Hannibal Creator: Bryan Fuller Stars: Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Caroline Dhavernas, Laurence Fishburne Year Released: 2013 Rating: 4/5 Based on the characters and story created by Thomas Harris, Hannibal takes the viewer to a time before the good doctor was a known serial killer and consumer of human flesh, we see Hannibal Lecter as a …
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DriveSafe lenses by Carl Zeiss Vision
DriveSafe lenses by Carl Zeiss Rating: 4.5/5 I drive at night a lot, usually long periods on highways travelling between Phoenix and Southern California and then up to Northern California. The generally puts my total driving time for a long weekend around 2,000 miles, which I plan in such a way that almost all of …
Chappie
Chappie Director: Neill Blomkamp Stars: Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel Year Released: 2015 Rating: 4.0/5 Neill Blomkamp and Sharlto Copley do it right once again in their latest outing, Chappie. With Johannesburg, South Africa once again the setting of a near-future morality tale, we see a now familiar Joburg serving as the epicentre for a global …
American Sniper
American Sniper Director: Clint Eastwood Stars: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller Year Released: 2014 Rating: 3.0/5 Based on the autobiography of Chris Kyle, American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History, American Sniper is a war drama film by director Clint Eastwood and writer Jason Hall. Chief Petty Office Christopher Kyle …
Linkin Park- The Hunting Party
The Hunting Party Artist: Linkin Park Year Released: 2014 Rating: 4/5 With the release of Link Park’s sixth studio album, The Hunting Party, we (finally) see the departure of producer Rick Rubin and the re-emergence of the band that released the certified Diamond Hybrid Theory and four times Platinum Meteora. Heading up production on this …
Radiator Whiskey
Venue: Radiator Whiskey Location: Seattle, WA Rating: 4.5/5 Pike’s Place on a Friday night is a busy place, even in January. But Radiator Whiskey, located on the 3rd floor of a shopping plaza, keep your dining experience free of the chaos of tourists and local shoppers. In place of that pedestrian experience you are thrust …
The Big- I Pub & Lounge
Fairbanks is a college town. Fairbanks is a town with a military base close by. Guess which category of patron seems to frequent this bar? Yeah, the latter. Now, I was visiting Alaska, I don’t live there, but my opinion of “The Big I” was shared with four other people that I mentioned the experience …
La Bocca Urban Pizzeria
Mill Ave in Tempe is a popular place, close to ASU’s Tempe campus and within stumbling distance of a score of dorms. As such there are a lot of restaurants and even more bars, some of each are good places to spend some time but there is not a place on Mill Ave that manages to do …
Lux Central
You are driving around uptown Phoenix and looking for a place to grab some coffee, or maybe you are looking for a trendy place to grab a bite to eat, maybe you have some people in from out of town and you want them to experience a part of the PHX culinary community or let’s …