by Anonymous

Desperate times call for desperate measures. We’ve all had our fair share of 3 a.m. scallion pancakes at The Kong after a long night out and, at the time, they’re always AWESOME. The Kong can also provide a haven for late-night p-setters, who are “just as desperate for food but sober, so the hunger strikes harder.” But the Kong opens at 11:30… a.m. What on earth happens there during normal business hours? The Voice ventures to find out.

5:00 p.m.: Yikes. Where is everyone? Where are the drunken students trying to figure out tip? The kid asleep on the table? Sketchy guy spitting game over spicy noodles? This is not the Kong I know and love.

Occupants of the Kong: One small family and a professor-looking person chowing down on fried rice. Was seated quickly and brought water and a menu. This is… not so bad?

5:10 p.m.: Water: refilled. Ordered: Scallion Pancakes, Crab Rangoon, Sesame Chicken, and Hot Basil Noodles. I am scared and excited for greasy Chinese all at the same time.

5:29 p.m.: Food arrives quickly, it looks… good?! First bites= Delicious, delicious Chinese. Total win. But after awhile, you start to get the feeling that without the heavenly glow of alcohol surrounding your Hot Basil Noodles, Kong food really is just mediocre Chinese fare.  This is like finding out Santa isn’t real all over again. I want Santa back.

5:56 p.m.: Three girls come in and start recounting their weekend final club conquests. I’m starting to feel more comfortable. Nighttime Kong does exist in milder daylight form.

5:58 p.m.: Hilarity of girls next to us wears off, carb coma sets in. Need. To. Move. Read the rest of this entry »

My first reaction after hearing about the opportunity to watch Repo Men for free, courtesy of NBC, was “HOLYMOTHEROFGOD JUDE LAAAW!!” I will also have to write a review for Noice, but that’s just details. After almost an academic year at Harvard, where boys spend most of their time in sweatpants and food-stained T-shirts, forgive me for wanting myself some clean-cut British goodness. I first saw Jude Law as Oscar Wilde’s lover in the 1994 biopic Wilde, and let’s just say no wonder the literary master fell head over heels in love and subsequently lost his life for this blond angel.

That’s probably telling you more than you ever wanted to know about my obsession with everything Jude. Well, the younger Jude, at least.

(Image courtesy of Google Images)

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The Harvard Voice can collectively agree that Universal Studio’s upcoming film Wolfman is bound to be one of 2010′s biggest thriller blockbusters. Directed by Joe Johnston, and led by a stunning cast including the always charming Emily Blunt, Hugo Weaving, Benicio Del Toro, and Anthony Hopkins, the film takes the viewer on a jarring quest.

Lawrence Talbot (DEL TORO), is forced to return to his family home following the disappearance of his brother where he is reunited with his estranged father (HOPKINS). Instead of merely discovering the whereabouts of his brother, Talbot becomes aware of a serious affliction that has been facing his old village–namely, that a blood-thirsty beast has been targeting the citizenry and turning the bitten into werewolves upon a full moon. A Scottish Yard inspector has even come to the village to investigate (WEAVING). In order to end the terror and save the woman Talbot has fallen for (BLUNT), he decides he must be the one to kill the beast–but he ends up being bitten himself–revealing a side of his mind and nature he did not believe to exist. Ultimately, this film is a strong action flick that is bolstered by an extremely strong and well reputed cast. It is not one to disappoint: great costumes, pulse-racing action and music, and well-written dialogue.

The premise of the story is one we are not unfamiliar with. Recent films like District 9 depicted similar metamorphoses from the human to the non-human. Some may find the storyline to be a tired one, but the ability of the film to be both a period piece and a thriller allows it to evade the science-fiction-esque quality given to many of 2009′s films that appealed to this notion of Otherness. There is something much more haunting about an irrepressible change in self–and that is what makes this film so appealing to all audiences since it is so bundled up in the collective human fear of irreparable change in body, self, and control.

Given the number of people who spend their full moon nights at Lamont, it is only appropriate that you should be the first to go see this movie–since it’s basically about you. You know you can’t deny it. We see you running around the yard with your fur and your claws. Stop eating so much ramen werewolves. Just stop it.

In honor of the film’s upcoming release, The Voice has joined up with Wolfman and is doing a giveaway of some sweet wolf items. So hot right now. Send your best werewolf pictures of your nights at Lamont to voice.lamonsterwolfman@gmail.com and maybe you can get a poster that looks like you will at 4 a.m. tonight working on your PSET. Make sure to caption your photograph or we won’t think you’re funny.

THE WOLFMAN opens nationwide February 12th