Feature: Oscar Recap

By Aaron Jankowski

It was supposed to be so easy.

The Artist was going to sweep the big awards and the technical awards were going to be evenly spread out amongst a bunch of worthy candidates.

We made picks using our own insights, insights of other reviewers and general buzz around the Internet.

As all the celebrities arrived on the red carpet, and Tom Gunn commented on their dresses and suits, I sat back with my Tim Horton’s coffee and timbits, looking over my Oscar picks, and I felt confident. 

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Film Review: Underworld:Awakening (2012)

By Scott Jeffrey

Just when you thought that they couldn’t make another underworld film suddenly one more comes along. Not that this is a terrible thing it’s rarely ever horrible to see Kate Beckinsale in that outfit. But doesn’t deliver the same thrills as the other films? Let’s find out.

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Film Review: Attack The Block (2011)

By Scott Jeffrey

There are few alien invasion films that have the kind of charm that Attack the Block has. Its similar to Battle LA in terms of being thrust right into the action. But the characters and pure situational humor of aliens waging war on a South London neighbourhood make this an excellent film in every way that Battle LA was a terrible flop. 

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Album Review: Perfume Genius: Put Your Back N 2 It (2012)

By Scott Jeffrey

Perfume Genius is a Seattle chamber pop solo act from the mind of Mike Hadreas. His second release Put Your Back N 2 It, came out in just this past week and has been generating a fair amount of blogger buzz.

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Predictions: The 84th Academy Awards

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It is a beautiful day for some awards!

Here is how we at Speedrocket Entertainment see tonight going down! Can Aaron take revenge for his loss at the Grammys? Or will Scott reign as reviewer supreme? Stay tuned! Tonight, at 8pm!

Don’t miss all the red carpet action and make sure to follow @speedrocketENT for live Oscar tweets as well as all your Entertainment news.

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Film Review: The Adventures of Tin Tin (2011)

By Scott Jeffrey


CG graphics have come a long way in feature length animated films since the first Toy Story. We can really see how far we have come with technology in regards to CG when watching Steven Spielberg's, The Adventures of Tin Tin.

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Videogame Review: Brink (2011)

By Scott Jeffrey

Bethesda Softworks set out to make a whole new genre of objective based shooter with Brink. Though a lot of the thinking has been taken out of the shooter genre this game seems to grow quite stale and offer little more than a basic multiplayer assault match, with countless squads running to capture command posts and complete objectives before the clock runs out.

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Album Review: Grouplove: Never Trust a Happy Song (2011)

By Scott Jeffrey


In the past summer Grouplove put out a short EP that was so enchanting it seemed to make every car playlist that I created for road tripping.

I’ve finally got my hands on the full length from these American indie rockers and I like the other stuff they have to offer.

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Film Review: Chronicle (2012)

By Aaron Jankowski

Chronicle is the perfect bastard son of three of Hollywood’s flavors of the month right now: origin stories, superheroes and found footage style films.

This doesn’t mean it is a bad thing. Heck, I love a good superhero/origin story (See X-Men: First Class). Though, I am not a fan of found footage. Like all styles, it can be used effectively and creatively.

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Album Review: Bowerbirds: The Clearing (2012)

By Scott Jeffrey

Bowerbirds are back with a new album the clearing. You may remember Bowerbirds from their outstanding performance on Vincent moon’s Lablogotheque. The new album is a bit different from the older percussion driven sound of their past hit, In Our Talons. 

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Album Review: Ben Kweller: Go Fly A Kite (2012)

By Scott Jeffrey

I haven’t really listened to Ben Kweller since Sha Sha way back in 2000. The San Fran native has had a number of different singles and albums in between now and then. His latest, Go Fly A Kite is like listening to a completely different artist.

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Album Review: The Cranberries: Roses (2012)

By: Scott Jeffrey

Now it has been a while since the cranberries have produced some material, over ten years to be exact. But hooray they are back!

A lot has changed since 2001’s release Wake up and Smell the Coffee. But it seems like the Irish foursome have not fallen off the wagon one bit. 

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Album Review: Sleigh Bells: Reign Of Terror (2012)

By Scott Jeffrey

The follow up to the smash 2010 hit Treats. Alexis Krauss and Derek E Millar of Sleigh Bells are back with their new album, Reign Of Terror.

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Videogame Review: Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning (2012)

By Scott Jeffrey

Where did my time go? I picked up Kingdoms of Alamur: Reckoning sometime on Friday, It seems as though a time warp has occurred from now until this moment. From the installation of the game, I was quickly immersed into the 30 hr+ mainquest story line that would have me starting as a dead man and ending looking like a more badass Lord Sauron. 

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Feature: Grammy Recap

By Scott Jeffrey

So another year of the Grammys has gone and past. Where last year we were singing the praises of Lady Antebellum, this year’s awards were swept by Adele.

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Album Review: Dr. Dog: Be The Void (2012)

By: Scott Jeffrey

Dr. Dog might just be one of the longest running bands you have never heard of. Until now. These Pennsylvania,  psychedelic, indie, rockers have been at it since 1999 and have just now released their sixth album.

Their latest release Be The Void has more of their 60’s lo-fi jams packaged up in a modern studio with an indie rock twist.

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Film Review: Haywire (2011)

By Aaron Jankowski

Haywire is the beginning of something beautiful.

Though, it is a very rough, sometimes painful beginning to say the least. Haywire is most definitely the beginning of a promising new action hero career for Gina Carano.

Written by Lem Dobbs and directed by Steven Soderbergh, Haywire is an action movie in the vein of the Jason Bourne franchise. No, there is no memory loss involved (in spite of the audience’s presumable will to forget they paid for this.)

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Predictions: 2012 Grammy Awards

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Scott and Aaron have gone over a few of the Grammy categories and picked who they think will win, and in some cases, who they wish to win.

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Album Review: Mark Lanegan Band: Blues Funeral (2012)

By Scott Jeffrey

If you are a  fan of Queens of the Stone Age you have probably also heard of Mark Lanegan.

Lanegan was in fact, a member of QOTSA (Queens of the Stone Age) from 2000-2005. The Washington based punk/blues rocker has been collaborating and focusing on his own solo work while playing in Queens and after Lullabies To Paralyze, his last album with the band.

Blues Funeral, his latest full solo LP recorded with QOTSA member Alain Johannes, dropped just this past Tuesday. Here is a breakdown of what you can expect.


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