The Calvin and Hobbes live-action movie is coming out (in your imagination). This is our cast. What’s yours?
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The final two parts in a feature series examining the origins, detriments and solutions to the flight of children away from the comic book medium.
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It’s been three years since the release of YYYs’ sophomore album, Show Your Bones, and a full six since their mind-blowing premiere, Fever To Tell. Fortunately, Karen O, Nick Zinner and Brian Chase come prepared to answer their rabid following with It’s Blitz! — an album that mixes new and old without alienating even the most hardcore fans.
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Living Thing is about as far away from a lazy retread as any follow-up to a megahit record could be. Unfortunately, it’s so far out there that it doesn’t come close to engendering the kind of charm that made PB+J such a refreshing and enjoyable listen a couple of years back.
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The Hazards of Love is a 58-minute, literary waltz through alt-country, folk, prog and metal that should be accessible to just about everyone, despite a complete lack of standout singles.
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The RAA are poised to explode in 2009.
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Our Battle Beast of the Week series begins with the story of Pirate Lion, the most powerful and legendary Battle Beast of them all.
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The discerning eye that produced the designer’s documentary of choice, Helvetica, screened his new feature Objectified at SXSW last week. This time around, filmmaker Gary Hustwit has zoomed his lens out to capture designers as a group, or perhaps a separate species.
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Cowboy Bebop’s titles are arguably the most perfectly designed series of images and sounds in title sequence history. These 90 seconds don’t set a mood, they set the gold standard for title designers and directors. And they will for many years to come.
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