Entertainment wasn’t a big deal for me in college. I was pretty engaged with my course materials, so my iPad was perfect for any sort of streaming I wanted to do. Since moving on from college, though, I’ve realized that I have more time to catch up on the shows […]
Scarlett Undercover is Smart, Savvy, and Everything Good YA Should Be
Scarlett Undercover Author: Jennifer Latham Release Date: May 19, 2015 Publisher: Little Brown Source: NetGalley Genre(s): Mystery, Detective, YA Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Medium GoodReads | Amazon Scarlett is a Muslim-American teenage detective, and she just got a new case. A teenager jumped to his death off a bridge, but it turns out […]
Outlander: The Search Recap
Synopsis of 1×14: Claire and Jenny set out to rescue Jamie from his redcoat captors; unorthodox tactics are used to send word to Jamie. Rating: ★★★★☆ With Jamie officially missing in action, Claire and Jenny take to the road immediately in “The Search” to try and scout out where the redcoats […]
Games of Thrones: The Wars to Come Recap [SEASON PREMIERE]
Synopsis of 5×01: The scene is set after Tywin’s assassination and we learn what has been going on in the lives of the remaining players in this game of thrones. Rating: ★★★☆☆ Let’s be honest, this episode was pure exposition. I haven’t watched any of the leaked episodes but from what I’ve […]
The Walking Dead: Try Recap
Synopsis of 5×15: Rick’s group continues to feel divided on whether or not to assimilate to the Alexandria Safe Zone, while Deanna seems to be coming to some conclusions of her own in the aftermath of tragedy. Rating: ★★★★☆ The only ones missing Aiden and his terrible taste in music are his […]
The Walking Dead: Forget Recap
Synopsis of 5×13: Some members of the group assimilate better than others – Daryl even makes a friend! Sasha does not. Rating: ★★★☆☆ Sasha, who lost her brother and her boyfriend recently enough for it to still be traumatic, is finding life in the Alexandria Safe Zone to be a little bit… […]
Marvel’s Agent Carter: Valediction Recap [SEASON FINALE]
Summary of 1×08: With New York in danger, Howard Stark returns to help the SSR catch Ivchenko and Dottie once and for all. Peggy gets closure. Everything hurts and I’m dying. Rating: ★★★★★ Oh just bury me in the ground. Everything is awful. I don’t know if I can recover […]
New TV Trailers: “iZombie,” “Better Call Saul,” “Penny Dreadful” and More
Better Call Saul [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1xIGfVFb-U] The highly anticipated Breaking Bad spinoff (from the same writers) takes place 6 years before Saul Goodman met Walter White. Though that doesn’t rule out any future appearances from Bryan Cranston’s meth kingpin, Bob Odenkirk’s sleazy lawyer is reason enough to watch. Watch as Goodman […]
Nerdophiles Picks: Favorite Comics of 2014
From trades, to single issues, to one-shots, to ongoing series, we can’t get enough of comics! Nerdophiles does its fair amount of coverage for comics, but the industry is big and we have barely even scratched the surface here. We’ve got just some of our personal staff favorites picked out from 2014. If […]
Z Nation: Murphy’s Law Recap
Z Nation: Murphy’s Law (1×12) Synopsis: A new threat emerges alongside some new side effects for Murphy. Citizen Z begins looking into the whereabouts of the doctor that injected Murphy originally. This episode opens with a little reminder that Mack and Addy are probably dead and in a literal skin-peeling way, […]