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I'm an 18 year old aspiring film critic/music critic/pop culture writer in Louisville, Ky. I've been playing videogames my whole life, but recently became slightly more casual, as I put my dorky sensibilities to use watching/examining film. I've also recently discovered that I enjoy writing about music/movies/games, so you'll have to bear with me as I (hopefully) get used to blogging and gradually improve in writing quality material. Be my friend!

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2. Children of Men
3. Synecdoche, New York
4. Evil Dead 2
5. Grindhouse

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1. Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
2. The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
3. Orange Box (a copout, I know)
4. Super Smash Bros. (Brawl/Melee)
5. Mario Kart (DS version is my favorite, but they're all great)


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- Wolf Parade
- Animal Collective
- Matt & Kim
- Dinosaur Jr.
- Magnetic Fields
- Islands
- Nas
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Pop Culture Roundup (Week of August 16th) (NVGR)
Fyodor Douchetoevsky | 3:35 PM on 08.17.2009 3 comments


So first of all I've decided to write about what's going on in the world of pop culture on a weekly basis. This is rather ambitious of me, so please forgive me if I fail miserably. I have a few other blog ideas in the pipeline, so you can expect to see a little more of me in the future.

Anyway, the big thing this week, for me at least, is the release of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. For those of you who haven't heard yet, it's the story of a group of Jews during WWII who go Nazi hunting. There's also some of Tarantino showing off his fanboy side and allowing cinema to save the day, or at least play an integral role in saving the day. Trailer 1 Trailer 2
Also, this is a little old but I'm still super excited for it, there's a new Where the Wild Things Are trailer.
Next up: last weekends box office. The number one opener with $37 million was District 9 which looks to be really good and has been getting a lot of positive press. Finishing up the top three were G.I. Joe with $22 million and The Time Traveller's wife which raked in %19 Million. The big disappointment was Ponyo which came in at number 9 with $3.5 million, but you have to keep in mind it was released on fewer than one thousand screens.

In music news, Bob Dylan was picked up by police in New Jersey. He was apparently standing outside someone's house in the pouring rain and was picked up for suspicious activity. I find this story hilarious, if only because i'm imagining some insane person claiming to be Bob Dylan and telling the truth. Wacky stuff.
Radiohead officially released a new song titled These Are My Twisted Words. You can download it here or get the torrent here. This comes following the news of them announcing that they don't plan on releasing anymore albums for the time being.
Well, that's all I've got for now. I'll definitely be fine tuning this if I decide to keep it going at all, so suggestions for how to improve this would be much appreciated.



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Reveille's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/17/2009 17:00
Reveille
I went to check out District 9 on opening day and I thought it was terrific. I don't have enough film knowledge to proclaim it a "masterpiece" as I've heard some people calling it, but it has a great plot and an effective documentary style presentation in the beginning.
Elsa's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/17/2009 17:17
Elsa
District 9 is a "must see" for me... Inglourious Basterds is a wait and see... some of Tarantino's stuff I like... others not so much.
Electro Lemon's Avatar - Comment posted on 08/26/2009 22:43
Electro Lemon
I have to read Crime & Punishment for my AP English class. Fuck you.
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