Despite a one season run of the TV show in 1979, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” is the first film adaptation of John Le Carre’s book of the same name. Set during the high-tension times of the Cold War, the film focuses on George Smiley, a retired spy who has just been summoned out of retirement in order to track down a Soviet agent who has infiltrated MI6 or the British Secret … [Read more...] about Spy movie trades bullets for words
Archives for January 2012
10 pleas for the final days
This is it, you guys. After years of rumors and speculation, 2012 has arrived, which means of course that the human race is in the midst of one big, triumphant victory lap. It’s hard to say whether the Mayans had any clue what they were talking about; especially since they didn’t have the wherewithal to foresee 175 years of Spanish Conquests that lead to their obliteration. … [Read more...] about 10 pleas for the final days
The Big Pink
English electro rock duo The Big Pink released their sophomore album “Future This” to the masses Jan. 16. Signing with the 4AD label in 2009 and releasing their first full-length album “A Brief History of Love” that same year, multi-instrumentalists Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell have followed up their first Brit-pop-esque album with more new wave beats and seemingly reprocessed … [Read more...] about The Big Pink
New year, new doomsday prophecies
On December 31, 1999, most people donned glittering “2000” glasses and danced among the streets while many others waited in storm cellars with a year’s worth of canned food and water for the end of the world that never came. Hundreds of followers of Harold Camping left jobs or possessions or poured money into the multimillion-dollar advertising campaign that predicted the end … [Read more...] about New year, new doomsday prophecies
Predicting the year ahead
2011 was quite a year–despite another economic dip, new waves in culture continue to rise to the mainstream, forming the zeitgeist of our time. Here is a look at some Over/Under predictions on various statistical hypotheses for this year Babies named after Colors — 50 OVER. Any culture junkie can predict that Jay-Z and Beyonce’s newborn, Blue Ivy (apart from sounding like an … [Read more...] about Predicting the year ahead
