If you are looking to blacken an already dark Christmas season, look no further than these twisted film picks by the BTSB staff, ranging between the good, the bad, and the truly Ebenezer-esque...
The Helsinki Distilling Company Takes Finns from Binging to Experiencing
BTSB talked to Séamus Holohan of the Helsinki Distilling Company to get a whiff of what's to come in Alkos near you and how he and two Finns are about to change drinking culture in Finland.
The 144-minute-long Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies manages to be a slightly more tolerable viewing experience than the mind-numbingly lengthy previous installments. The last hurrah of this over-stretched mess of a trilogy is another CGI-filled blockbuster that can’t help but squeeze loyal fans out of their last dimes. While somewhat entertaining at times, the film is doomed from the start.
Senna and many other Formula One drivers retain a near-mythical image of defying death while clocking blistering sector times, in fuel-rigged vehicles occasionally referred to as “bombs on wheels”... Filmmakers have been recently addressing the bipolar nature of F1, in which safety concerns are seemingly contrasted by drivers’ and constructors’ determinations to build the fastest car possible.
Remember Drive? That film with the awesome soundtrack? You know, the one where Ryan Gosling drives a car and is a total badass? Every single poster promoting Nightcrawler expects you to remember Drive. People, we need to get up off Drive.