Ryan Cunningham, bassist for The Waxines, gave us the honor of answering a few questions about himself and about the band for which he is currently known. Enjoy! When did
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Who are some of your favorite visual, literary or performance artists? I guess some of my favorite literary artists would be those that have inspired my writing. Most of my
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It was an oddly warm Black Friday here in Grand Rapids with temps almost reaching 60 degrees. The Pyramid Scheme was the setting for a night of Hip Hop as
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As the 2012 Oscars approach, now is the time to brush up on some of the bigger pictures for the award season. Director Terrence Malick is no stranger to the Oscars, being nominated for “The Thin Red Line” back in ’99. If you aren’t familiar with his line of work — let me give you the breakdown. Malick directs a movie every so often, large periods of time pass
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Okay. Um — wow. I’m having trouble on where to begin here. Okay, here we go. Let me catch everyone up who does not keep up with cinema news. Terrible movies are growing more and more popular ever since Tommy Wiseau’s opus “The Room” debut in 2003. “The Room” is widely known and considered to be the best “worst” movie ever made, with no plot, terrible acting and an
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One word. Wow — but since you want to read a review; I’ll write a little more. There’s a lot to say about Danny Boyle’s latest opus, I’ll do the best I can — but I recommend seeing it to do it justice. 127 Hours is the true life survival story of Aron Rolston, a free spirited man exploring the canyons of Utah. A series of events leads him
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We come to The Elephant Man. A movie that has not aged since it’s initial 1980 release; 31 years later and it’s legacy still lives on. David Lynch’s epic follow up to Eraserhead (1977) is a hypnotic, dark masterpiece that will live on as long as there are movies. Lynch tells the story of John Merrick (John Hurt), the elephant man. Who lives under the fearful hand of his
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Going deeper into Uwe Boll psyche brings upon dark and disturbing things, but too far into obscurity that it shies away from the mainstream. This brings us to Seed. Shot in 2007 and not released until 2008, Seed is one of the greatest (if not under appreciated horror films) of all time. But this film is far from anything you’ve ever seen and guarantee nothing quite like this will
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Uwe Boll has been called “the worst director of all time” and an online petition was started to get Uwe to stop making movies. Some say terrible, I say genius, but first let me give you some background info. Uwe Boll is a German born director who first came to America with his daring and controversial film Heart Of America (2002), after that is when things went down hill.
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This was a very difficult list to put together since there is so much to choose from and so much that will get left out. With the end of the year rapidly approaching — here is my list of the Top 10 Horror Films from the last ten years. Please save your hate mail, this is my opinion and nothing concrete. These are the films that stood out from
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