With Valentine’s Day coming up, it is hard to be single. The 14th is often termed “Singles Awareness Day” for all of us out there who do not have a sweetheart to spend the holiday with. Yet ever since I laid eyes on Parks and Recreation, this time of year […]
Rockstar Book Tours Presents: The Girl From Everywhere
Title: The Girl From Everywhere Author: Heidi Heilig Pub. Date: February 16, 2016 Publisher: Greenwillow Books Format: Hardcover, eBook, audiobook Find it: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks | Goodreads Heidi Heilig’s debut teen fantasy sweeps from modern-day New York City to nineteenth-century Hawaii to places of myth and legend. Sixteen-year-old Nix has sailed across the globe […]
“Deadpool” Is Big, Bold, And Sure To Leave You Satisfied
Deadpool (2016) Release Date: February 12, 2016 Cast: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, Ed Skrein. T. J. Miller, Gina Carano, Brianna Hildebrand Director: Tim Miller Studio: 20th Century Fox Distributor: 20th Century Fox Genre(s): Superhero, action, comedy Based On Deadpool, created by Fabian Nicieza and Rob Liefeld Rating: ★★★½☆☆ Review Spoilers: Low IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia The opening credits sequence of Deadpool follows the […]
iZombie: Physician, Heal Thy Selfie Recap
Synopsis: There’s a new player in the Utopium game, and it takes all episode for Liv to figure out that it’s Blaine. In the meantime, Liv’s on social media mogul brains and trying to figure out Drake’s past. Rating: ★★★☆☆ So Liv’s on social media brains this week, which is […]
Agent Carter: The Atomic Job Recap
Synopsis: The gang tries to steal Jane Scott’s corpse, and ends up trapped in a labyrinth diffusing atomic bombs. Rating: ????? This was really not Peggy’s week. Or anyone’s, actually. Except maybe Rose. After incorporeal Jason is drawn to a tissue sample from Jane’s body, his touch pulls the Zero Matter out of […]
Arrow: Sins of the Father Recap
Synopsis of 4×13: With Thea’s life on the line, Oliver reluctantly agrees to work with Nyssa to take down Malcolm and give her control of the League of Assassins. His ego and body wounded, a disgraced Malcolm reveals a secret to Darhk. Rating: ★★★☆☆ Stan Lee is often credited with coining the […]
The Flash: Welcome to Earth-2 Recap
Synopsis of 2×13: Barry, Harry, and Cisco make the jump to Earth-2 and encounter more fan service than they can handle. Rating: ★★★★☆ There are few prospects more tantalizing to a genre writer than the alternate Earth. It is a place beaming with potential energy. Every wacky idea, bizarre piece […]
‘Imposter #1’ Brings Intrigue to Superhero Identities
Imposter #1 Author: James Patrick Artists: Martin Szymanski Release Date: February 10, 2016 Publisher: 21 Pulp Genre(s): Noir Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Mild (spoilers marked) Imposter is a great, subversive look at superhero identities – which, consequently makes it difficult to talk about without spoiling anything. That being said, it’s also a busy book that brings the reader […]
Episode 12: Rihanna, Anderson Paak, Car Seat Headrest Interview
After a long stretch of “special episodes,” from our all-Adele supershow to our series of best of 2015 episodes to our David Bowie eulogy, we’re finally back to doing what we do best on Hear and Now with Steve Jozef: reviewing albums. In this episode, we break down Rihanna’s long-awaited ANTI and Anderson Paak’s majestic Malibu. But […]
Supergirl: For The Girl Who Has Everything Recap
Synopsis: An alien parasite endangers Kara’s life, and forces her to imagine her life as it would have been if Krypton had survived. Rating: ★★★★☆ One thing Supergirl has going for it that Superman, in all its iterations, mostly didn’t, is that Kara actually remembers Krypton. She was practically a teenager when […]
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