The subjects in Taylor’s debut story collection include angels, dysfunctional families, and young men in search of love, religion, and a place in the world.
Two years ago, the Afropop-dabbling prepsters in Vampire Weekend exploded from their Columbia University dorm into what passes for superfame these days: magazine covers, Saturday Night Live appearances, Internet acclaim, and then, naturally, Internet backlash.
Hot Chip, named for a well warmed french fry, is certainly unique: five shy, bespectacled Brits bashing out sweet-natured disco tunes about monkeys with miniature cymbals.
Casting the sufficiently lupine Del Toro in the title role seems right, and scenery-chewer Hopkins, who plays Wolfie’s estranged Victorian dad, is always good for an eye roll or two.
Forgive the boring title; the original 1986 miniseries—about a detective investigating the murder of his activist daughter—is revered in its native England with a passion usually reserved for Robbie Williams.
You may have seen the (literally) over-the-top trailer—the one in which a sweet-faced granny suddenly turns flesh-eating demon and starts crawling on the ceiling.
The original AvP project was the 1999 PC game. Now you can battle movie monsters again, with much better graphics but with the same seasoned developers in charge.
DANTE’S INFERNO
EA (XBOX 360, PS3, PSP)
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The game developers have made plenty of changes to Dante Alighieri’s story. The poet has been transformed into a crusader who fights with a scythe, a cross, and magic spells. The ethereal Beatrice he must rescue is now Lucifer’s mistress. It’s probably causing the real Dante to roll over [...]
