The King Is Dead. Long Live the King.

‘King of Pop’ Michael Jackson died today at the UCLA Medical Center after he was brought in by paramedics who found him not breathing at his home, according to various reports. Cardiac arrest is the supposed cause, although Jackson had been suffering from other ailments. I, like so many of you, grew up listening to [...]

Bangkok Dangerous

“My name’s Joe. This is what I do.” A hitman who’s in Bangkok to pull off a series of jobs falls for a local woman and bonds with his errand boy. I did not think I was going to get through this whole thing.  Cage’s career has been on a constant down spiral ever since [...]

The Lazarus Project

A former criminal is drawn into a criminal endeavor and subsequently finds himself living an inexplicable new life working at a psychiatric facility. Starring Paul Walker, Piper Perabo and Malcolm Goodwin.  Not a bad film.  (SPOILER ALERT) Could have been great if they added something supernatural; maybe not on the part of his captors, but [...]

Bottle Shock

The story of the early days of California wine making featuring the now infamous, blind Paris wine tasting of 1976 that has come to be known as “Judgment of Paris”. New on DVD, Bottle Shock definitely ranks up there with movies like A Good Year and Sideways in their ability to make you want to [...]

This Week @ The Movies: TRANSFORMERS ROTF

In what people (me and my friends) are calling the greatest movie ever made, Michael Bay returns viewers to the science fiction world where two factions of a robotic alien race battle over Earth’s hidden secrets and powers. Transformers: Revenge of The Fallen is not going to win any Oscars outside of best sound fx [...]

Tona ‘Fast Pace’ feat. Saukrates & T.R.A.C.K.S.

This Canadian MC from Toronto represents for the disenfranchized youth of the Chester Le housing community; a low income housing complex in Scarborough, Ontario. When he first got onto the rap scene it was in a rap group called YOUNG N.A.P.P.S., consisting of other local artists from his old neighbourhood. The name Tona came about [...]

This Week @ The Movies

A Las Vegas-set comedy centered around three groomsmen who lose their about-to-be-wed buddy during their drunken misadventures, then must retrace their steps in order to find him. The movie stars Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms, Zach Galifianakis, Mike Epps, Heather Graham, and Iron Mike Tyson. These comedies (Anchorman, Old School, Wedding Crashers, Superbad, I Love You [...]