TV Review: Saturday Night Live 2006-2007

May 23, 2007  |  Posted by: Shane

SNLSaturday Night Live 2006-2007
NBC Saturday 11:30E/10:30C
1 3/4 stars1 3/4 stars

The 2006-2007 season of Saturday Night Live was one of change. Weekend Update anchor Tina Fey (along with Rachel Dratch) left the show to focus on 30 Rock while Horatio Sanz, Chris Parnell, and Finesse Mitchell were let go due to massive budget cuts.

This left a lean and mean cast of eleven, with Seth Meyers taking over the coveted Weekend Update co-anchor position. But the big question remained: could this small cast overcome these changes and succeed after a number of uneven seasons?

Before that’s answered, let’s take a quick look at each individual along with some other key aspects of SNL.
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Micro Videogame Review: Guitar Hero II (Xbox 360)

May 8, 2007  |  Posted by: Shane

Guitar Hero IIGuitar Hero II
Xbox 360
Red Octane
3 1/2 stars3 1/2 stars

Guitar Hero II is the sequel to the incredibly popular Guitar Hero. In this game, players wield a guitar-shaped peripheral as the primary controller. The gameplay is similar to other Harmonix music games, in that the player must play scrolling notes to complete a song. In the case of Guitar Hero, the player must use the guitar peripheral to play the scrolling notes the corresponding fret button on the guitar neck and simultaneously pressing the strum bar.

The Xbox 360 version of GHII features enhanced graphics over the PlayStation 2 version as well as an additional 10 songs over the standard 64 tunes.

Is Guitar Hero II worth your time?
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Micro Movie Review: Hot Fuzz

May 4, 2007  |  Posted by: Jared

Hot FuzzHot Fuzz
Rogue Pictures
3 stars3 stars

The team that brought you Shaun of the Dead, writer/actor Simon Pegg and writer/director Edgar Wright, returns with Hot Fuzz, another genre sendup that turns the Hollywood buddy-cop adventure on its ear. Hot Fuzz is the story of Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg), London police officer of superior skill. Angel’s policing ability is so far above that of his colleagues and superiors that they arrange for him to be promoted to sergeant and transferred to the sleepy, crime-free village of Sandford. Sergeant Angel is partnered with PC Danny Butterman (Nick Frost), a fan of overblown Hollywood action films, and the two investigate a suspicious string of accidental deaths.

Is Hot Fuzz worth your time?
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Micro Movie Review: Grindhouse

April 22, 2007  |  Posted by: Shane

GrindhouseGrindhouse
Dimension Films
2 1/4 stars2 1/4 stars

Grindhouse is a double feature consisting of two feature-length segments directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, bookended by trailers for “coming attractions”, advertisements, and in-theater announcements reminiscent of those typical in U.S. theaters in the 1970s.

Rodriguez’s feature is a gory flick called Planet Terror in which a poison gas is released into the air, turning local inhabitants into violent, zombie-like creatures. Tarantino’s contribution to the double feature is called, Death Proof. In this film, a crazy stuntman befriends young women only to lure them into his car and kill them. His plan would have gone perfectly if he only avoided targeting a group stunt women who were more than prepared for his deadly intents…

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