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Episode 82! Listen live on Thursdays from 7pm to 9pm on 103.3 FM KSCU Santa Clara, or online at http://www.kscu.org/
New Releases for the week of : 10/4/13
In Theaters:
1.Runner Runner
Cast:Anthony Mackie, Ben Affleck, Gemma Arterton, Justin Timberlake
Summary: Princeton grad student Richie, believing he’s been swindled, travels to Costa Rica to confront online gambling tycoon Ivan Block. Richie is seduced by Block’s promise of immense wealth, until he learns the disturbing truth about his benefactor. When the FBI tries to coerce Richie to help bring down Block, Richie faces his biggest gamble ever: attempting to outmaneuver the two forces closing in on him.
2.Concussion
Cast: Robin Weigert, Maggie Siff, Jonathan Tchaikovsky, Janel Moloney
Synopsis: A forty something married wealthy, lesbian housewife who, after suffering a blow to the head from getting smacked by her son’s baseball—walks around every corner of her suburban life to confront a mounting desire for something else.
3.Gravity PG-13
Cast: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris, Orto Ignatiussen
Synopsis: The destruction of their shuttle leaves two astronauts stranded in space with no hope of rescue.
4. Nothing Left to Fear
Cast: Anne Heche, James Tupper, Ethan Peck, Jennifer Stone
Synopsis: A pastor and his family encounter devilish forces in a small midwestern town. Features original music by producer Slash, and inspired by the real-life paranormal legends surrounding Stull, Kansas.
5.Parkland PG-13
Cast: Zac Efron, Paul Giamatti, Billy Bob Thornton, Jacki Weaver
Synopsis: PARKLAND weaves together the perspectives of a handful of ordinary individuals suddenly thrust into extraordinary circumstances surrounding JFK’s assassination.
Video Games:
1. Rain (PS3). Genre: Action Adventure. Rain is the enchanting tale of a boy who chases after a girl with an invisible silhouette. After discovering that the girl is being hunted by ghostly creatures, he embarks on his own journey into the mysterious world of rain to save her.
2. NBA 2K14 PS3, 360, PC
3. GTA Online PS3, 360
4. Arma Tactics (PC). Genre: Simulations. Arma Tactics is a turn-based close-combat strategy game where you take control of a four-member Special Forces team.
5. Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millenium Girl (3DS) Genre: Role-Playing. Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl is a first-person, map-making dungeon crawler.
Music:
1. Lorde: Pure Heroine
Summary: The debut full-length release for the 16-year-old New Zealand pop singer-songwriter was produced by Joel Little.
2. Justin Timberlake: The 20/20 Experience 2 of 2
Summary: Drake and Jay-Z appear as guests on the second half of The 20/20 Experience project co-produced with Timothy Mosley and Jerome “J-Roc” Harmon.
3. Moby: Innocents
Summary: The 11th studio release for the electronic artists features guest appearances from Inyang Bassey, Cold Specks, Wayne Coyne, Skylar Grey, Damien Jurado, and Mark Lanegan.
4. Tired Pony: The Ghost of the Mountains
Summary: This is the second full-length release for the indie folk band that includes Iain Archer, Peter Buck, Richard Colburn, Jacknife Lee, Gary Lightbody, Scott McCaughey, and Troy Stewart.
5. Dr. Dog: B-Room
Summary: The Philadelphia psychedelic rock band named its seventh full-length release after its new recording studio where they recorded the album with producer Nathan Sabatino.
DVD/Blu-ray:
- Abandoned Mine – DVD – A group of friends decide to have a little holloween fun in an abandoned mine, what could possibly go wrong
- Beauty & The Beast S1 – DVD – The similarities to the fairy tale are thin, the beauty is a homicide detective and the beast is a doctor, he changes into the beast when angered
- Dead Before Dawn – Blu/DVD – a group of college students accidentally open a gate for zombie demons, and they have only 24 hours to shut it before humanity dies
- Fright Night 2: New Blood – Blu/DVD – A group of high school students falls into a vampire’s web while on an exchange trip.
- The Frozen Ground – Blu/DVD – Based on true events, this chilling story follows an Alaskan State Trooper on a crusade to stop a serial killer, who’s been undetected for 13 years.
- Language of a Broken Heart – Blu/DVD – A romantic comedy about an author that can write about love, but can’t seem to keep it.
- My Father and The Man in Black – DVD – Documentary of the life of an American legend, told though letters, audio diaries and recorded phone calls. This story is uncovered by his son as he seeks to understand the man within the legend.
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The Croods – Blu/DVD – A family of cave dwellers is forced from their home and into an amzaing adventure
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The Little Mermaid – Blu – The Walt Disney classic remastered for HD
- The Wizard of Oz: 75th Anniversay Edition – Blu/DVD – Another classic restored for HD
Comics:
DC:
- Forever Evil #2 – The villans have taken over the world, The Teen Titans stage an assult
- Hinterkind #1 – With the decline of Humanity, the lost races of the earth return, but they are also hungry for revenge
Marvel:
- All New X-Men #17 – Battle of the Atom, Part 6
- Mighty Avengers #2 – The new team must stop Proxima Midnight from killing New York
Not the Big 2:
- The Star Wars#2 – The Empire is reaching out it’s hand against The Rebelion, and Princess Leia seems to be caught in the middle
- Doctor Who: Prisoners of Time #9 – An adventure including all eleven incarnations of the Doctor
- Bushido #1 – In feudal Japan a forigner seeks to be a Samurai, while he can never be fully Samurai he can kill all the evil spirits in the land
- Shadow Now #1 – The Shadow moves amungst us in the Modern Age, a new era for The Shadow
Web:
News:
- Plastic materials found on Titan – http://www.usatoday.com/story/
news/nation/2013/09/30/ cassini-detects-plastic- ingredient-on-saturn-moon/ 2896957/ - Legal Citations – http://www.theverge.com/2013/
9/23/4763646/half-of-supreme- court-web-citations-have- changed-or-disappeared - The Chronicles of Narnia gets a new movie! The Silver Chair –http://www.comingsoon.net/
news/movienews.php?id=109641 - Lake turn animals in to statues – http://www.newscientist.com/
article/mg21929360.100-deadly- lake-turns-animals-into- statues.html#.Uk4qM7wbtxn - Robot Story: Affordable Prosthetic Hand –http://makezine.com/2013/10/
02/project-open-hand-building- a-low-cost-robotic-prosthetic- hand/ - “Dolphin Hear, Dolphin Do: Imitation by Echolocation”http://feedly.com/k/157z70r
- “A human brain was preserved for 4,000 years after being boiled in its own skull” http://feedly.com/k/18Ttvbu
- “A Pen with Magnetic Appeal” http://feedly.com/k/GA1aN3
- http://www.polygon.com/2013/9/30/4782796/new-kinect-can-understand-two-people-talking-at-the-same-time
- http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/01/next-friday-the-13th-to-go-found-footage
- http://www.g33k-hq.com/blog/2013/10/03/marvel-and-natalie-portman-mentoring-program-for-young-women-interested-in-science/?fb_source=pubv1
Caleb’s Corner:
Open ROV – http://www.tested.com/
Jason’s Fixation:
No Fixation this week.
Joe’s List:
10 Superheroes who still need their own films:
http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/man-10-superheroes-films/
The Core:
No topic this week.