Archive for November 3rd, 2008
Titus Andronicus
On Halloween, the UC Irvine Drama Department showed how it celebrates the holiday. There was no candy or “monster mash” to be found, but blood was definitely present in the department’s Oct. 31 production of “Titus Andronicus.”
Heartwarming ‘Porno’ for Smith
You wouldn’t think a film with a title as blunt as “Zack and Miri Make a Porno” would be this season’s mushiest movie, but there is an undeniable charm sprinkled throughout Kevin Smith’s latest post-Jersey flick, somewhere between the anal sex and bubbles blown from below the belt.
Playstation 3 Goes ‘Big’
After countless beta teases and an aggravating world-wide delay, Media Molecule’s “LittleBigPlanet” is finally accessible for all gamers who own a Playstation 3, and it has been well worth the wait. This game is beyond phenomenal; it has so greatly exceeded expectations since its release last week that a sequel is already in the works.
Rock Music from Across the Pond
Reviews: Snow Patrol’s “A Hundred Million Suns”; Bloc Party’s “Intimacy.”
Not Once. Not Twice. But Thrice.
As its first album suggests, Thrice appears to have an “identity crisis,” bringing out the baboon and gorilla masks for its Halloween performance supporting Rise Against, the first of three nights at the Hollywood Palladium.
