Wead … (no, not weed)

Punch: 8
Taste: 9
Drinkability: 9 
Rating:  8.6/10
There is a place up in the Stouffville, ON-ish area called Applewood Farm Winery. It’s the only place in the area I know of that you can get authentic mead, you know, like the vikings drank. The beer store sells something they call mead, but it’s not at all what the [...]

I Am Legend

Script: 4
Cinematography: 7
Acting: 7
Special Effects: 8
Rating: 6.5/10
I went in to see this movie with higher expectations than I should have, so I suppose in a sense I deserved the disappointment that my $10 bought me.
I Am Legend is, of course, a remake/adaptation of The Omega Man (1971) and the novel I Am Legend by Richard [...]

The Mist

Warning: Spoilers
I suppose I’ll start with The Mist as it’s the most recent film that I’ve watched. If I had one word for this film, it might be “formulaic” – I mean the plot involves monsters from another dimension terrorizing a small American town. I won’t say too much about the ending other than that [...]

Beowulf (2007)

Read this review @ Helium.com
Script: 8
Cinematography: 8
Acting: 7
Special Effects: 10
Swing: 7
Rating: 8/10
Truly great stories never die, and when it comes to the English language the story of Beowulf is among the greatest and most enduring stories we have. In fact, Beowulf is arguably an English heritage equivalent to The Odyssey. It is tale of mythic [...]

Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom

Cory Doctorow has recently made a few waves in the blogging and podcasting world by generally being EVERYWHERE. So I decided that in addition to listening to him talk about copyright law and how ridiculous it has become, I would read one of his books. I picked Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom for [...]

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

readability: 9
plot: 8
characterization: 7
writing: 6
swing: 9
rating: 7.8
The latest, and apparently final installment of the saga of Harry Potter, that charming, angsty young wizard with a penchant for dangerous situations and heavy-handed irony, apparated with a resounding crack in bookstores this past weekend. Forgive me; that quip has probably been used by thousands of reviewers around the world.
The [...]