MTV’s The State Returns: A Review
After 15 long years of teenaged-level angst, the adolescents of the 90's have finally been heard: the comedic stylings of The State finally arrive in a DVD package so good,…
A Review: The Hangover
Forget about classic "whodunits." The Hangover lays claim to the genre of "whadafuckhapind."
Manchester Orchestra’s “Mean Everything To Nothing”
When you start up the first track on an album and you involuntarily say “What the hell?” it’s either a really good thing, or a really bad thing. There’s not…
Review of Lily Allen’s “It’s Not Me, It’s You”
(Editor’s note: Darby turned in a music review this week that was not up to the usual high standards we have here at The Inept Owl. However, when we tried…
Game Review: Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
In the world of gaming, there is always the question of how long you can stand repeatedly playing a certain game? Some games, such as the World of Warcraft series,…
Not An Airplane’s “Everything Is Not Loveable”
Being an unpaid faux-music-reviewer (as in a faux reviewer of music, not a reviewer of faux music), I'm not up on the ridiculously fine-hair-splitting categories kids use these days. Our…
Review of O.A.R.’s “All Sides”
About six years ago, I was at one of those cheesy-ass "murder mystery dinner parties." You know... everyone dresses up and acts out a murder mystery with each other, and…
Horror Holiday: A Movie List
With Halloween weekend upon us, I figured I should share a few of the horror movies that I hold dear. That way, you know exactly what to go pick up…
My Name Is Will: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, and Shakespeare
Jess Winfield can boast of having written top-quality material that is teeming with bad behavior and totally inappropriate for children. But what has he been up to since his days…
Choke: a movie for people who love the strange
To say that Clark Greg’s inaugural opus, Choke, is strange does not do it justice. Just ask the old lady who sat a row behind me in the theater and…