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Tonight

July 17, 2008 • No Comments

Tonight at midnight, The Dark Knight, hits theaters nation-wide. I pre-ordered my tickets already. All the buzz surrounding this movie is immense, but people are saying, believe the hype, I guess it’s just THAT good. The Dark Knight will be the movie of the year and should earn Heath Ledger an Oscar nod. Go see the film, they’re calling it The Godfather Part II of superhero films for Christ’s sake! Look for my full review over the weekend.

Series 11, The Best In Years?

July 7, 2008 • No Comments

Yes, we already know I’m a Top Gear fanatic, and if you read this blog, you’ll know that Top Gear returned to BBC Two on June 22. Even though there has only been just a few episodes so far, I already feel like Top Gear has returned to it’s old roots; talking about cars. I feel like the show peaked in Series 7 which was a short series of only 6 episodes, but it contained some of the best episodes to date, including Clarkson’s race in the Veyron. Series’ 8 through 10 have been fantastic, no doubt, they’re just lacking in some ways. Maybe it’s the hosts relying too much on scripted comedic relief, maybe it’s the fear that was emblazoned within BBC producers following Hammond’s crash. Finally though, Top Gear is back and better than ever. Here’s taste, with Clarkson’s review of the Ferrari F430 Scuderia.

Entourage Returns 9.7

July 6, 2008 • No Comments

During this past year’s writers strike, many shows were in jeopardy of being canceled because of staff layoffs, Entourage was one of those shows. Thankfully that didn’t happen and the new season begins on September 7th. If you don’t get HBO, order it, Entourage is one of the best series on television.

Audi TT

July 6, 2008 • 1 Comment

I’ve never been a fan of the Audi TT. I always thought the car was under powered and over designed. Let’s face it, the Audi TT has always been sort of a girl’s car. This TT is an exception though, in fact it could be the cleanest TT I’ve laid eyes on. This car features a 2.0L turbocharged motor tuned around 260 whp, which isn’t shabby for a car so small. The engine modifications and tweaks were done by Japanese tuners Esprit, who you may know from their crazy time attack Honda NSX.

The front and rear brakes have been upgraded to the Brembo 6 and 4-pots from the Nissan GTR. This is the first Euro car to do a GTR brake swap and it looks great! The wheels are the Sebring GSM Type-X by Rays.

The car’s looks have remained virtually unaltered aside from some minor aero changes and this larger intercooler.

Ride height and wheel size are spot on. This is one clean Audi!

Pop Up

July 6, 2008 • No Comments

The debut album from French electro pop group Yelle. I just started listening to them recently, but it’s really good stuff. Download it, buy it, whatever you do to get music!