Matthew Scott Hunter
Recent Stories (view all stories)
- Transporter 3
- Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008
- If you’re looking for effective over-the-top fight scenes, Transporter 3 won’t disappoint. Jason Statham is arguably the most charismatic current Hollywood action hero.
- Bonding with a Bud
- Getting my drink on at beer-embracing Galaxy Theatres
- Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008
- I begin looking through the offerings at the concession stand. For once, I’m not looking for Milk Duds or popcorn. I’m looking for beer.
- The spicy taste of Mexicotown, Egypt
- Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008
- It’s a testament to the power of alcohol that I’m able to stomach a standard lime margarita on my way out. But the lure of T&T’s adjoining frozen daiquiri bar, just outside the restaurant, is irresistible.
- The Secret Life of Bees
- Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008
- With a title like The Secret Life of Bees, I suppose bee metaphors are inevitable, so here we go.
- Worth the trek
- In the wake of Quark’s demise, Downstairs Bar now the final frontier
- Thursday, Oct. 16, 2008
- First Spock died. Then the Enterprise was destroyed. Then the Next Generation Enterprise was destroyed.
- Relax, Comrade
- Chilling out with vodka and Lenin’s head at Red Square
- Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008
- I’ve never known much about Russian culture. In college, our studies focused almost exclusively on Europe, so most of what I know about the former superpower was gleaned from the film The Hunt for Red October (and that Russian guy had a Scottish accent).
- Frozen River
- Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008
- There are few films quite as oppressively bleak as Frozen River. We follow a single mother, Ray (Leo), whose husband has just robbed her blind and taken off to indulge a gambling problem in Atlantic City.
- Clone pours
- Wine—and a little whining—at The Grape
- Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
- The Grape is a welcome addition to this corner of Town Square. It’s a place for good wine, good conversation and good gripes about how Anakin and Count Dooku shouldn’t have fought in The Clone Wars movie because in Episode III, they clearly indicated that they hadn’t seen each other since Episode II!… Of course, it’s entirely possible that we’ll be the only ones to make use of The Grape for that last purpose.
- Bottle Shock
- Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008
- There are few narrative formulas as crowd-pleasing and oft-used as the underdog story. Audiences have a timeless desire to see the snobby nobleman fall face-first in the mud while the salt-of-the-earth everyman soars to unlikely victory.
- Mic me
- Stripper Karaoke takes (it all) off
- Thursday, Aug. 21, 2008
- I’ve tagged along on karaoke nights before, but none quite like this. Sure, there’s the usual database of 70,000 songs (including a large Korean selection), and there’s the requisite private room with dual microphones, but between the couch and the screen that will inevitably broadcast the lyrics of Elvis Presley and The Righteous Brothers, there’s an elevated stage with a stripper pole.
Recent Blog Posts (view all entries)
- Anatomy of an indie: Momma's Man
- Saturday, June 21, 2008
- Awfully deliberate or deliberately awful?
- Monday, June 16, 2008
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