Inception (2010) Mini-Review
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Cobb is a master dream extractor. His job, for years, has been to steal innermost secrets, corporate or otherwise, by entering the target persons dreams. Cobb, unable to be with his kids, gets one final chance to return to them as the reward for doing inception, which — as opposed to extraction — means planting an [...]
Kent – En Plats I Solen (2010) Mini-Review
It’s been barely six months since their last album, and here we go again. Kent’s new album, “En Plats I Solen” (a spot in the sun), is absolutely awesome. The dansable electro-synth-trend that started with their 2007 Tillbaka till Samtiden album has subtly continued towards the sound of New Order and as a whole towards a [...]
Avatar (2009) Review
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The mystical planet of Pandora holds a very special type of iron ore so valuable that a permanent human settlement has been made just to extract the precious substance. As the mining operations delve deeper into the native lands of the local population, Jake Sully — a paralyzed space marine — is given a second [...]
Directory Opus 9.5 Mini-Review
GPSoftwares Directory Opus (or Dopus in slang) is a Windows Explorer replacement. It adds built-in FTP, advanced multi-file renaming capabilities, dual column customizable interfaces and a plethora of other features. I just purchased it at a 30% year-end discount, and I have to admit it’s the best bucks I’ve spent in a long time. Directory [...]
Kent – Röd (2009) Mini-Review
“Röd” (Red) is the newest (released today) album from Swedish rock-turned-electro-pop band Kent; a band arguably responsible making a masterpiece of every album. Red is no different. The sound is, if that was even possible, even more electronic, dansable and polished than their last album, Tillbaka til Samtiden. While hard to exactly label, it’s clear [...]
Redemption Ark (2002) Mini-Review
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Nevil Clavain has lived for four hundred years and he has seen his share of war. As the depth of a new threat awakened decades ago — The Inhibitors — becomes clear, Clavain is forced to reconsider his allegiances. Meanwhile, the mysterious Ilya Volyova has plans for her cache of self-aware doomsday weapons. Redemption Ark [...]
District 9 (2009) Mini-Review
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While a mysterious alien spacecraft is stranded above Johannesburg for two decades, its seemingly clueless inhabitants form a slum beneath it. As tensions mount in the human population of the city, an eviction plan is set in motion. As the government agent, Wikus Van De Merwe, enters District 9 to inform the alien inhabitants of [...]