Lauren: Thanks to my sister’s rather important life events, from getting married to becoming a doctor, there hasn’t been much time dedicated to her poor, neglected sister. But no more! Book Club is back!
Read more "Book Club In Session: The Infinite Sea (The 5th Wave #2) by Rick Yancey"There is a new Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer on the loose! Watch it and follow along as my mind breaks down what I do not understand.
Read more "The Breakdown: Avengers: Age of Ultron Trailer 2"Usually when it comes to each year of TV there are a bunch of new shows battling it out to be at the top of my list, but that wasn’t the case this past year. Only one new show really stood out in my book, so thank goodness some returning shows continue to do what […]
Read more "HST 2014 In Review: TV"A week or two has passed now since most sites have posted their end of the year write-ups, and I still find myself debating what to put on my movie list. After much self degradation I have finally come to terms with the fact that my list will be nothing like that of the Oscar’s […]
Read more "HST 2014 in Review: Movies"Synopsis wise, The Lazarus Effect is just one of many horror films involving possession and black eyes. But seeing the cast list in a film like this, including Olivia Wilde, Mark Duplass, and Donald Glover, has my hopes running high for this one. Just don’t kill the dog!
Read more "The Breakdown: The Lazarus Effect Official Trailer"A new year means new Marvel films, so let’s start things off with a bang. I give you… drum roll noises… Ant-Man! Ant-Man? That’s really a thing? Huh…
Read more "The Breakdown: Ant-Man Teaser Trailer"Moving straight from The Fall to The Night Eternal in my one-woman book club, I didn’t have to wait long to get an ending to Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s The Strain trilogy. Thoughts? It may not be Salem’s Lot, but it’s good enough. “Good enough.”
Read more "Off The Shelf: Review of The Night Eternal (The Strain Book 3)"There is no question that Louis Zamperini, the inspiration for the film Unbroken, lived through a long list of crazy experiences that would break most people. To put it simply, he is an inspiration; an inspiration with a story that deserves to be told. But even the craziest life doesn’t make the best movie when it […]
Read more "Film Review: Unbroken"In a previous post I may have mentioned being pretty excited for the adaptation of The Strain from book to TV. Did I watch it? No… But I did read the sequel! That’s gotta count for something…
Read more "Off the Shelf: Review of The Fall (The Strain Book 2)"Don’t get me wrong, I love The Hunger Games series. However, I equally hate books being broken down into multiple movies. So as much as it pains me to say it, it comes as little surprise that on its own, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 just doesn’t get the job done.
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