The 2010 Oscar Nominees were announced this week, meaning the next month will be surrounded with debate as to who’s actually going to win. Most notably, the Best Picture category has been expanded into 10 films, meaning there’s 5 more films on there than maybe should be. I kid, but considering last year’s choices (Slumdog, [...]

Finally revealing one of the worst kept secrets in it’s brief, yet momentous history, Apple CEO Stephen Jobs unveiled the poorly titled and bizarre looking iPad on Wednesday. The cheapest model starts at $499 and from what I can tell it’s basically just a big Kindle. So maybe we’re heading in the right direction on [...]

My goodness, the Conan O’Brien circus just might be coming to an end. NBC announced that it had reached a deal with Conan to release him from his contract, with Friday night (that’s this weekend) being the final installment of Conan O’Brien on the Tonight Show, after just 9 months. The Conan O’Brien and Jay [...]

It’s the return of the Freakin’ Weekend, baby. After a little bit of a recharge of our own batteries, our weekend entertainment column is back and in full effect. And while there’s a lot of great stuff going down in Iowa City this weekend, it’s also important to recognize briefly the cool stuff going down [...]

Who knew there was a market for holiday themed hip hop mix tapes? More here (that’s not the holiday spirit, Tony!). In other news, it’s our last Freakin’ Weekend of 2009! I’m going to use this as an opportunity to wish everyone a happy and safe holiday break, and let you know that we’ll be [...]

So, did you hear about the snow? Just kidding. It’s pretty frigid in Iowa City these days, as the first snow of the year really made it’s presence felt over the last couple of days. That shouldn’t keep you from braving the cold this weekend to take in some great events in our area. Things [...]

I definitely realized, at some point around 10:00 last night, that I indeed had totally forgotten to write our usual weekend column. Oops…hope everyone out there enjoyed Melt Banana last night. Since we already told you about a great cause for going to Rock Island on Saturday, I’m going to give a brief run down [...]

We’ve already pointed you east toward Rock Island this weekend, but there’s also reason to look west to Des Moines if you are looking for a reason to get out of town for a minute. Crossroads Entertainment & Art Experience is going down Thursday and Friday this weekend, with a focus on live music and [...]

We here at Mission Freak have been dormant for the last week, as all of the members of our staff have been busy with things like work and school. We’re unexpectedly taking the week off from publishing content, but want to wish you a happy Thanksgiving, however you choose to celebrate. Should you choose to [...]

It is, if I’m not mistaken, the last weekend before Thanksgiving break. It is also, absolutely, the final home game of what’s been a long and intriguing Hawks football season. So, I imagine this weekend is going to be a little crazy, what with some last minute pre-finals partying as well as some Hawkeye mania [...]