Articles By: Matt LaMagna

Hot Tub Time Machine Review

Following in the grand tradition of such cinema classics as Snakes on a Plane, Hot Tub Time Machine has a title that leaves nothing to the imagination. This comedy, with a tremendous amount of blue humor and eighties references, succeeds where most outrageous comedies can’t. The movie scored a major...

March 26th, 2010 | Comedy, Featured, Film, Movies, Reviews | Read More

Oscar’s Gamble Pays Off

On June 24th, 2009, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced that it expanded the amount of Best Picture nominees from five films to ten. The reaction to this announcement was decidedly mixed- while some believed that this expansion would allow for more deserving films to achieve recognition...

March 8th, 2010 | Featured, Film | Read More

Major League Baseball 2k10 Review

Major League Baseball 2k9 was one of the worst sports games ever made. Shaky controls, an unlimited ability to hit home runs, and unacceptable glitches plagued the game and made it unplayable. Thankfully, MLB 2k10 does not suffer like its predecessor. While the single-player modes do not offer the same...

March 7th, 2010 | Featured, Gaming, Playstation 3, Reviews, Video Games, Xbox 360 | Read More

NBC’s Olympic Coverage Fails to Meet the Gold Standard

The opening ceremonies of an Olympics are usually a good indicator of the two weeks that follow them. In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the wizardry and precision of the Opening Ceremonies was matched by the record-breaking performances of Michael Phelps and Usain Bolt. The 2010 Vancouver Olympics, on the...

February 22nd, 2010 | Featured, Sports, TV | Read More

Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games Review

As someone who grew up during the fierce Nintendo/Sega rivalry of the 1990s, I never thought that I would see a day where Mario and Sonic appeared on the same system. Yet, in 2002, after Sega abandoned hardware production, Sonic Adventure 2: Battle was released for the Nintendo Gamecube. The next natural...

February 21st, 2010 | Featured, Gaming, Wii | Read More

“We Are the World: 25 for Haiti” Review

The sequel is an interesting phenomenon in entertainment. Sometimes, a work is created that exceeds the original work (such as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade or The Godfather Part II). More often, though, the work is an uninspired rehash that attempts to recreate the glory of the first one but with...

February 13th, 2010 | Featured, Music, Music, Pop, Reviews | Read More

Ringo Starr: Y Not Review

After The Beatles broke up, Paul McCartney found success with Wings, George Harrison released the acclaimed All Things Must Pass, and John Lennon left an indelible mark on the 1970s by creating the longest-lasting peace anthem in music history. Ringo’s contributions to the music landscape, while varied,...

February 13th, 2010 | Featured, Music, Pop | Read More

The Best of the Decade: Television in Review

Entertainium’s best of the decade series continues with television-in-review. “The tribe has spoken”: In May 2000, an American version of the Swedish game show Expedition Robinson premiered on CBS. The show’s first season attracted 28.3 million viewers and was a summer hit. The show’s second...

November 30th, 2009 | Featured, TV | Read More

Album of the Decade: Kid A

Kid A is the most revolutionary album since Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Yes, that statement has strong implications. Much like the NBA trying to find the next Michael Jordan, the comparison to The Beatles’ 1967 album means that greatness necessarily was present in the album. Indeed, Radiohead’s...

November 24th, 2009 | Alternative, Featured, Music | Read More

The Best of the Decade: Music in Review

In about one month, the decade with a name that hasn’t been decided will come to an end. (As an aside, what are we going to call this decade? There’s no convenient numbering system like the eighties or nineties. Do we go with the aughts? The Robert Parrishes? The one with the global financial crisis?) So,...

November 22nd, 2009 | Featured, Music | Read More