Holidays and Strange Cases Make Brooklyn Nine-Nine Award Worthy

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBgHPRSBIFk] While the fall turned into winter and Brooklyn Nine-Nine began to hit its first season stride, something amazing happened with the show. No, not the full season pickup and the post-Super Bowl episode announcement that happened back in October, though that is the type of amazing worthy of Boyle’s […]

Requiem for a Netflix Title: Demon Knight

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6OssUeer57A] Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight Release Date: January 13, 1995 Cast: Billy Zane, William Sadler, Jada Pinkett Smith Director: Ernest R. Dickerson and Gilbert Adler Studio: HBO Distributor: Universal Pictures Genre(s): Horror Based On The Comic Series but Not Adapted from An Actual Storyline Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: […]

Enter the House of Ivy and Sorrow

House of Ivy and Sorrow Author: Natalie Whipple Release Date: April 15, 2014 Publisher: HarperTeen Source: Edelweis DRC Genre(s): YA Fantasy Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: Moderate GoodReads | Amazon As an honorary Southerner I appreciate this slowly growing fad of Southern and gothic Southern settings for young adult novels. We’re seeing it more and more with the sort of […]

Southwestern Teens Battle Zombies in Tom Leveen’s Sick

Sick Author: Tom Leveen Release Date: October 1, 2013 Publisher: Amulet Books, Harry N. Abrams Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): YA Horror, Zombies Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Review Spoilers:  Maybe Moderate-ish GoodReads | Amazon Tom Leveen and I have a few things in common. For one, we both went to Arizona State University. Well, I still go there. He graduated. For another, we […]

Sherlock: The Empty Hearse Recap

WARNING: The following post contains an excessive amount of spoilers and #feels. Side effects may include gross sobbing, Reichenbach flashbacks, and/or fandom-induced heart attacks. Reader discretion is advised. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UcR9iKArd0&w=560&h=315] Don deerstalker. Cue fangirl screams. Set feels to maximum. Aaand we’re back. New Year’s Day saw the end of BBC Sherlock’s […]

Yes Virginia, Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has gotten good.

Well, like I ever doubted that. I liked the episode ‘0-8-4’ for crying out loud. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9ErGCetiSg] But to the question of people who didn’t have the patience to watch beyond three episodes, the show’s quality has indeed spiked since the episode ‘FZZT.’ Fans of Dollhouse will recognize that episode 6 […]

Twinmaker Gives Us A Dark Twist on Transporter Technology

Twinmaker Author: Sean Williams Release Date: November 5, 2013 Publisher: Balzer + Bray Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): YA Science Fiction, YA Thriller Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers:  Low GoodReads | Amazon Talk about one heck of a book. When  first picked up Sean Williams’ Twinmaker I wasn’t sure what I was getting into. I like Sean Williams.  I grew up reading […]