I did not go into this book intending to like it. In fact, I think that I was judging it a bit unfairly before I even began and I approached it harshly when I first started reading it. I regret that now. I regret not letting myself just enjoy the […]
After Twilight Viewers Can Find A Little Southern Comfort in Beautiful Creatures
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYTptJesPuU] Now that the Twilight series has officially run it’s course a number of new young adult adaptations are rushing to take it’s place. The Hunger Games was the first contender hoping to take over the market established by Harry Potter and the Stephenie Meyere series. While that series has […]
In the Red Dawn (2012) Remake Teenage Rebels Valiantly Fight For… Spokane?
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGoe7BdGdlg] Wolverines! I don’t know how many fans of the original Red Dawn (1984) there are reading this so if you haven’t seen it before believe me when I tell you that there are few more epic movies from the 1980s than this anti-communist action movie. Then go to Netflix […]
Unlike Twilight, Warm Bodies Really IS Necrophelia
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGRHrr6IYdg] A few months ago I reviewed Isaac Marion’s novel Warm Bodies. It chronicles the story of a semi-sentient zombie named R as he falls in love with a living girl and the two attempt to disrupt the post-apocalyptic order the world. The movie seems to be along the same […]
As Awesome As It Looks I Still Have Issues With the World War Z Trailer…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Md6Dvxdr0AQ] I love World War Z. Absolutely love it. It is inventive and offers a unique look at what a post-zombie apocalypse world could be like and how the end of the world could come to pass. Never before have I been sucked in to something quite like I was […]
The Uncertain Future of the Star Wars Extended Universe
It is hard to overstate the iconic position Star Wars has held in American pop culture. For decades the movies have been considered among the greatest movies of all time. There have been countless action figures and memorabilia produced. People who haven’t even seen the movies understand phrases like “Luke, […]
Bundled Releases Breathe New Life in to Older Video Game Franchises
Like many of our followers, I love video games. I really do. The bulk of my expenditures since 2008 have been on amassing a collection of current gen hardware and games that anyone would probably consider excessive. But I came into the game late. I got my first real home […]
Wreck-It Ralph is No Toy Story…
… but it’s still a pretty good movie all the same. That’s what I thought when I walked out of the pre-screening back in March, anyway. I need to be completely honest as I write this: I have not seen the finished product. A friend of mine from law school […]
The Potential of Disney Princess Leia
The news that broke yesterday was huge for nerds everywhere: Disney bought out LucasFilms. Reactions have been varied. Surprisingly the majority of people have seemed hopefully optimistic – an outlook that I share. But the future of Star Wars is not in any way clear. Every few hours we are […]
Every Day Book Review
For A, every day brings something new. A new home, a new family, a new body. In Every Day by well known young adult author David Levithan, every morning A wakes up in the body of someone the same age. I would say the similarities would end there but age […]
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