Rose City Comic Con gets bigger every year, and it just so happened that this year it managed to draw in two members of the Agents of SHIELD cast. Elizabeth Henstridge and Brett Dalton sat down in the main panel room and had a forty-five minute Q&A filled with a […]
Making Waves – Out on the Wire: The Storytelling Secrets of the New Masters of Radio
Author: Jessica Abel, foreword by Ira Glass Release Date: August 25, 2015 Publisher: Broadway Books Source: Blogging for Books Genre(s): nonfiction, graphic novel Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: N/A GoodReads | Amazon “I should totally make a podcast.” It’s a thought that’s occurred to me and probably most radio listeners at least once during an […]
Nerdophiles Catch Up With… Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Inhumans, and SHIELD, and Hydra, oh my! Season two of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was quite a ride; coming fresh off of the success of their biggest plot twist in season one, a plot twist that continues to affect the ongoing plot of the series, let’s catch up with what happened last […]
Minority Report: Pilot Recap
Synopsis of 1×01: Eleven years after the events of the 2002 film, a Pre-cog and a detective work together to solve crimes before they happen. Rating: ★★☆☆☆ “Can you believe we used to stop this stuff before it happened?” It would be unfair to expect Fox’s television adaptation/sequel to the 2002 Steven […]
“Sicario” is the Non-Stop High Intensity Action Film You Need To See
Sicario (2015) Release Date: September 25, 2015 Cast: Emily Blunt, Benicio del Toro, Josh Brolin, Victor Garber Director: Denis Villeneuve Studio: Black Label Media, Thunder Road Pictures Distributor: Lionsgate Genre(s): Crime, Thriller Rating: ★★★★½☆ Review Spoilers: Low IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia Sicario does an impressive job of many things. Among those things […]
“Lost Stars” is the Star Wars Book We Should All Be Talking About
Star Wars: Lost Stars Author: Claudia Gray Release Date: September 4, 2015 Publisher: Disney Lucasfilm Press Genre(s): Science Fiction, Romance, Media Tie-In Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon On Force Friday a number of books were released to continue the Star Wars story leading up to the release of The Force Awakens. Out of all of […]
“The Intern” Provides Some Charms, But Ultimately Feels Empty
The Intern (2015) Release Date: September 25, 2015 Cast: Robert De Niro, Anne Hathaway, Rene Russo, Adam DeVine Director: Nancy Meyers Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Genre(s): Comedy Rating: ★★½☆☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia Despite any attempts to become a higher form of cinema, The Intern proves itself to be […]
Heroes Reborn: Brave New World Recap
Synopsis of 5×01 and 5×02: Picking up a few years after the original series skidded to a flaming halt, a new story begins with new heroes, some old haunts, and whichever original cast members would answer Tim Kring’s phone calls. Rating: ?1/2 Heroes, as it existed once, was a hugely […]
The Bare Necessities of “The Jungle Book”
Film Synopsis: Directed by Jon Favreau (“Iron Man”), based on Rudyard Kipling’s timeless stories and inspired by Disney’s classic animated film, “The Jungle Book” is an all-new live-action epic adventure about Mowgli (newcomer Neel Sethi), a man-cub who’s been raised by a family of wolves. But Mowgli finds he is […]
Scream Queens: Bubblegum Horror Meets Mean Girls Comedy
Series overview: The audience is introduced to the resident mean girls on campus, the sisters of Kappa Kappa Tau, led by their queen, Chanel. After the dean forces KKT to open their rush process to all students, the girls start being murdered one by one by a mysterious serial killer […]