After a loyal pilot that not only honored the first book but seemingly set the pace for the season, “The Idea Of North” threw everything in disarray as the plot of His Dark Materials went off the rails, pulling in ideas from later in the book series and diverting attention […]
Stephen King’s Doctor Sleep Shines
Release Date: November 8, 2019Cast: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Kyliegh Curran, Cliff CurtisDirector: Mike FlanaganStudio: Intrepid Pictures, Vertigo EntertainmentDistributor: Warner Bros. PictureSpoilers: LowIMDB| Rotten Tomatoes | WikipediaRating: ★★★★☆ Danny Torrance has had a rough go of it. As a kid, Danny’s dad took on a caretaker job at a haunted hotel in the mountains, went mad, and tried to kill […]
Rockstar Book Tours: Discover the Light at the Bottom of the World in London Shah’s Exciting Debut Novel
Title: The Light at the Bottom of the WorldSeries: The Light at the Bottom of the World #1Author: London ShahPub. Date: October 29, 2019Publisher: FreeformFormats: Hardcover, eBook, AudiobookPages: 320Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, Audible, B&N, iBooks, Kobo, TBD Dystopian young adult fiction takes a deep dive underwater in London Shah’s debut, The Light at the Bottom of the World. Set in a […]
Last Christmas is Heart-Wrenchingly Literal *Spoilers*
Release Date: November 8th, 2019Cast: Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Emma ThompsonDirector: Paul FeigStudio: Feigco EntertainmentDistributor: Universal PicturesSpoilers: HeavyIMDB| Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia Rating: ★★☆☆☆ “Last Christmas, I gave you my heart…” Yeah. If you know that lyric, you know the plot of this movie. Kate (Emilia Clarke) plays a depressed, aspiring singer. She immigrated to London from […]
AppleTV+’s Dickinson Is Youthful, Charming, And Worth The Subscription
I’ll be the first to admit that when I heard Apple was coming out with their own original programming and television subscription package I rolled my eyes. Just another thing to spend money on, I said. I’ll pass, I said. But, then they debuted the Dickinson trailer, and I was […]
His Dark Materials: Lyra’s Jordan Recap
It’s been almost a quarter of a decade since the publication of Northern Lights (or The Golden Compass), the first book in Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. Now, in the shadows of the final season of HBO’s landmark series of Game of Thrones, Pullman’s trilogy is given new life […]
Rockstar Book Tours: A Touch of Darkness
Title: A TOUCH OF DARKNESS (Hades & Persephone #1)Author: Scarlett St. ClairPub. Date: May 23, 2019Publisher: Scarlett St. ClairFormats: Paperback, eBookFind it:Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, TBDPages: 438Rating: ★★★ ½ ☆☆ Synopsis: Persephone is the Goddess of Spring by title only. The truth is, since she was a little girl, flowers have shriveled at her touch. After moving to New […]
Rockstar Book Tours: Piper Milly Tries Find Her Place in JJ and Chris Gabenstein’s New Nerdy MG Novel, ‘Shine’
the time I finished reading JJ and Chris Grabenstein’s new middle grade novel, Shine!, all I could think was: “Wow, what a great story.”
The Resistance Struggles to Stay Alive in Rebecca Roanhorse’s ‘Star Wars: Resistance Reborn’
Resistance Reborn is a solid story with a bit of a heist component that perfectly balances action and character development. There’s some good hints as to where The Rise of Skywalker will take the characters and the story but for the most part manages to both stand alone.
Terminator: Dark Fate Movie Review
Release Date: November 1, 2019Cast: Linda Hamilton, Mackenzie Davis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Natalia Reyes, Gabriel Luna, Diego BonetaDirector: Tim MillerStudio: Paramount Pictures, Skydance Media, 20th Century Fox, Lightstorm EntertainmentDistributor: Paramount PicturesSpoilers: LowIMDB| Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia Rating: ★★★ ½ ☆☆ Linda Hamilton is BACK BABY! In this sequel to the possibly the finest action movie ever made, T2: Judgment Day, […]