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HBO’s The Girl – Hitchcock Part 1

What sounds like a movie version of the Marlo Thomas TV series, That Girl, is a title lacking in distinction for the HBO British offering (distributed by the BBC) in advance of the Anthony Hopkins feature film, Hitchcock. And with attention focused on a multitude of iconic collectibles this autumn - the 6 CD Velvet Underground boxed set, books...

Narragansett Porter Makes Seasonal Return

The Famous Narragansett Beer announces the return of its winter craft brew, Narragansett Porter. A brand staple since the early 1900s, Porter has received a number of industry accolades, including a silver medal at the 2012 Great International Beer Competition following a bronze medal win the year prior, and a silver medal at the 2011 World Beer Championships. Narragansett Porter...

Anna Karenina In Select Theaters (Trailer)

The third collaboration of Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley with acclaimed director Joe Wright, following the award-winning boxoffice successes “Pride & Prejudice” and “Atonement,” is a bold, theatrical new vision of the epic story of love, adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s timeless novel by Academy Award winner Tom Stoppard (“Shakespeare in Love”). The story powerfully explores the capacity for love...

Nine Guy Formulas That Can Help You Run Your Daily Life

Math equations and formulas run our daily lives, whether we realize it or not. Subconsciously your brain is constantly at work producing algebraic ways of dealing with life's little and grand problems. You don’t know you’re doing it, your brain just does it. If you're a man, you're in constant indecision and need these formulas to balance every day tasks. Here...

Batman: Arkham City Wii U Trailer

Batman: Arkham City hits the Wii U a year after its release. What’s different about it? Well, some new controller gimmicks for one. Jonah Falcon is a blogger for TMRzoo and GameStooge.com and covers all gaming consoles and platforms including Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft XBOX 360, Nintendo Wii, Sony PSP and computer games designed for Mac OS, Microsoft Windows and...

Indie Game Chasing Aurora Launched On Wii U

Developer Broken Rules has released a new indie digital game Chasing Aurora for the launch of the Wii U. It’s a game for up to 5 players with asynchronous multiplayer using the Wii U GamePad. In addition, the single-player mode is a race against time, played on the Wii U GamePad. Chasing Aurora costs $14.99 in the Nintendo eShop, and...

Hostess Was Not a Snack Food. It Way a Way of Life

The death of Hostess is making me very reflective of my youth. I was fortunate enough to have grown-up down the block from a Hostess Outlet store. The store was located near Harcourt News where I would pick up the newspapers for my daily paper-route. The Twinkie is a delicious snack but chocolate addiction would always steer me...

The NYC Craft Beer Festival Announces New Date Due to Hurricane Sandy

BLB released a statement noting support for the new date this week following the moving of the Winter Harvest edition of the festival from Nov. 10 to Dec. 1 after Sandy forced the rescheduling of the popular beer festival. The NYC Craft Beer Festival was forced to postpone it's Winter Harvest following prolonged power outages and flood damage to many...

Guinness & Co. Releases Holiday Beer Guinness Generous Ale

Guinness & Co. is embracing its rich heritage and the philosophy of its founder, Arthur Guinness, this holiday season with the release of its newest offering, GUINNESS® Generous Ale. Inspired by Arthur Guinness' passion for full-flavored beers and his philanthropic legacy, Guinness Generous Ale was created to help legal drinking age consumers enjoy the true spirit of the holiday season. The...

Samuel Adams Unveils 10th Anniversary Batch Of Samuel Adams Utopias

Jim Koch, founder and brewer of Samuel Adams, today unveiled the tenth anniversary batch of Samuel Adams Utopias – the brewery's most renowned barrel-aged, extreme beer.  A unique blend of liquids, some aged nearly 20 years, Samuel Adams Utopiasconfirms for drinkers that many of the greatest things in life are best when perfected over time. In fact, a recent survey showed that...

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No, Seriously, Sexism in Video Games

In my last post, I made a point of ridiculing the notion that a lack of female protagonists means that developers are sexists. Essentially,...

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