[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PdLmZG_6ZE] BIRDMAN or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Release Date: Oct 17th, 2014 Cast: Michael Keaton, Zach Galifianakis, Edward Norton, Naomi Watts, Emma Stone, Amy Ryan, Andrea Riseborough Director: Alejandro González Iñárritu Studio: Regency Enterprises, Worldview Entertainment Distributor: Fox Searchlight Productions Genre(s): Black Comedy Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Low IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia […]
Gekkan Shoujo turns anime archetypes on their heads
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun Lead VAs: Ari Ozawa as Sakura, Yuuichi Nakamura as Nozaki Director: Mitsue Yamazaki of Media Factory Episodes: 12, complete Genre(s): Romance, comedy, school life, shounen Based On Web manga of the same name (ongoing) Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Mild Crunchyroll As an avid consumer of shoujo (girly romance) manga and anime, I […]
Person of Interest: Brotherhood Recap
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h3RK2xK_EI] Person of Interest: Brotherhood (4×04) Synopsis: Team Machine has a run-in with a nasty gang called the Brotherhood as they try to protect a brother and sister. Rating: ????? This week’s episode introduced us to a new baddie and gave viewers a feel of the team being back together after a long three […]
Lorde Brings the ‘Yellow Flicker Beat’ to The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1S9HUNoI4k] I wonder how often people forget that The Hunger Games series is a story about teenagers. Teenagers thrown into horrible situation after horrible situation sure, but teenagers all the same. The most mind boggling thing someone ever told me about when the movies were being cast was that Hailee Steinfeld, who […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: Making Friends and Influencing People Recap
Synopsis of 2×03: Simmons’ location for the past few months is revealed as HYDRA goes on the hunt for Donnie Gill. Fitz finds out that Ward has been kept in the base and doesn’t react well. May also shoots Hunter and I laugh myself silly. Rating: ★★★★★ This show has […]
Sleepy Hollow: Root of All Evil Recap
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdfwcuxV7NI] Sleepy Hollow: Root of All Evil (2×03) Synopsis: When an old coin starts turning people to darkness, Abbie and Ichabod race to find it. Although they receive help from newcomer privateer, Nick Hawley, the coin soon strikes those closest to them. Meanwhile, Irving discovers the truth about Henry. Rating: ★★★☆☆ Ichabod and Abbie attempt to […]
Doctor Who: Kill the Moon Recap
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leGP3JXSSxQ] Doctor Who: Kill the Moon (8×07) Synopsis: The year is 2049, and there’s something very, very wrong with the moon. The Doctor and Clara, accompanied by student Courtney, find themselves thrown into a situation teeming with man-eating spiders, unlikely aliens, and nuclear weapons. Clara is faced with a decision […]
The Vampire Diaries: I’ll Remember Recap
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi7BpfI2_LI] The Vampire Diaries: I’ll Remember (6×01) Synopsis: In the aftermath of last season’s finale, the gang are living in various states of denial. Elena’s hitting some magic witch herbs a little too hard so she can hallucinate being together with Damon again. Later, she asks Alaric to erase all […]
"Star Wars Rebels" Spark of Somethin' Good
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_soLH5MWGOg&w=560&h=315] Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellion Release Date: 10/03/14 Cast: Steve Blum, Vanessa Marshall, Freddie Prinze Jr, Tiya Sircar, and Taylor Gray Director: Steward Lee Studio: Disney Distributor: DIsney-ABC Domestic Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low IMDB| Wikipedia This past weekend I had the luck to catch a screening of the […]
Japan’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter is a Magically Immersive Adventure
July 2014 saw the opening of the world’s second Harry Potter-inspired theme park area in Universal Studios Japan. Seeing as the Harry Potter series more or less permeated every aspect of my childhood, I bused apparated over to Osaka last month to see for myself what all the hubbub was […]
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