‘Masterminds’ is A Fun, Silly Comedy and Probably Your Best Bet for Laughs This Weekend at the Box Office!

Release Date: September 30, 2016 Cast: Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Jason Sudeikis Director: Jared Hess Studio: Michaels-Goldwyn, Relativity Media Distributor: Relativity Media, Universal Pictures Genre(s):  Comedy Rating:  Review Spoilers: Low IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia What happens when a bunch of hillbillies concoct a master plan to get stupid rich, stupid quick? Well, it gets pretty stupid. And […]

‘Denial’ Offers a Smart, Captivating Take on the Standard Courtroom Drama

Release Date: September 30, 2016 Cast: Rachel Weisz, Tom Wilkinson, Timothy Spall, Andrew Scott Director: Mick Jackson Studio: Krasnoff/Foster Entertainment, Shoebox Films, Participant Media, BBC Films Distributor: Bleecker Street Genre(s): Drama Rating:  Review Spoilers: Low IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia     The first thing that came to my mind after watching Denial was just how smart of a movie […]

Miss Peregrine’s Home for Kids Who are Weird and Want to Do Other Weird Stuff Too

Release Date: September 30, 2016 Cast: Eva Green, Asa Butterfield, Chris O’Dowd, Allison Janney, Rupert Everett, Terence Stamp, Ella Purnell, Judi Dench and Samuel L. Jackson Director: Tim Burton Studio: Chernin Entertainment, Tim Burton Productions, TSG Entertainment Distributor: 20th Century Fox Genre(s):  “Dark fantasy,” adventure film Review Spoilers: Low IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia Tim Burton is back, this […]

Required Reading for STEM Educators and Students – Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World

Title: Women in Science: 50 Fearless Pioneers Who Changed the World Author: Rachel Ignotofsky Release Date: July 26, 2016 Publisher: Ten Speed Press Genre(s): non-fiction Review Spoilers:  N/A GoodReads | Amazon Did you know that a woman invented the calculator? How about that another woman discovered the sun’s chemical composition? And another conducted the famous “Doll Experiment” from Brown v Board […]

Shipwreck Makes the Leap from Stage to the Page in Loose Lips: Fanfiction Parodies of Great (and Terrible) Literature

Loose Lips Editors: Amy Stephenson and Casey A. Childers Release Date: September 27, 2016 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Genre(s): Humor, Parody, Literature, Fanfiction Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon If you haven’t heard of Shipwreck then you are missing out. An erotic fanfiction contest hosted regularly at the Booksmith bookstore in San Francisco, it’s a […]