Sound the hunting horn! with “Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate”
Patrick Finnigan, Staff writer
May 1, 2013
Capcom has been known to have made very questionable decisions in recent years. I mean, it doesn’t seem in the interest of the consumer to develop Megaman Legends 3 for the 3DS and then cancel it for no explainable reason. But let’s just forget for a moment that Capcom is slipping up on some of its... Read more »
Dognapping, gang violence in “Seven Psychopaths”
Max Shepherd, Staff Writer
February 27, 2013
Colin Farrell plays Marty, a struggling screenwriter trying to get the ball rolling on a script called “Seven Psychopaths”. Sam Rockwell is Farrell’s off-kilter best friend, Billy, who is in the dog kidnapping business with Hans, Christopher Walken. Hans and Billy kidnap dogs and then give them... Read more »
“The Avengers” hits the bullseye
Nick Sestanovich, A & E editor
May 14, 2012
Although “The Avengers” only opened last weekend, it feels like it’s been out much longer. It made a whopping $350 million over the course of two weekends, but there was a lot riding on the movie before it even came out. Marvel had been building it up for four years through five different... Read more »
From the bowels of Netflix: “Nyarko-San” is a Lovecraft throwback
Sam Zaghloul, Staff writer
May 9, 2012
Once again instead of reviewing something on Netflix like the name of the column would suggest, I’ve decided to talk about something I found on the internet so I could have an excuse to watch cartoons in class (shut up you would too if you could). So anyhow, here’s my first impression of this new... Read more »
Hot Diggity Dog hits a home run
Deborah Graham, Online editor
April 25, 2012
The gourmet hot dog business has found a new home in Cordelia. Thank God my car needed gas and I was curious about the line of people going into the building next to Subway. Hot Diggity Dog, which opened about two months ago, has two energetic owners, Toni Totten and her mother, Carol Murray. It seems... Read more »
“Distracted” is as funny as it is thought-provoking
Nick Sestanovich, A&E Editor
April 13, 2012
What does it mean to have Attention Deficit Disorder? How does that affect a society constantly plugged in to social networks and listening to their iPods? What is it like to be a parent of a child with such conditions? These and other questions are posed in Solano College Theatre’s production of “Distracted.”... Read more »
“Shank 2″ provides more action-packed fun
Larry Ragland, Staff Writer
April 4, 2012
A shank, in the context that we are using it, is a crude stabbing or cutting tool fashioned and equipped by some of our nation’s finest inmates. In “Shank 2″ you play a Rambo love child equipped with all manner of blunt, sharp and magazine fed weaponry. But as his namesake implies, he prefers... Read more »
From the Bowels of Netflix: “Fire and Ice” contains great animation but so-so story and characters
Sam Zaghloul, Staff Writer
April 4, 2012
Journey back to a time long forgotten in “Fire and Ice,” when noted fantasy illustrator Frank Frazetta and animator Ralph Bakshi decided to cash in on the recent trend of fantasy films following in the wake of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s run as Conan the Barbarian. This strange film is set... Read more »
“Once Upon a Time” continues to improve
Sharman Bruni, Editor-in-Chief
April 4, 2012
There is no genre I love more than fantasy, but one of the original reasons I chose to watch “Once Upon a Time” was that its creators (Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis) were writers on one of my favorite shows, “Lost.” The show immediately draws on “Lost” with the... Read more »
From the Bowels of Netflix: “Masked Rider: The First” provides top-notch action
Sam Zaghloul, Staff Writer
March 21, 2012
In the bowels of Netflix, I found a movie that is universal in its appeal: a Japanese movie released five years ago based on a television show from the ‘70s that was never released in the States, “Masked Rider: The First.” (Also called “Kamen Rider: The First”) It’s the timeless... Read more »
