Archive for January, 2012
Payne delivers again with The Descendants
Sunday, January 29th, 2012The Descendants dir. Alexander Payne George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller Five out of Five Stars Alexander Payne’s new film is in much the same vein of his previous outings, beautifully-crafted character pieces that are only flawed in that their characters are also flawed. With films like About Schmidt, Sideways, and now The Descendants, he [...]
Shameless Cross-Promotion… and some news!
Saturday, January 28th, 2012Greetings all, In an effort to better spread myself out there I’ve re-opened my old account over at www.examiner.com. What does this mean for you? You can check out some old reviews I’ve written (which are linked below for your pleasure… errr… something, there’s gotta be a better word for that… convenience?). Also in the [...]
The Mysterious Case of Harriet Vanger (also starring a girl with a dragon-shaped tattoo)
Wednesday, January 18th, 2012The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo dir. David Fincher Daniel Craig, Rooney Mara, Christopher Plummer, Stellan Skarsgård 4 out of 5 Stars David Fincher’s last film, the near-masterpiece The Social Network (check out my review of it here), set a bar that sadly, this film fails to clear. The man is certainly capable of directing [...]
Sherlock Holmes and the Mystery of the Good Movie Gone Wrong
Monday, January 16th, 2012Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows dir. Guy Ritchie Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Jared Harris 3-1/2 out of 5 Stars After a fantastic outing in the original Sherlock Holmes, Robert Downey Jr. (Holmes) is back with his mostly-unwilling sidekick Dr. Watson (Law) in the sequel to the mostly strong first chapter (mostly, because, well… [...]
Congratulations to our Buy & Win Contest winner!
Saturday, January 7th, 2012We wish to thank all those that visited Alchemy at World of VASS during the holiday season of 2011. We especially thank everyone that purchased an item and were entered into our Buy & Win Contest. The entry was automatic for any purchase over $50. The prize was 5% of all the revenues of M [...]
Omaha Omaha Hut… now that we all know
Monday, January 2nd, 2012There are a lot of things that sports fans will put up with when it comes to sports color commentary. Sometimes you get to hear someone great, like John Madden, but most of the time just someone good. Occassionally you will have to endure horrendous color commentary, like how many U.S. commentators used basketball and [...]

