Kung Fu Panda 3

Kung Fu Panda 3 is a pretty big step back from the first two films as it loses its way at almost every turn.

Jane Got a Gun

Jane Got a Gun is an almost great survival western, but this clever story feels just a bit too small on the production side at times while not quite coming together for half its runtime.

Movie Night With Lauren: The Martian (2015)

Movie Night With Lauren #3: From Black Death to The Martian thanks to Sean Bean. Check out the explanation for Movie Night here.

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Though the film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies fails to be everything I hoped it would be, it definitely has more fun with adding the undead to the Jane Austen classic than Seth Grahame-Smith did while writing his uninspired book.

45 Years

45 Years is a solid slice of life look at a long-standing couple dealing with an interesting dilemma, and the fallout from that.

Son of Saul

Son of Saul’s incredible filmmaking takes us inside the Holocaust in a new and unique way, but the happenstance surrounding Saul and the holes it asks the viewer to fill hold it back in the end.

Rise of the Tomb Raider DLC: Baba Yaga: The Temple of the Witch

With Rise of the Tomb Raider pulling up behind only The Witcher 3 in my favorite games of 2015 list, this story driven DLC inspired by the story of Baba Yaga couldn’t get here fast enough. Time to extend the season of the witch!

Movie Night With Lauren: Black Death (2010)

Movie Night With Lauren #2: From Hick to Black Death thanks to Eddie Redmayne. Check out the explanation for Movie Night here.

Movie Night With Lauren: Hick (2011)

Movie Night With Lauren #1: from The 5th Wave to Hick thanks to Chloe Grace Moretz. Check out the explanation for Movie Night here.

Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse Book 1) by James S. A. Corey

Impatience burned me the last time I chose to start a book series during season one of its adaptation to TV, but the trailer for Syfy’s The Expanse just looked too good not to crack open Leviathan Wakes. Boy am I glad I did.