Probed: Signals
Interview
Part X-Files, part teen drama, Probed: Signals is totally awesome. Probed: Signals is a low budget sci-fi web series written by and starring Kevin Herrmann. While it’s not perfect it is very well executed and relies on the story rather than the dazzle of special effects that most low-budget student productions would attempt. The finale is premiering at the Phoenix Comicon next week, and Destructobot has an exclusive interview with Kevin.
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Love of Everything
Best In Tensions Review
Bobby Burg is back with another full-length’s worth of Love of Everything songs. With the recent addition of his wife, Elissa La Roche (a former illegal immigrant?), on drums, LoE is sounding more like a full band than ever. In addition to that addition, Best in Tensions is LoE’s most polished record to date. The lo-fi bedroom sound of his previous releases has served this project well, providing a sense of intimacy as well as a glimpse into Burg’s head. However, the studio sheen of Best in Tensions makes it seem as though Burg is done writing so many sad songs and now just wants to live life to the fullest, in this case by playing some upbeat and energetic tunes with his wife.
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Kick-Ass
Review
Kick-Ass is painful to watch at times. Mostly because the title character spends more time getting his ass kicked than living up to his name, as pointed out by Nic Cage in the trailers: “he should call himself Ass-Kick”. Kick-Ass, the pseudonym of Dave Lizewski (played well by Aaron Johnson), is stabbed in the stomach, hit by a car, pummeled, assaulted, hit with martial weapons, hit with a baseball, etc. for most of the movie. The real stars of the show are Big Daddy (played by Nicolas Cage with his signature weirdo charisma) and Hit Girl (played by Chloe Moretz with scene-stealing aplomb).
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