• FILM REVIEW: Contagion

    In 2009, when the outbreak of the H1N1 virus infiltrated public consciousness, the reaction was one of mass germophobia. This is when we began to see hand sanitizer stations popping up in schools, hospitals and offices, with the companies producing them reaping all the benefits. These are the themes that surround Steven Soderbergh’s Contagion. The …

  • LIVE REVIEW: Mother Mother @ Sound Academy, 9/17/11

    Life can be hectic.  So hectic that it’s preventing me from speaking to you.  This time, it’s about a concert. Last week, Mother Mother headlined at the Sound Academy and I was there.  Since then, it’s been hectic. But all of that changes now.  Finally I can shed the stressors of the week and provide …

  • FILM REVIEW: Drive

    Drive, the newest film by Nicolas Winding Refn (Bronson, Valhalla Rising), is the epitome of cool: cool guys, cool cars, cool chases and cool fights. These are things that never go out of style. And indeed the characters and scenarios in Drive are straight out of the B-movies and action flicks of the 1970s and …

  • The New DC: Week 1

    Hearwax’s self-proclaimed comics expert Karsten School and his plucky band of helper-monkeys tackle Week 1 of the DC Comics Relaunch, featuring zombies, faith-healing, terrorists, malevolent celestial bodies and much, much more!