Southern Bastards, Vol. 1: Here Was A Man Author: Jason Aaron Artist: Jason Latour Release Date: October 1, 2014 Publisher: Image Comics Source: Bought and Owned Genre(s): Crime, Drama, Southern Gothic Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low Comixology | Things From Another World On the back cover of Southern Bastards, Volume 1, there’s a quote from Matt Fraction. This is […]
My Little Monster: A Fun, Quirky, Teenage Love Story
Originally called Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun, My Little Monster is the English translated anime/manga that helped revitalize my passion for anime. As of right now there are thirteen episodes, all of which are available on Netflix currently! Unfortunately the manga is still on-going, with twelve graphic novels available (only five currently in English), […]
The Portlandia Cookbook is Equal Parts Hilarious and Delicious
The Portlandia Cook Book Authors: Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, and Jonathan Krisel Release Date: October 28th, 2014 Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers Source: Blogging For Books Genre(s): Cooking, Humor Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon The one thing about this book that I really want to point out is that my mother loved it more than […]
Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories
Dragon’s Breath and Other True Stories Author: MariNaomi Release Date: September 2014 Publisher: 2D Cloud and Uncivilized Books Genre(s): Graphic Novel, Memoir, Short Stories Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Mild GoodReads | Amazon MariNaomi is responsible for my favorite book of 2014. She is also responsible for what will likely be my favorite book of 2015. The former, Dragon’s […]
The Probability of Miracles is as Wonderful as You’d Expect It to Be
The Probability of Miracles Author: Wendy Wunder Release Date: December 8, 2011 Publisher: St. Martin’s Griffin Source: Personal find Genre(s): YA, Contemporary, Realistic Fiction Spoilers: Mild Rating: ★★★★☆ GoodReads | Amazon In a sea of dystopian, vampire, zombie, and awkward teenage romance novels, The Probability of Miracles is a fresh new novel from Wendy Wunder. While the idea of a […]
TNT’s The Librarians is Quaint and Worth Watching
TNT’s The Librarians is a series based on a set of three made-for-TV movies starring Noah Wyle. The fifth episode aired this week and I think the show is finally starting to come together, sort of. I swing between loving it and being critical of it because there’s a lot […]
Off Broadway and “Into the Woods” Disney’s Latest Effort Sounds Great but Still Falls Flat
Into the Woods Release Date: December 25, 2014 Cast: Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Pine, Tracey Ulman, Christine Baranski, Johnny Depp Director: Rob Marshall Studio: Walt Disney Pictures Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Genre(s): Musical, Fantasy Based On: Into the Woods by Stephen Sondheim and […]
From Model to Super Hero: The Story of Samurai Flamenco
Samurai Flamenco is a stand alone anime that was directed by Takahiro Omori and written by Hideyuki Kurata in the Manglobe studio. Manglobe also brought us Ergo Proxy, which used to air on the Sci-fi channel (other people remember this, right?). Samurai Flamenco is fun, short, and incredibly quirky. The story starts off […]
Reviewing the Original Soundtracks of 2014’s Biggest Movies
When we listen to movie soundtracks, we usually don’t give credit where credit is due to the composers. Sure, we’ve all been blasting Awesome Mix Vol. 1 ever since Guardians of the Galaxy reminded us how kickass 70s and 80s pop music is, or maybe we’ve been listening to the original […]
Unboxing: Geek Fuel Alpha Box
This box was provided complimentary from Geek Fuel for review purposes only. The opinions in this review are purely my own and have not been altered in any way based on the kindness of Geek Fuel. There’s a new subscription box in town for you geeks and nerds. Don’t care […]
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