heading out of town, is now calling itself a power pop band, despite not knowing their Cheap Trick from Their Raspberries. With Tinted Windows, there’s finally a stellar super group with the perfect pedigree (including a member of Cheap Trick) to remind the kids exactly what…
X-Men Origins: Wolverine is one of the biggest movies of 2009, and Activision is gambling that it will be one of the biggest games of this year as well. This title, of which we are reviewing the Xbox 360 version, is an action title that will keep players on the edges of their seats throughout the entirety of the game. The first thing that players will notice after popping in…
Canadian Mist was one of those spirits that I always saw on the shelves of different liquor stores, but I never had the chance to actually sample the Canadian Whisky for myself. We at NeuFutur headquarters got a bottle for review a few weeks back and came to the conclusion that it is an extraordinary value for its price point. What individuals will immediately notice when they open their bottles…
Peyton Place is another of those shows that we huge when it was originally aired, but has lost some of its perceived importance as the years have went by . The individuals that watched the show need no reassurances about Peyton Place, but for those that did not get a chance to see this mid-sixties show may wonder what it is all about. Peyton Place in its original format was…
Aiden always was that band that the younger set got into and the older set maligned. I believe that the 10 cuts on “Knives” are what Aiden precisely needed to really take their music to the next level, without compromising the sound that brought them fame in the first place. From the introductory strains of “Killing Machine”, what listeners will hear from the band is something that is more mature…
Table For Three is an interesting type of film, being a romantic comedy that does not tend to fall into the same traps that other films of the genre are apt to. This Anchor Bay release is one in which up and coming actors take a genre and stand it on its ear, giving future films a new blueprint which to work off of. This means that Brandon Routh (Superman…
While I always talked down ready-made cocktails, my experience with a number of them in the last year has opened my eyes, showing me that there can be a few cocktails that make for a solid night o drinking. They ensure that individuals are brought in slowly to inebriations, rather than filling a glass of vodka with a splash of Sprite and calling it a drink. The ready made cocktails…
Take out Kevin Bacon, the narrator, from the mix. Does New Orleans Animal Rescue still touch whomever watches it? The answer is yes; what Luke Heppener (director) does here is nothing short of ordinary. While it would be a slam dunk for any hack producer to show pictures of animals to tug on viewer’s heartstrings, Heppner is able to tell a story that goes beyond the animals that are saved…
“Fragile†is the first Candella track that I was turned on to, and what is immediately noticeable about the track is the energy that each member of the band brings to the track. While the instrumental intensity of Candella can never be questioned, the emotive vocals bridge the gap between emo and metal, making for a track that goes in countless directions, whether it be resembling Three Days Grace, Trapt,…
It has been a while since I had heard anything from Stacy Keach. In fact, the last time that I heard eir name mentioned, it was as the father in Titus. This role is very different in regards to that, and it showcases much more of Keach’s tremendous acting ability than the aforementioned show. The story revolves around Keach’s character, Joe Miller, and eir young charge, Ben Wilson (played by…