Tag archive: Review

Hollywood has a tepid relationship with the truth. A lot of films “based on actual events” are released each year, but few of them deserve the title. Most of the time Hollywood is happy to capitalize on history, but it isn't as keen on recreating it with any semblance of accuracy. We expect dialogue to be somewhat dramatized, but there's little reason why Hollywood shouldn't be obligated to account for most of its… Read More

Insidious is as modern a horror movie as they come. Directed by James Wan (Saw, Death Sentence) and written by Leigh Whannell, the duo behind the original Saw, the film is the perfect progression into the outlandish places horror movies will begin going in the years to come. It's part Paranormal Activity, part Ring, and has the ridiculous rules of the Saw series. Oh, and it's absolutely full of shocker shots, which start out slow,… Read More

Behind its deceptively original looking packaging, Win Win is a somewhat predictable story about a boy in need of a family, and a family that is struggling but can’t turn him away. It is at times predictable, occasionally obvious and always entertaining. When you have the story of an alienated youth and a family, you can somewhat expect what will happen right from the start. The details will be different, but in the end, you know that it will… Read More

Activision Blizzard's Call of Duty franchise continues to shine at retail. Despite lukewarm reviews, Call of Duty: Black Ops had the best first-day sales of any video game, ever. The game posted sales of $360 million in North America and the U.K., beating out the previous champion, last year's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, by $50 million. At an average of $60 per copy, the game has sold somewhere between 5 and 6 million units. The… Read More

It isn't hard to get a phone for free from a wireless carrier, but it is hard to get a great phone for free, which is why this deal at Wirefly has caught our eye. If you activate a two-year Verizon Wireless contract through Wirefly, a free HTC Droid Incredible will be shipped to you for free. It normally retails for $199 with a plan. The offer is good for new and existing VZW customers. Unfortunately, there is a $35 activation fee, but no… Read More

I don’t typically begin a review by discussing my personal biases, but in this case I think it is important to frame the man-crush I have for NBA2K11. I have never been a fan of basketball video games, but I really, really wanted to be. I love basketball. I went to the University of Kansas, where basketball is a religion, and figures like James Naismith are legends that have streets named after them. I have played several basketball games… Read More

If you are hoping to see a vampire film about sparkly hipster vampires who are basically amazing people that  just happen to occasionally drink blood, Let Me In is not the film for you. While it might be going too far to call Let Me In a true horror story (it is more of a thriller with horror aspects – think Silence of the Lambs more than Saw) it is not a tale that glamorizes and mythologizes the vampire story – far from it. Let Me… Read More

Yelp’s growing reputation as the go-to site for local business reviews can turn a hole in the wall into a booming brunch joint overnight with good reviews. And turn things sour just as quickly. So goes the ebb and flow of dog-eat-dog capitalism – but now some companies are claiming that Yelp has abused its position of authority by tampering with reviews in exchange for ad dollars. Gregory Perrault, a veterinarian in Long Beach, Calif., says Yelp… Read More

Many people consider the iPhone the ultimate “smart” phone. Now Google wants you to think of its new Nexus One device as a “super” phone. The Nexus One offers a sleek handset, the latest version of Google Inc.'s easy-to-use Android operating software and compelling features such as voice recognition technology for speaking e-mails and tweets. Yet, it's not as super duper as it could be.

The first Touch Pro was a bit of a flop, but HTC’s new Touch Pro2 fixes many of the original’s shortcomings and improves upon the features we already liked. With a faster interface, bigger screen and the same top notch build quality we think the Touch Pro2 is one of the finest Windows Mobile phones around.

Quote from the review at Overclockersclub: “Today we're looking at a rather unique product, a product that you would not usually find on a hardware review site. The product we are looking at today is a cAntenna, and that's no spelling mistake. cAntenna obviously comes from the word, Antenna and a cAntenna is an Antenna made from a Can (Pringles chip can, soup can, or what have you) hence the name. cAntenna's are mainly… Read More