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 […]
An Adventure to Find the Last Twinkie
Let me start this off by saying, when we found out Hostess had gone out of business, Jane and I were in the car with my best friend Bethany, and we had just gotten back from a Hitchcock promotional cocktail party and were ready to go home. But when I […]
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 […]
Twilight affirms that violence makes vampires fun
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0JPE202szI] I think most people are glad that Twilight is over, myself included. Personally, it wasn’t even because of the actual series. I have read the first three of the Twilight books, and I did enjoy them when I read them when I was in middle school and I enjoyed […]
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 […]
Skyfall is not an “action packed” movie, but it is an awesome espionage film.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kw1UVovByw] It doesn’t lack explosions, but Skyfall is not a classic action movie. You can’t sit there, slurping your drink, waiting for people to fight and shoot at each other. Growing with the modern age, James Bond is a heavily developed character relying heavier on his own personality and skills rather than […]
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 […]
Dreamworks’ Rise of the Guardians
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2koEFlVqfc] So, today I got to go to an advanced screening of Dreamworks’ new movie Rise of the Guardians. Let me just say, that I am a sucker for the holiday season. I absolutely love it when things get sparkly with lights and people go home to their families. Even […]
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, […]
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