Moon, Starring Sam Rockwell and directed my relative newcomer Duncan Jones is probably one of the best science fiction movies I have ever seen. The movie takes plays on, as you may have already guessed, the moon. The earth on the brink of collapse due to the energy crisis looks to the heavens to find alternative energy, and they do so on the moon. A corporation sets up a mining center and send Sam Bell (Sam Rockwell) on a lonely three year contract to help with the operations. The movie picks up near the end of the three year stint, having only 2 weeks to go before he can go back home to see his family (his wife was pregnant when he left) and to have actual human contact. The operations on the facility are almost completely automated, only requiring one person (Sam) to oversee that everything runs smoothly. His only friend on base is GERTY, a computer which is there to aid Sam with pretty much everything, including cutting his hair. Having only two weeks left since start to become a little off. Sam starts seeing things, a woman sitting in his chair, the silhouette of a woman outside on the moon. After these encounters the movie takes a complete u-turn, and the rest of the movie builds up to explaining what's going on.

The pace of the movie is extremely slow, reminding me of the greatest space movie ever, 2001: A Space Odyssey, but it's a great way of conveying the loneliness that Sam is going through. The whole movie takes place on the moon, so naturally there really isn't any color in the movie except the smiley face on GERTY's screen, but it actually feels homely and worn in making you feel like you've been living there for three years with Sam. The music score is a simple melody played on the piano, but it sticks with you throughout the movie and long after it's over.

The best part of the movie is that it's so full of humanity, yet there's really only one person in the movie. Sam Rockwell portrays the entire gamut of human emotions in one hour and thirty minutes, and to me it's absolutely ridiculous that he wasn't nominated for any type of award, be it a Golden Globe or an Academy Award.

Moon does show some weakness at times, like having normal gravity and movement inside the living quarters yet outside everything moves slow like in lower gravity, and that somewhere towards the middle of the movie it does feel like it stretches out a little, but those are minor hiccups in an otherwise fantastic movie. I highly recommend it.

Mini DisplayPort to HDMI Adapter (female) Cable for Apple Mac

I have a 15" Macbook Pro and an Acer computer monitor with an HDMI input. I decided that I should get an HDMI adapter because in the future I could use it with a TV. SO I looked through Amazon and I found this cheap adapter, and I figured that if it didn't work I wouldn't be wasting to much money on it. But I've been using it for a couple of months now and it works beautifully with all the monitors and TVs I've connected it to. It just needs a standard HDMI cable to hook up.

Army of Two: The 40th Day

Two weeks ago I picked up this game to play exclusively in COOP mode with a buddie of mine. We've been playing almost every single COOP game there is since last year, and I must say this doesn't disappoint.

The game picks up some time after the the first Army of Two, where Rios and Salem are on a routine contract mission in Shanghai. Shortly there after a group seizes the city and you have to fight your way out.

The dynamics don't change much from the first game, you get the same intense action with another person against many enemies including super soldiers, and you HAVE to work in unison to survive. The Aggro Meter is back, allowing one person to fire on the enemy and letting the other person flank the troops without being noticed.

Where the game differs is on the weapon customization, which is much deeper than the first game. You can change every single aspect of each weapon, including the barrel, grip, scope, and color. Each has its own effect on the weapon; aggro, precision, handling and damage are all affected by different parts. These can be purchased at any time you're not in battle, using funds collected during the missions of the game.

Another element added to this game are morality choices. In every chapter presents a choice, something that will make you turn good or evil. It doesn't really effect gameplay, and honestly feels tacked-on to the game.

Overall if you loved the first Army of Two this is a definite buy. Over the top COOP, great customization and nicely integrated multiplayer ensures that you'll be playing this game for some time.

Wolfmother - Cosmic Egg

Those of you who love the 60's and 70's hard rock and have never heard of Wolfmother, please do humanity a favor and throw yourself in front of a bus...

For their second album Cosmic Egg half the lineup changed with new bassist Ian Peres and Aiden Nemeth on guitar. Many people were hesitant and even skeptical about the new production, but they most definitely hit the nail on the head. All the songs have their own type of flare yet you can move from track to track and feel that they're interconnected. The disc starts off with a bang with California Queen, which goes from fast paced to slow and distorted to fast paced again (which is symbolic of the whole disc). Where the disc shines is in the slower, ballad type songs. In the Morning, Far Away, and Caroline are absolute get-your-lighter-out-and-rock-it-back-and-forth classics of which I can put in an infinite loop and never get tired. White Feather and Eyes Open look like they were taken straight out of a Zep album (which is nothing to be ashamed of, the more the merrier). Sundial and 10,000 Feet are in-your-face illegitimate children of AC/DC and Black Sabbath.

Rock fans rejoice, as long as these guys are alive the genre will live on...

1. California Queen
2. New Moon Rising
3. White Feather
4. Sundial
5. In the Morning
6. 10,000 feet
7. Cosmic Egg
8. Far Away
9. Cosmonaut
10. Pilgrim
11. Eyes Open
12. Back Around
13. In the Castle
14. Caroline
15. Pheonix
16. Violence of the Sun

Dexter

I've been curious about the hit Showtime series Dexter. Two or three weeks ago I saw the season 4 finally was coming up and a couple of buddies were extremely psyched about it. Today I was bored (more than normal) so I decided to look up the season on the internet. I searched for like an hour and after some frustration I asked one of my friends who I know is a super fan to tell me where he saw the seasons and he pointed me to watchdexteronline.net. Holy crap I've been only able to see 4 episodes but I am HOOKED!!!! One of the best shows I have ever seen, I'd say right up there with House (he's my role model and personal god). If you haven't seen the show you should definitely pick it up. If you've seen House it's pretty similar, a smarter and larger-than-life person trying to fit into society. Where House saves lives, Dexter takes them. Their biggest similarity is that they both love the puzzle no matter the cost. Dexter is a genius serial killer who only kills people who deserve it all the while working for the police as a forensic blood-splatter expert. I don't want to get into too many details and spoil the fun but this is a definite pick up for any police-crime-horror-puzzle-dark-comedy fan.

NOTE: the site I posted presents the videos from megavideo.com, so after some time (ranging from 45 to 70 min) the player will cease to function and obligate you to wait for about an hour. You have been WARNED.....