Several years ago, when I first decided to make the transition from physical books to ebooks, I trolled around Amazon looking for cheap ebooks that looks interesting. And, despite the advice of the old adage, I often find my eye being caught by the covers of books, […]
It sometimes feels like I’m one of the few people who actual tends to enjoy the Marvel shows that Netflix is currently putting out. They aren’t perfect, but for reasons that I don’t fully understand they seem to illicit and almost irrational amount of hatred in people, […]
There are certain franchises out there that I know very little about, and have never really examined for myself. They may be long-running and much-beloved series, but for whatever reason I just don’t have much more than a tangential relationship with them. And, the Predator series certainly fits into […]
The world of heavy metal is a fascinating one. I never really got into the music, but the whole aesthetic and culture attached to it is legitimately one of the most intriguing subcultures in all of popular music. Growing up I was obsessed with classic rock, and […]
By and large, American cinema is very safe. Occasionally you can come across a strange piece of outsider cinema or an indie flick which really pushes the boundaries of what works in an American movie, but for the most part we’re a very tame country. And […]
Advertising plays a very important, and often overlooked role in movies. The way that a movie is sold to us can have some real repercussions on how you end up feeling about it after you’ve seen it, especially when it wrestles with your expectations. There’s been a […]
As can probably be ascertained by reading most of the articles on this site, I love stories that take seemingly normal people and put them in extraordinary circumstances. I know that there are vast mounts of people who are interested in simple, human drama, but I’m […]
I think by now it should be pretty clear that I’m a big fan of the animated shows create by Matt Groening. I spent a staggering amount of my life watching and discussing every single episode of the Simpsons, and despite the serious ebbs and flows of quality […]
Two years ago I went to the theaters to see a movie that I really had no interest in seeing, but kept hearing incredibly solid word of mouth. It was the Shallows, and it was a claustrophobic suspense flick about Blake Lively getting injured in a secluded beach where […]
It should probably be no surprise, especially when taking my obsession with superheroes into account, but I used to be a huge fan of mythology. When I was a kid I was given a book that retold most of the prominent Greek myths around the […]
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