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 that [...]
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 is [...]
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 [...]
GI Joe (2009) Mini-Review
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G.I. Joe is a military organisation with an excessive use of space-age gadgets that is called upon when the normal military fails. Which this time, happens when a case of metal-eating nanomite warheads is stolen by the evil Baroness.
The film is based on the Hasbro toys of the same name, and as such it features gadgets by [...]
Firefox 3.5 Mini-Review
Mozilla Firefox 3.5 is the latest version of the open source project originally spun off of the Netscape browser. Its latest incarnation features private surfing, better history handling, a number of web standards display features, speed improvements and a tweaked icon.
With 3.7 already on the way, Firefox 3.5 may prove to be a short-lived pleasure. But [...]
Alex Gomez – Love Sex & Drugs (2008) Mini-Review
Alex Gomez (who graciously sent me this CD for review) makes rusty electronic blues in the same vein as Bob Log III and with a pinch of Lenny Kravitz and even Robert Johnson. That makes it good, especially — I imagine — if you’re experiencing it live and with a glass of whiskey handy.
Yet, somehow [...]
Transformers 2 (2009) Mini-Review
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As a special team of military units and transforming alien Autobots hunt down remaining evil Decepticons on Earth, Sam Witwicky — now on his way to college — finds a shard of the robo-life-giving Allspark. As the consequences unfold, a new threat appears.
This is an incredibly stupid film. Not just fun-stupid, like Universal Soldier but [...]