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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 (including comedies, which are rarely, if ever nominated for... 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 sorts of immersion as other sports games, MLB 2k10... Read More »
NBC’s Olympic Coverage Fails to...
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 other hand, featured an agonizing four-minute delay as a technical... Read More »
Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Winter...
The 2010 Olympic Winter Games are halfway over, so how does the official game of the Games stack up? Read More »
“We Are the World: 25 for Haiti”...
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 none of the magic (such as The... 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, had little meaningful impact outside “Photograph”, from 1973’s Ringo. While Ringo’s Y... Read More »
The Best of the Decade: Television in...
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 season premiered after the Baltimore Ravens decimated the New York Giants in Super Bowl... Read More »
