"Ender's Game" is a Gorgeous – If Rushed – Sci Fi Epic

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVlgzbuqsn0] Ender’s Game Release Date: November 1, 2013 Cast: Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Hailee Steinfeld, Ben Kingsley, Viola Davis, Abigail Breslin Director: Gavin Hood Studio: OddLot Entertainment, et al. Distributor: Summit Entertainment, Lionsgate Genre(s): Science Fiction Based On the book by Orson Scott Card Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: High IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia This is a terrible review. It’s not […]

Dipper's Guide to the Unexplained is pure, concentrated awesome

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXrfWL6joj0] Gravity Falls: Dipper’s Guide to the Unexplained Synopsis: Dipper Pines investigates some of the stranger mysteries of Gravity Falls, Oregon in six two minute shorts. Rating: ★★★★☆ I love Gravity Falls. I have been head over heels in love with the show since I first watched the episode ‘Tourist Trapped’ […]

Cracked Wants to Educate You with the De-Textbook

The De-Textbook Author: Cracked.com Release Date: October 29, 2013 Publisher: Plume Source: LibraryThing Early Reviewer Program, Plume Genre(s): Humor, Non-Fiction, History, Science, etc. Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers:  N/A GoodReads | Amazon Ever find yourself spending hours on the Internet wasting it away by scrolling through Cracked.com lists or clicking random links in Wikipedia articles until you’ve somehow gotten […]

Hidden Follows A Young Girl's Heartwarming and Heartbreaking Holocaust Experience

Hidden Author: Loic Dauvillier and Greg Salsedo Illustrator: Alexis Siegel Release Date: April 1, 2014 (Originally 2012) Publisher: First Second (originally Le Lombard) Source: NetGalley Genre(s): Historical Fiction, Children’s Fiction, Graphic Novel, Holocaust Rating: ????? Review Spoilers:  Low GoodReads | Amazon I love when comic books are used to tell a story that you probably wouldn’t expect from […]

Hyperbole and a Half Leaps from Blog to Bookshelves

Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened Author: Allie Brosh Release Date: October 29, 2013 Publisher: Touchstone Source: Edelweiss DRC, NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Non-Fiction, Autobiography, Blog, Graphic Novel, Humor Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers:  Low GoodReads | Amazon I’m a big fan of Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half as I’m […]

Cormac McCarthy Shows Off His Screenplay In "The Counselor"

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ML50I0mVHY] The Counselor Release Date: October 25, 2013 Cast: Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt Director: Ridley Scott Studio: Scott Free Productions, Nick Wechsler Productions, Chockstone Pictures Distributor: 20th Century Fox Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Mystery Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Medium IMDB | Rotten Tomatoes | Wikipedia So I’m going to be real with you, I only saw […]