When the Djeent scene exploded a few years back TesseracT were quickly pinpointed as MVPs. Their brand of progressive metal is more intelligent, and better crafted, than nearly anything on the market at the moment and their second album Altered State will be looking to expand upon their already lofty reputation. It features Ashe O’Hara on vocals for the first time and is also their first release to feature entirely clean vocals.
Weekly Playlist 28/10/2013
Here’s another playlist folks. Hope you enjoy.
Ender’s Game
Ender’s Game is an adaptation of the book of the same name, written by Orson Scott Card. The film has been directed by Gavin Hood (X-Men Origins: Wolverine) and has already faced criticism due to the controversial views of it’s original author. As a fan of both the book and as someone who is aware of his views I shall be reviewing the film without taking into account either of those factors, because it is obviously a completely separate piece of work. To get it out the way now though, I do prefer the book.
Captain Phillips
Captain Phillips is a biopic of merchant mariner Captain Richards Phillips who was kidnapped and held hostage by Somalian pirates back in 2009. It’s an adaptation of the book A Captain’s Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALs and Dangerous Days at Sea, which was written by the aforementioned Richard Phillips, and is directed by Paul Greengrass’s who is possibly most famous for his work on the original Bourne films.
Enough Said
James Gandolfini’s sudden death earlier this year was a tragic moment as the man, best known for his portrayal of Tony Soprano, appeared to bow out before ever really getting to make his mark on mainstream Hollywood. This has obviously led to his final performances receiving a lot more attention than they may have done otherwise and the first of his final two films comes in the shape of Enough Said, a romantic comedy written and directed by Nicole Holofcener.
Alice in Chains – The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here
It says a lot that the latest Alice in Chains release will not be getting compared to their classic material, but instead their latest release Black Gives Way to Blue. The seemingly impossible task of replacing Layne Staley has been done ably by William DuVall and The Devil Puts Dinosaurs Here has a lot of expectation resting on it’s shoulders.
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Bound for Glory review
So Bound for Glory is over and done with for another year. This obviously contains spoilers, so don’t click on it if you don’t want to know. Likewise, if you don’t like wrestling I wouldn’t waste your time as this is rather long and will be incredibly boring for you.
Weekly playlist 21/10/2013
Slightly late but all the better for it.
Le Weekend
Le Weekend is a romantic comedy directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill) and written by Hanif Kureishi making it the fourth collaboration between the two of them.
Bound for Glory predictions
So TNA‘s biggest PPV of the year takes place tonight and despite the build up being patchy at best it will hopefully be something that is actually worth tuning in for. So in anticipation of this I figured I’d give my predictions for the event. Feel free to insult me when they are all wrong.
Ramblings About Wrestling 