Defending Dark Phoenix

Movie Night with Lauren: X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

In preparation for the newest X-Men movie, Logan, I saw X-Men Apocalypse against everyone’s recommendation. Logan owes me big time.

Film Review: X-Men: Days of Future Past

Bryan Singer returns to the director’s chair of the X-Men franchise and Days of Future Past is right there with First Class and X2 in quality; very, very good.

Looking Ahead to 2014: Second Quarter (April – June)

One quarter down so far this year, three to go. Here’s our list of what is peaking our excitement in the next few months.

Film Review: The Wolverine

The Wolverine doesn’t feel like a comic book movie for the majority of its run time and this is certainly a good thing.

HST… Film Review: Chronicle

Hello boys and girls! In this edition of “HST… Film Review,” Alan and Lauren break out the fighting words over Chronicle, the new film about a group of boys who gain superpowers. Don’t worry, no one was harmed in the making of this (spoiler free) discussion. And if someone was harmed it would be Alan. […]

Book Club in Session: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children

Heather: My sister, boyfriend, and I have recently started up a book club (if you can even call a meager three people who happen to be reading the same book a club). Unfortunately for me, they share much the same taste in the fantasy/horror genres (a far cry from my beloved Chelsea Handler and Jodi […]

Review: X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class is a great comic book film that is anchored by a fantastic cast and resets the X-Men universe in an era ripe for potential future films. The film opens up right where the franchise did, with Erik Lehnsherr being separated from his family at a Nazi concentration camp and ripping a fence […]

Review: X-Men Origins Wolverine

The X-Men franchise returns with an origin story of its main character Wolverine, and the end result is a fun, action filled summer movie that gets the season off on the right foot. James Howlett was born in the early 1800’s, a consistently sick boy; his father is murdered by vengeful neighbor who is father […]