Brief Movie Reviews: 'Dreamscape' (1984)

Movie: Dreamscape (1984)
Director: Joseph Ruben
Rating: 3.8/5 Stars ***'
Definitely an 80's era sci-fi film, and personally I found this film more interesting than its fancy effects/over complicated, grand-child-film Inception. Dennis Quaid's character, who has some telepathic and psychic abilities, is reluctantly recruited by a covert government experiment on dreaming, and trained to enter other people's dreams via use of special lab equipment. After a few benign dream tests Quaid discovers that there is more to the experiment than any of them had bargained for. Check this one out, it is a classic.

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Your Daily Feature: 'Cold Dust Girl' by Hey Champ (2010)

Today's feature song is Cold Dust Girl by Chicago-based indie-electro band Hey Champ. Hey Champ have been active in music circa 2004 and consists of members Saam Hagshenas (Vocals and Guitar), Jonathan Marks (Drums), and Pete Dougherty (Synths). Cold Dust Girl comes off of their debut album Star, which was released in July of 2010. If you like the song then you can visit their website HERE for more music and info.

A Brief Movie Review: 'The Thing'

Movie: The Thing (1982)

Director: John Carpenter

Rating: 3.4/5 Stars ***'

This is the 1982 John Carpenter version, and I just noticed they've remade it again for 2011. I haven't seen the old-old one or the new one, but this one was pretty good as far as 1980's slimy-alien-sci-fi flicks go. I have been getting into John Carpenter movies a bit lately so you may see a few more reviews coming up for them. There's always more coming.

Your Daily Feature: 'Midnight City' by M83 (2011)

Today's feature song is Midnight City by French dream-pop/shoe-gazing artist M83. M83 (named after the spiral galaxy, Messier 83) is French musician Anthony Gonzalez who has been active on the scene since around 2001 and is based out of Antibes, France. Midnight City is a single release off of M83's upcoming Hurry Up, We're Dreaming album, which is set for an October 18th, 2011 release, so definitely look forward to that. If you like what you hear go to the website HERE and if you do it soon you can get a free mp3 download of this there!

A Brief Movie Review: 'One Crazy Summer' (1986)

Movie: One Crazy Summer (1986)

Director: Savage Steve Holland

Rating: 2/5 Stars **

One Crazy Summer is a classic 80's comedy that falls in line with other goof-ball/jock vs. nerd comedies like Revenge of the Nerds, Caddyshack, and Police Academy. So if you dig those movies you will definitely like this one, as it has all of the same awkwardly acted scenes and humor. I wonder what Demi Moore and John Cusack think now when and if they watch this movie nowadays?

Your Daily Song: 'Dig a Little Deeper' by Peter Bjorn and John (2011)

Today's feature song goes to Swedish indie-rock group Peter, Bjorn, and John and their song Dig a Little Deeper.  Peter, Bjorn, and John  have been active on the rock-music scene since 1999, they are based out  of Stockholm, Sweden, and consist of members Peter Morén (vocals,  guitar and harmonica), Björn Yttling (bass guitar, keyboards and vocals)  and John Eriksson (drums, percussion and vocals). Dig a Little Deeper comes off of their new album titled Gimme Some, which was just released on March 28th, 2011 and which has in my opinion been extremely under-rated by all the music critics. If you like what you hear then head over to their website HERE for more music and band info, Enjoy!

Your Daily Song: 'Go Ahead' by The Rosebuds (2011)

Your daily feature song for today goes to American indie-rock band The Rosebuds, and their song Go Ahead. The Rosebuds are and indie-rock/dance/folk band from Raleigh, North Carolina who have been active in music since 2001 and consists of duo Ivan Howard (vocals/guitar/ drums/ bass/keyboards/programming) and Kelly Crisp (vocals/keyboard/drums/guitar/accordion). Go Ahead is a single from their Loud Planes Fly Low LP, which was just released on June 14th, 2011. If you like what you hear you can head over to their website HERE for more music and band info.

Brief Movie Review for 'Return of the Secaucus Seven (1979)

Movie: Return of the Secaucus Seven (1979)

Director: John Sayles

Rating 4.5/5 Stars ****'

Well done for a low budget movie, and this was apparently director John Sayles's first movie! This movie is all about the dialogue and character interactions, so don't expect too much action or cinematography or anything of that nature. Apparently the 1983 movie The Big Chill was almost completely based off of this one, so if you liked it you will probably like the original.

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Your Daily Feature: 'Death As a Fetish' by Starfucker (2011)

Today's daily feature song is Death As a Fetish, by American indie-pop group Starfucker. Starfucker originate out of Portland, Oregon USA and consists of members Josh Hodges, Ryan Biornstad, Shawn Glassford, and Keil Corcoran. Death As a Fetish is a single release off of their 2nd studio album titled Reptilians, which was just released in March of 2011. If you like what you hear you can visit the band's MySpace page HERE, or you can head over to their Facebook page HERE.

Your Daily Feature: 'Sister Wife' by Alex Winston (2011)

Today's feature song is Sister Wife by American indie-pop-rock artist Alex Winston. Alexandra Winston is 23-year old singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Sister Wife is a single-release/title track off of her 2nd EP Sister Wife, which was released out in April 2011. If you like what you hear you can head over to her MySpace page HERE, or her official website HERE. On another note I hope that you all like the new blog-name, I was getting a bit tired of the old one and felt it needed an upgrade of sorts.

A Brief Movie Review: 'Watchers' (1988)

Movie: Watchers (1988)

Director: Jon Hess

Rating: 3.5/5 Stars ***'

This movie was actually a lot better than I thought it would be all things considered. A teenaged Corey Haim comes across a lost dog who turns out to be a grim reaper of sorts as the dog is telepathically linked to a genetic mutant killing machine made by the US military to replace soldiers. The only problem is that this franken-squatch has escaped the lab to terrorize a nearby town in search of the dog. Check this one out if your looking for some cheap and easy entertainment, its on netflix too.