books: if you liked the halo books, i would suggest a series of books by dan abnett called The Horus Heresy. i just finished the first book, and forget the fact that it has to do with warhammer. i hate warhammer, but these books by themselves are amazing.

music: muse- black holes and revelations, absolution. wonderful songs, great band

movies:american gangster, dragon wars(they should have called this movie "dragon wars: you will never laugh this hard again") it is such a hilariously bad movie that i bought it on dvd.