WH40K Painting Log: Mikkael
Hey everyone. I promised you some personal nerdery here on the ICRT blog, so here you go! This is a brief look at a model I painted for my Warhammer 40,000 Space Marines army. This particular Marine is based off one of my high school friends, Michelle, and this is the backstory for him:Continue reading
The Trailer for Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar is Here!
The trailer for Interstellar – Christopher Nolan’s first film in two years – hit the web last night. We were granted a teaser trailer five months ago that didn’t show us very much besides some historical footage, and unfortunately the full and proper trailer doesn’t give us a whole lot of insight into the film either. It’s...Continue reading
A Crispy Review: Godzilla
RAWWWWR! Spoiler Alert! Thursday night a few of the ICRT gang went to the premier showing of Godzilla. We all eagerly awaited to see the big guy on screen wreak havoc upon the good people of earth, but things didn’t quite pan out the way we expected…Continue reading
Love, Identity, and Clashing Cultures in “Zeelandia”
A new theatrical experience is coming to Taiwan in the form of an English-speaking musical set in the Dutch colonial period in Formosa history. “Zeelandia: Return to Formosa” centers around an unexpected romance that develops between a young Dutch army officer, and a young woman from the native Siraya tribe. I attended the “Zeelandia”...Continue reading
Click for Cute (05/16/14)
Happy Friday everyone! To end your workweek, here’s a doggy who can’t catch treats. At all. May you get more treats during your weekend than he does!Continue reading
First Look at Ben Affleck as Batman
We’ve got our first look at Ben Affleck as Batman, and the new Batmobile: I shot this with my @Leica_Camera M Monochrom. #Batman #Batmobile #Gotham http://t.co/WPHKLxgBLM pic.twitter.com/p5DEf6fLzJ — ZackSnyder (@ZackSnyder) May 13, 2014Continue reading
NTU Professor Liu Ko-qiang on Housing Prices
Professor Liu Ko-qiang, from National Taiwan University’s Building and Planning Research Foundation, talked to me on housing prices today. He agreed that the housing prices in Taipei city are unreasonably high in relation to people’s incomes, and that there are complicated reasons behind this. One major reason is that people here have “overiding aspirations” for owning...Continue reading
Zony and Yony Perform on the Ellen DeGeneres Show
Dancing twin sisters Yony and Zony have made their second appearance on the Ellen DeGeneres Show in less than week. Dressed in blue motorcycle helmets, denim vests, magenta tutus and colorful stockings – they performed a dance routine to Justin Bieber’s “Baby” with Ellen’s guest DJ tWitch! on Tuesday.Continue reading
Government Responds to Anti-China Riots in Vietnam
Foreign Minister David Lin is calling on the Vietnamese government to protect Republic of China nationals and Taiwan business owners in the South East Asian country following anti-China riots yesterday. Speaking during a press conference earlier, Lin said the island’s trade office in Ho Chi Minh City has been asked to check on the safety...Continue reading
Preview: Edge of Tomorrow
Here’s the latest trailer to Tom Cruise’s upcoming sci-fi action film, Edge of Tomorrow. Unlike The Grand Budapest Hotel, this is the kind of movie I usually go for. I’m a science-fiction/fantasy novel buff, so the kind of action we’re getting in this trailer is right up my alley. Edge of Tomorrow is based on...Continue reading
A Transcendence from Pop-culture
Hello our beloved blog-followers (or, I believe at this point, just our beloved co-workers)! I’m thoroughly excited to embark on my virgin blog-voyage with a Joey’s review on one recently released sci-fi thriller that has received my personal grade-A stamp, a movie called Transcendence. I hope you will enjoy the next few minutes and, despite its...Continue reading
Review: The Grand Budapest Hotel
It’s not every day that I’m tempted into seeing a movie just from a trailer. It’s even rarer when it’s for a movie that doesn’t fall into my normal viewing patterns. So when The Grand Budapest Hotel caught my eye, I was vaguely surprised at my own interest in the film. From the preview, it...Continue reading
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