Dripping Saison Brewery: Half Acre (Chicago, Illinois) Style: Saison/Farmhouse Ale ABV: 5.7%
A rare midweek release, Half Acre‘s newest beer is the first of two back-to-back Saison offerings. Dripping Saison, as this one is titled, could not have come at a better time. Chicago is getting ready for another major heat wave, one that should be upon us starting tomorrow. Dripping Saison is a perfect summer beer, especially for the hot and humid city days.
The guys at Half Acre usually only maintain one house strain of ale yeast, but recently they got their hands on a new Saison yeast. Hence, the forthcoming focus on these farmhouse ales. It’s great to see the brewery continue to work with new styles, as I don’t remember them brewing any Saisons in the past.
Dripping Saison is a smooth, smooth brew. It has a nice hazy yellow color to it with a brief lacing of head. Its taste brings out immediate notes of bananas with hints of citrus fruits pushing their way in. There is also a bit of tartness that lingers on the tongue. It tastes similar to other Saisons, but its fruity notes make it stand out.
I like this Saison quite a bit. It’s sweet but not overly so, and it goes down real easy. This is a great first effort for the summer, and I can’t wait to see what their upcoming Saison collaboration with Short’s Brewery brings us. Chicago area residents should not hesitate to stop by — Dripping Saison is only available for growler fills, and there’s no telling how long it will last.
ESPN 30 for 30: Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks [2010] Director: Dan Klores Genre: Documentary/Sports Language: English Country: USA
A couple of weeks ago Amazon had an awesome Father’s Day sale going on for the ESPN Films 30 for 30 Limited Edition Collector Set. Basically the set was on sale for 1/3 of the regular price, and it included all 30 documentaries as well as a vintage ESPN hat. It was a hell of a deal, and I couldn’t help but treat myself to it.
If you are unfamiliar with the series, 30 for 30 is a collection of 30 documentaries that aired on ESPN and its sister networks from 2009 to 2010. Sportswriter Bill Simmons came up with the idea to have a wide variety of filmmakers reflect on the sports stories/events/people that mattered to them, and had them create an hour long documentary about them. There are some pretty big names attached to the project, including Spike Jonze, NBA star Steve Nash and Steve James (“Hoop Dreams“), and the various films cover a number of different sports.
The first feature I decided to watch was Dan Klores’ “Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks”, partly because I had heard nothing but good things about it, and also because I grew up watching 1990s NBA basketball. I remember the epic rivalries back then, including the Pacers vs. the Knicks. This is a rivalry that heated up and kicked into high gear during the two years Michael Jordan was on hiatus playing baseball. Without the Bulls dominating the league, there was a huge opportunity open for another team to take their place. Both Indiana and New York felt they could be the best, and they met in the playoffs both years.
While the documentary is entirely about the rivalry, it focuses heavily on Reggie Miller and the memorable moments involving him in their battles. These are truly classic moments from 90s basketball:
1) John Starks’ infamous headbutt and Miller’s dramatic overselling of it. Miller is a notorious trash talker and it grew to be too much for his New York arch rival, who attacked Reggie and got himself kicked out of the game. Looking back at the footage, it looked like teammates Charles Oakley and Patrick Ewing were going to beat the shit out of Starks, and that’s a scary sight.
2) Game 5 of the 1994 Eastern Conference Finals. Diehard Knicks fan Spike Lee was sitting courtside and kept antagonizing Reggie as the Knicks were in control of the game. All of a sudden, something clicked with Miller and he went nuts and started draining shot after shot, eventually ending the game with 39 points (24 in the 4th quarter) and leading the Pacers to victory. Spike Lee was immediately chosen as the scapegoat for his team’s loss.
3) Game 1 of the 1995 Eastern Conference Finals. One of the most incredible feats ever accomplished in NBA history. The Pacers were down by six points with 18.7 seconds left. Miller hits a 3, steals the inbound pass, dribbles back and hits another 3, then seals the game with two free throws. Eight points in nine seconds. It’s remarkable to see this, even to this day.
The documentary touches on all three of these classic moments, and includes some awesome rare footage including a lot of the trash talk between Miller and Lee. There are also details of other elements of the rivalry including the whole “Hicks vs. Knicks” region battle, and issues with racism. Klores really does a great job piecing everything together and getting input from all of those involved, even getting soundbites from Patrick Ewing and John Starks about their devastating last-second shot misses.
You don’t have to be a Knicks or Pacers fan to enjoy Winning Time. NBA fans will get the most out of this, but even non-fans can appreciate the story behind this rivalry. Hell, my girlfriend who can’t stand professional basketball even got a kick out of the little bit she saw. Winning Time is an excellent documentary that had me feeling nostalgic for the days of my youth. I can only hope that all of the 30 for 30 documentaries are even half this good.
For the first selection in my “50 Movies” project, I opted for Jean-Luc Godard’s 1960 French New Wave classic, Breathless. I had never seen a Godard film despite hearing a lot of great things about his work. Breathless is his first full-length feature.
The movie is about a young thief named Michel (Jean-Paul Belmondo), a guy who acts tougher than he is and aspires to be as cool as his idol, Humphrey Bogart. After stealing a car and then murdering a policeman out in the country, Michel goes on the run and tries to get his American on-and-off girlfriend Patricia (Jean Seberg) to flee with him to Rome. He doesn’t seem to be in too much of a hurry, however, since he finds time to charm Patricia and lounge around in her apartment. The cops are onto him, but he is more interested in getting laid than anything else. It’s pretty amazing that he is so lackadaisical about, you know, being on the run from the police, but he acts as if there isn’t a care in the world.
Really, not a lot happens in Breathless. This is a film that relies heavily on its dialogue — of which is immensely quotable — and its revolutionary filmmaking techniques. Godard’s usage of jump cuts in this movie is very well documented, and it really works wonders here. These jump cuts keep the film moving at a brisk pace, and fit in effortlessly with the stylish flair from the era. While perhaps not as jarring today, this was a relatively new technique at the time and made some serious waves in the filmmaking world. I also loved how Godard shot the movie on the streets of Paris with many of its citizens unknowingly being used as extras. There are some truly stunning views of the city, and it is a great snapshot of its beauty during that time.
I was impressed with both Belmondo and Seberg’s performances. Belmondo’s character, Michel, is initially grating since he generally acts like a douche bag with his nonstop attempts to get laid. As the movie progresses, I couldn’t help but to ease up on my view of him, however, and he became, dare I say, likeable by the time the end rolled around. That is a testament to Belmondo’s efforts more than anything. Seberg, on the other hand, is stunning. Her character, Patricia, is quick-witted and hard to read, and she has a mysterious aura surrounding her. She seems to be a strong woman, an American living in Paris who has learned the French language (albeit while still struggling with some slang terms). Her relationship with Michel is intriguing, enough so that a 25-minute-long sequence with the two of them just sitting alone in her apartment is never boring.
While some may dismiss Breathless for its meandering plot, this is still a film classic that is accessible for even non-movie buffs. As one of the most influential movies ever made, it is still remarkable that it feels just as “fresh” today as it did back then. I don’t believe I have any other Godard films on my list, which is a shame because now I would like to dig more into his filmography.
Robert the Bruce Brewery: Three Floyds Brewing [Munster, Indiana, USA] Style: Scottish Ale ABV: 7.0%
Three Floyds Brewing is another Midwestern brewery that has been getting a lot of love in recent years. Robert the Bruce is one of their five year-round beers, and it is one of my personal favorites from them. This is a bold Scottish Ale with a lot of flavor.
Robert the Bruce is a dark brown beer, a little darker than you might expect. It offers very little head when poured into a glass, and it has a nice creamy texture. The beer has a good, strong taste. A little sweet with small hints of hops, with caramel being the most noticeable trait here. It’s a thick beer, but eminently drinkable.
This is a brew that will linger around after drinking, and it delivers a nice little kick at 7% ABV. When it comes to Midwestern Scottish Ales, I still prefer Founder’s Dirty Bastard, but Robert the Bruce is a damn good option just the same. If you’re a fan of this style of beer, you really ought to give it a try.
Rabbit Hole [2010] Director: John Cameron Mitchell Genre: Drama Language: English Country: USA
Feeling down in the dumps? Then you may want to steer clear of Rabbit Hole, an extremely depressing film that follows the lives of a grieving couple eight months after their 4-year-old son was tragically killed. The parents, Becca and Howie (played by Nicole Kidman and Aaron Eckhart), are desperately trying to get their lives back on track. They try going to support groups, but Becca has issues with how other couples turn to religion for healing. They entertain thoughts of selling the house, getting rid of their child’s belongings and thinking of everything they can to distance themselves from the situation. Nothing seems to work.
It doesn’t help that there are signs of their child everywhere. Becca’s sister (Tammy Blanchard) announces that she’s pregnant, which brings out natural feelings of jealousy. The family’s dog brings back memories; after all, it was this dog that their son was chasing after when he was tragically hit by a car. Even seeing mothers with their children in a grocery store raises signs of grief in Becca. She is considerably worse off than Howie, who deals with his issues in more subdued ways.
As you can expect, this is all pretty brutal stuff. Watching the parents fight with each other while trying to obtain some resemblance of the life they used to have can be really hard to watch. This is because of incredibly powerful performances from Kidman and Eckhart, who together have fantastic chemistry. Their roles in Rabbit Hole rank among their career best, and they take a seemingly basic plot and push it to another level. The movie seems like something that has been seen and heard before, but it rises a step above others thanks to its magnificent acting.
Thankfully, director John Cameron Mitchell found a way to squeeze in some bits of humor to try to occasionally lighten the mood. One scene in particular had me busting up when Howie and an acquaintance (Sandra Oh) at the support group enter the meeting while stoned out of their minds. These moments of laughter are few and far in between, but they are very welcome when they appear.
Rabbit Hole requires one to be in the right mood upon watching, and tissues should definitely be on hand while doing so. This is a movie that is oftentimes uncomfortable, but it is a very well told story aided by great performances. It’s a shame that this slipped under the radar last year, as it is one of the better 2010 releases I have seen.
Singularity System: Xbox 360 Publisher: Activision Developer: Raven Software Release Date: June 29, 2010
Take a large heaping of Bioshock and sprinkle in elements of Half-Life and F.E.A.R. and you have a pretty good idea of what Singularity is all about. A much overlooked first person shooter, Raven Software’s Singularity is something that I would have known nothing about if a friend of mine had not brought up his love for the game. While its influences are readily noticeable, Singularity is able to mold them all together into its own unique adventure.
The game takes place on Katorga-12, a fictional Russian island that served as the breeding grounds for a bizarre experimentation during the Cold War. You play as Nathan Renko, a soldier sent to the island to investigate a recent mysterious blast that damaged an American spy satellite. After a rude helicopter landing, Renko discovers that things are very, very wrong there, and he begins slipping through time between the years 1955 and 2010. It turns out that the Russians were messing around with the powerful Element 99, with their master plan being world domination. As is expected with any good-natured protagonist, Renko sets out to end all of this madness.
While the story isn’t going to win any awards for creativity, it is deep enough to maintain interest, and the frequent jumps from past to present day keep things fresh. In order to actually do the time traveling, Renko is equipped with the TMD (Time Manipulation Device), a badass weapon that is the game’s major selling point. Not only can the TMD propel Renko through time, but it can also turn enemies to dust — a very handy trick, no doubt. The TMD allows Nate to have objects sent to him (a la Half-Life 2′s Gravity Gun) and it can send massive pulses of energy that maim enemies. When I say “maim”, I mean it. There are some pretty gruesome deaths in this game, and shooting enemies can lead to limbs flying everywhere. Outside of the impressive TMD, there are standard weapons available, including assault rifles and rocket launchers, as well as an awesome Seeker rifle that lets you control its bullets in slow motion. Needless to say, there are a lot of cool toys available.
The sheer amount of weapon choices makes combat a blast. There’s nothing like shooting an enemy with the TMD, then quickly reverting it into a mutant which in turn starts attacking anything around it (i.e. the bad guys). There are two main types of enemies to slaughter: evil Russian soldiers from 1955 and then their disgusting mutated counterparts from 2010. A handful of exciting boss battles and some clever puzzles also keep things rolling throughout the roughly ten hour single player campaign.
Singularity has the added bonus of a surprisingly great online multiplayer mode. Drawing heavily from Left 4 Dead (in the form of humans vs. mutants), the multiplayer allows you to choose the type of character you want to be, as well as their special abilities. I wasn’t expecting much from the online portion, but I quickly got sucked into the experience. Unfortunately, the game itself wasn’t a big seller and therefore the online community is fairly small one year later. If you can get a good game going, however, it’s a lot of fun.
The overall game isn’t without its faults. There are some annoying moments (most of which involve Phase Ticks, equivalent to Gears of War’s ticker enemies), and it can take a little while to learn all of the TMD controls. There are also some laughably Russian accents used by the handful of recurring characters. Still, these are all minor blips on what is a surprisingly engaging experience.
Singularity doesn’t really try anything new, but as a compilation of excellent aspects from various other games, it certainly succeeds. This is a bargain bin title these days, and it is a steal at $20 or less. It’s a shame that this wasn’t the big seller Activision was hoping it would be, because this is one of the most interesting first person shooters to come out in recent years.
A few months ago there was a meme making its way around the film blogging circle titled My Cinematic Alphabet. The concept was simple: select your favorite movie for every letter of the alphabet. While I am still working on my own cinematic alphabet, I thought it would be fun to do a video game version. Such a simple exercise brought back some great memories, much like my list of video games I just can’t quit. This is a collection of some of my favorite games, both old and new. If you’re interested at all, I would love to see the lists of others. Let me know if you make your own edition!
Somewhere [2010] Director: Sofia Coppola Genre: Drama Language: English/Italian Country: USA
Somewhere opens with a shot of a black Ferrari aimlessly driving around in circles in an open area. This goes on for a few minutes, after which popular actor Johnny Marco (Stephen Dorff) steps out and gazes into the horizon. End scene. This minimalistic shot sets the stage for the rest of the movie, one that most either seem to love or hate, with very few settling somewhere in between.
Johnny Marco is an apathetic actor who shows little emotion to what surrounds his life. Twin strippers, hotel parties, movie press conferences — he seems disillusioned by it all. As he inches through his life, his 11-year-old daughter Cleo (Elle Fanning) is left to live with him for an undetermined amount of time by his ex-wife. This brings a sense of change to Johnny’s life, and now he has no choice but to begin to show some signs of responsibility.
Not a lot happens in Somewhere. The movie focuses on Johnny’s life outside of the movies and it shows the strain of his relationship with his daughter, but there are no major events that take place. We are merely taken in on a period of this movie star’s life, one who is marred with some sort of depression. Director Sofia Coppola lets the film crawl along, often invoking the use of extended scenes, many of which will leave some people scratching their heads in bewilderment. Occasional quirks are brought up but never resolved. I found these traits to be enjoyable and oftentimes humorous, but it’s easy to see how they could bother certain audiences.
The best moments in Somewhere happen when both Johnny and Cleo are on screen together. Their relationship is simplistic, but there is noticeable chemistry between the two. This is helped by strong performances from the two leads. Stephen Dorff is effective at showing minimal emotion, and Elle Fanning’s acting feels natural and authentic. Since the movie is strictly about these two characters, there aren’t many noteworthy roles played by others. A seemingly random selection of Chris Pontius (of Jackass fame) plays Johnny’s friend and roommate, Michelle Monaghan plays an actress that he has worked with before, and Ellie Kemper (The Office) briefly escorts Johnny around in Italy.
While Somewhere’s slow pace sometimes works against itself, I found the movie to be a very interesting character study overall. It requires a fair amount of patience and the right mindset, but if you are willing to stick with it you should be able to get something out of it. While not up to the level of Lost In Translation, Somewhere is still an involving experience that can be utterly compelling at times.
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves System: Playstation 3 Publisher: SCEA Developer: Naughty Dog Release Date: October 13, 2009
I liked the original Uncharted quite a bit, but it took me a while to get a hold of the sequel. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves expands upon the original in every way while maintaining the same adventure/platforming gameplay that was so great the first time around.
Uncharted 2 picks up right where the first game left off. Treasure hunter extraordinaire Nathan Drake is back, this time trying to find out what happened to the lost fleet of Marco Polo. Aided by new and old characters alike, Drake’s journey takes him across exotic locales all over the world. Jungles, snowy mountains, hidden villages — you name it, it’s there.
Building upon the epic nature from the first game, Uncharted 2 is grandiose in every sense of the word. Again playing out as a big-time summer blockbuster movie, the game has a number of insane cinematic moments. The opening chapter of the campaign heaves itself in your face, forcing you to learn the game’s controls while Drake is trying to climb up a wrecked train that is hanging — just barely — over a cliff. Yeah, this “tutorial” is only the beginning. There are a lot of ridiculous and over-the-top action sequences scattered throughout, and they are just AWESOME. Drake has almost superhuman jumping abilities — which come in handing for the game’s excellent platforming sections — and does a lot of stuff that is physically impossible, but it works because this is a *video game*. For sheer cinematic brilliance in gaming form, Uncharted 2 is among the best.
It certainly helps that the game is stunning, one of the most gorgeous titles available on any platform. The character models are top-notch, and the aforementioned exotic locales are simply beautiful. The details found while traversing these areas are subtle but brilliant, such as Drake having snow get stuck to his pants while in the mountains, or having his clothing become wet after jumping into a lake. With an impressive musical score and some excellent voice acting, Uncharted 2 definitely feels like an action movie.
While this sequel is all-around more polished than its predecessor, it still struggles with some minor gameplay mechanical issues. Combat is much improved, as now you don’t have to empty clip after clip into enemies before they finally drop. However, there are still occasional problems with the covering system, namely Drake getting sent to hide behind the wrong piece of cover than what you originally intended. This tends to happen right in the heat of important battles, and can lead to some frustrating deaths that are faults of the gameplay, not the user. There is also a lot of repetition in the game. There are moments where there seems to be gunfight after gunfight, which gets tiresome. Naughty Dog usually does a good job dividing up segments into different styles of gameplay, but there were some areas where it became redundant. Still, there are a lot of EPIC sequences that make up for the occasional monotony.
Perhaps most intriguing about Uncharted 2 is its addition of a multiplayer mode. At first I was wary of this because Uncharted is very much a single player experience, but I was pleasantly surprised as to how well-executed the online play turned out. There are both competitive and co-op options available, each of which has different game modes. I found the co-op games to be the most fun online, as you can either play through various levels while fighting off countless enemies, or you can play an “Arena” mode where you shoot your way through ten waves of villains. The competitive modes include traditional Deathmatch, Plunder (a spin on “capture the flag”), and Turf War (control areas to win), among others. There is still a good-sized community active today, and that should remain for the foreseeable future.
Uncharted 2 has received an impressive amount of accolades — and Sony has made sure that we are aware of this by listing “25 Perfect Review Scores” on its cover — and most of these high marks are deserved. While I still found issues with some of the gameplay quirks and general repetitiveness, I greatly enjoyed working my way through the single player campaign. The addition of a high-quality multiplayer section is just the icing on the cake. If you’re a fan of giant action/adventure epics, you will feel right at home with Uncharted 2.
X-Men: First Class [2011] Director: Matthew Vaughn Genre: Action/Adventure/Drama Language: English Country: USA
I feel obligated to admit right away that I am not much of an X-Men fan. I know very little about the series and its characters, and I have only seen the original 2000 film. It’s not that I am opposed to the series in any way, it’s just that I could never be bothered to dig into it. Until now.
X-Men: First Class is a prequel to the original movies, and it focuses on the origins of the groups led by Professor X and Magneto. This concept intrigued me quite a bit simply because it would tell me, a non-fan, how exactly everything came to be.
The movie takes place predominantly in 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. A young mind-reading Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) meets a fellow mutant, Raven (Jennifer Lawrence), who shows him that he is not alone in the world. Their paths intersect with Erik Lensherr (aka Magneto, played by Michael Fassbender) who is on a revenge mission to kill the Nazi bastard (Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Shaw) who murdered his mother. The two future leaders team up and recruit a bunch of other mutants including Dr. Hank McCoy (Nicholas Hoult), Angel Salvadore (Zoë Kravitz) and Sean Cassidy (Caleb Landry Jones) to take out Shaw and his small band of accomplices, the most noteworthy being Emma Frost (a terrible January Jones), who are now attempting to start World War III.
While the majority of the characters get their fair share of screen time, the bulk of the action is placed on Professor X and Magneto. McAvoy and Fassbender are more than up to the task for their roles, as they both deliver strong performances with impeccable chemistry together. The acting is generally pretty good all around, except for the aforementioned January Jones, whose only duty is seemingly to show off the movie’s required amount of cleavage. Jennifer Lawrence in particular is quite good as Raven, and she is certainly building momentum after last year’s brilliant performance in Winter’s Bone. I also enjoyed Rose Byrne’s role as a CIA agent who is working with the mutants.
X-Men: First Class doesn’t have any major “holy shit” moments and relies more on dialogue than action, but it still moves at a brisk pace even considering its 132 minute run-time. I found the back story to be quite fascinating, and this movie has inspired me to continue delving into the series — something the 2000 film couldn’t even do. While I feel more could have been done with the film’s 1960s setting, it still made good use of the ongoing Cold War and offered an interesting fantasy alternative as to what really happened. As far as summer blockbusters go, this is one of the better ones to come out this year.
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