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What’s New In Music This Week
This Week: Kate Bush gives us
Fleet Foxes “The Shrine / An Argument”
A new clip for "The Shrine / An Argument" started making the rounds this morning. Directed and co-animated by Sean Pecknold, brother of frontman Robin Pecknold, it's a beautiful and dark eight minute epic. As recommended by the artist: watch in HD with headphones or speakers and full screen if you want the full experience.
New On Netflix: The Others
Nicole Kidman stars in Spanish director Alejandro Amenabar's melancholy supernatural fable.
Best of Netflix: Dysfunctional Thanksgivings
Thanksgiving is, in theory if not in practice, a time when families come together and celebrate the ties that bind. For some, however, those ties serve to keep one "captive, bound and double-chained," to quote ol' Jacob Marley (is it too early for Christmas?). Here are a few cinematic Thanksgiving celebrations that are more combative than "traditional."
The Descendants Movie Review
Alexander Payne's disappointing melodrama starring George Clooney is a top contender for this year's "Most Overrated" list.
New On Netflix: Blown Away
Tommy Lee Jones blows things up and Jeff Bridges tries to stop him in this nerve-shattering thriller featuring some of the worst Irish accents in the history of cinema.
New On Netflix: The Mothman Prophecies
Richard Gere mopes his way through this ludicrous supernatural mystery about a creature whose appearance serves as a prelude to impending disasters.
Spotlight: UK Youth
Let's talk blokes. Three emerging artists, young and from the UK: WU LYF, King Krule and MONEY.
Radiant Silvergun and Sonic Generations Review
SEGA makes an effort to return to form with one game making its long awaited debut on US soil, and an old school poster boy trying to regain his former glory.
Hudson “Against The Grain”
The new music video from emerging Melbourne artist Hudson sees him collaborate with film maker/animator/VJ Dropbear (aka Jonathan Chong), producing a vibrant clip based around a mainstay from our artistic efforts throughout childhood – colored pencils.
New On Netflix: Sea of Love
Al Pacino and Ellen Barkin have hot cathartic smoldering sex in this steamy, preposterous and completely irresistible thriller.
Dirty: One Word Can Change The World
This documentary traces ODB’s life from his childhood in Brooklyn to his eternal influence on music. Exclusive interviews with Wu-Tang members and family bring to light his struggles with addiction, time in a mental prison and his death just two days before his 36th birthday.
The History of Apple Pie “Mallory”
What starts off a jam session quickly turns into an epic food fight for The History Of Apple Pie. The London noise rockers are friends of Yuck - no surprise there.
New On Netflix: Insidious
James Wan's half-great haunted house yarn is a terrifically scary ride before the script completely self-destructs in the last act.
What’s New In Music This Week
This Week: Drake is back with superstar guests; Swedish electronic outfit Korallreven's debut; Pterodactyl is noisy and bright; 31 years of R.E.M.; A synth-phonic release from Tycho.
What’s New In Games This Week
Talk about the big guns: Halo, Assassin's Creed, Ultimately Marvel vs. Capcom, and more. This may in fact be the biggest week in 2011 as far as new game releases go!
Saints Row: The Third Game Review
Bank heists, sex dolls and machine gun toting luchadores - Saints Row: The Third stacks up to be a wild romp with a few extra surprises along the way.
New On Netflix: Hulk
Ang Lee's melancholy meditation on the big green monster with purple pants makes for a misunderstood but admirable comic book movie.
Best Of Netflix: Evil Children
Evil is somehow more evil when it's channeled by a minor. Here are some movies featuring some of cinema history's creepiest little moppets, available for immediate acts of juvenile delinquency on Netflix.
Melancholia Review
Lars Von Trier's apocalyptic sci-fi drama starring Kirsten Dunst and Charlotte Gainsbourg makes for one of the most fascinating movie experiences of the year.
Pictureplane “Black Nails”
The new one from Pictureplane. Shot in Russia, there's all kinds of religious iconography mixed in with live footage and, you know, black nails. From this year's Thee Physical.
New On Netflix: Backdraft
Kurt Russell and William Baldwin fight fires and each other in director Ron Howard's breathtaking special effects extravaganza.
Moon Duo “Horror Tour”
Working out issues with you partner can be difficult. Especially if one of you is a werewolf. The psych-rock side project of Ripley Johnson and Sanae Yamada from Wooden Shjips, Moon Duo just released the Horror Tour EP.
Sepalcure “Pencil Pimp”
Flaming teepees, masks and tennis courts - it's not at all clear what's going on in this clip. The nostalgic UK bass track doesn't sound like something from The States or the year 2011, but it's fantastic. The Brooklyn duo's self-titled debut comes out later this month.
New On Netflix: Ghosts of Mars
Natasha Henstridge, Jason Statham and Ice Cube battle nasty alien spirits in John Carpenter's lazy, uninspired sci-fi western.
Spotlight: Music Video Suburbia
There's something about those familiar asphalt driveways and picket fences that put us in a certain mindset—video directors know this well and push the button often. And it still works, even now as we've been swept back to suburbia too many times to count. Instead of calling trite!, we've compiled a few all-time favorites for your viewing pleasure.
New On Netflix: Aeon Flux
Charlize Theron manages to look completely ridiculous in an equally ridiculous piece of low-rent dystopian sci-fi nonsense.
The Dungeon Masters
Against the backdrop of crumbling middle-class America, follow three people who devote their lives to Dungeons and Dragons, re-imagining the tropes of classic heroic cinema, creating an intimate portrait of minor struggles and great triumphs.
New On Netflix: Tresspass
Director Walter Hill's brawny, exciting thriller features out-of-town firemen and local gangstas fighting over a stash of hidden gold in an abandoned warehouse.
What’s New In Games This Week
It's become quite the cliché, but this week seriously sees the long-awaited arrival of some of this year's hottest, most eagerly awaited titles.
