The 1985 movie Real Genius was a classic, funny film about a fifteen-year-old prodigy who goes to Pacific Tech, a highly lauded engineering school. Mitch Taylor, played by Gabe Jarret, is awkward and doesn’t fit in with the older students. He gets paired up with slacker-genius Chris Knight, played by a young Val Kilmer, and…
Consequence of Sound critic Frank Mojica described the soundtrack of Lost in Translation as the “third star of the picture” – a bold statement, perhaps, but not an inaccurate one. Would shoegaze have been such a big thing in the mid-2000s without it? Would Bloody Valentine have reformed? Would The Jesus and Mary Chain have…
Big Daddy is a 1990 comedy film about a 32-year-old Sonny Koufax (Adam Sandler) who is out to save his failing relationship. This law graduate didn’t sit for the bar exam and seems comfortable working in a tollbooth and idling. Sonny’s girlfriend Vanessa (Kristy Swanson) is unhappy with his behavior and demands a change, or…
Venom is one of the Marvel Comics movies. It is based on discovering a new habitable planet. Life Corporation carries out the study after traveling to space and uncovering a comet inhabited by symbiotes. They collect four samples and make their way back to earth to conduct their experiment. But make it to the lab…
This is one of the most eclectic collections of music. It ranges from classic rock to hip-hop, and everything in between. Trying to rank all the songs from the Wolf of Wall Street soundtrack is a daunting task, but somebody had to do it. So without further ado, here are the rankings for all the…
David Archuleta, born in Miami, Florida, to parents of Guatemalan and Honduran descent, is an American singer-songwriter, musician, and actor. He rose to fame in 2008 after finishing as the runner-up on the seventh season of American Idol. He won the judges’ praise with his strong vocal performances. Even though he became famous at 18,…
The book has always been controversial and the film divided opinions, but regardless of your personal tolerance level for screen violence, the one thing everyone can agree on is that the soundtrack to American Psycho is good enough to stand alone. There can’t be many places you’ll find Chris de Burgh’s Lady in Red rubbing…
The American Gangster is a film about the life of Frank Lucas, a gangster who operated in Harlem during the late 1960s and early 1970s. It is widely considered one of the best films of 2007. The film’s soundtrack consists of songs from the era in which the film is set and contemporary pieces. Here…
It is the most seminal impromptu jam session of all time. The date was December 4, 1956. During the session Bob Johnson, the entertainment editor of the local paper, was called to document the event. The following day, the account was published in the Memphis Press-Scimitar. It read: “Yesterday Carl Perkins was cutting some new…