I never went to camp. Well, I went to music theater camp for years as a kid, but that was in an air conditioned theater and I was out by 4 p.m. every day. The whole go out into the woods for summer camp with other kids was not a […]
Not This Again…: Sword Art Online II The Review
Sword Art Online II Cast: Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, and Miyuki Sawashiro Director: Tomohiko Ito Episode Numbers: 24 Genres: Action, Drama, Anime Based On: Sword Art Online light novels by Reki Kawahara Rating: ★★☆☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low Hulu | Crunchyroll I’m going to be upfront so you all know what type of review this is going to […]
Akame ga Kill! The Best Anime of Summer 2014
Akame ga Kill! Cast: Sora Amamiya, Soma Saito, and Yukari Tamura Director: Tomoki Kobayashi Episode Numbers: 24 Genres: Drama, Action, Anime Based On: Akame ga Kill! manga by Takahiro Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low Crunchyroll To be frank, most modern anime disappoints me to a certain degree. In the popular shōnen genre, characters have become […]
Hawkeye #19: What's The Sign For Heartbreak?
Hawkeye #19 Author: Matt Fraction Artists: David Aja and Matt Hollingsworth Release Date: July 30, 2014 Publisher: Marvel Comics Source: Bought and Owned Genre(s): Action, Drama Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Medium It’s been a long wait since Hawkeye #18 where Kate Bishop’s homestead in LA was burned down by Madame Masque and her crew. Even longer since […]
I Survived DashCon 2014 and All I Got Was An Extra Hour In The Ball Pit
Yes. The rumors are true. I went to DashCon. In fact, out of the four cons I was an official media person at this spring (and the other two I wrote about after attending anyway), DashCon was one of the earliest confirmations I got, second only to Katie Mae of […]
The Mockingjay Rises In The Teaser Trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Well, you’ve seen President Snow’s propaganda, but it’s time to get the other side of the story. Today, the Mockingjay has returned! Or rather, the actual teaser trailer for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 has dropped. While Sam, Therese, and Kylee were at San Diego Comic Con, I […]
San Diego Comic Con Day 1: Highlights
Day one of Comic Con International has come to a close, though I hear the activities in the Gaslamp district are just getting started. Our reporters did some great work today and sat in on a ton of panels. What they couldn’t do, the rest of Twitter did, and here […]
The Fifty Shades of Grey Trailer Does A Bad Job of Convincing Me It's Not A Horror Film
The Fifty Shades of Grey trailer is out. [youtube=http://youtu.be/z4nJX8snP4s] First of all, I’m not supposed to have flashbacks to when I read The Bloody Chamber by Angela Carter, right? This is supposed to be based on someone’s Twilight fan fiction and not the Bluebeard story? Because the trailer certainly makes […]
WTF is this….aka "Lucy"
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVt32qoyhi0&w] LUCY (2014) Release Date: July 25, 2014 Cast: Scarlett Johansson, Morgan Freeman, Min-sik Choi, Amr Waked Director: Luc Besson Studio: EuropaCorp, TF1 Films Production Distributor: Universal Pictures Genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi Rating: ★☆☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia This movie cray. Pop an ectasy pill or […]
Teen Wolf: I.E.D. Recap
[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRYtOv6Ygfk] Teen Wolf: I.E.D. (4×05) by Elise Kulik Synopsis: Lydia cracks another third of the deadpool; Derek’s losing his powers after his encounter with Kate. Scott and Kira figure out who on the lacrosse team is working for The Benefactor. Rating: ★★★☆☆ Brief note on the title- it stands for Intermittent Explosive […]