As someone who usually went to the movie theater just about every single weekend, I usually end up seeing just about everything. Really the only reason that I won’t end up seeing a movie is if there’s already something better coming out that weekend, or it’s just […]
Well folks, after mentioning the narrative whiplash effect that I’ve been experiencing lately switching between Catch Me If You Can and Oldboy, it turns out that I got ahead of myself. Because things are taking an even sharper turn this week, with a very different tale of familial love, the Incredibles! I […]
For the most part, the rest of the 1970’s are going to be a pretty difficult time for making decisions for this project. It’s an incredibly stacked decade, leading to some of the toughest competitions that I’ll face throughout this entire project. Today is not one of […]
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, […]
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 […]
When scrolling through my GoodReads account it becomes pretty evident that I’m not a person who tends to gravitate towards stories of average people. Novels about real relationships, real struggles, and accurate reflections of the world we live in generally don’t interest me, at least when told […]
Pixar has been having kind of a rough couple of years. Not only are they embroiled in this wave of scandals that are racing through Hollywood, exposing all of the ingrained perversion in the industry, they just haven’t seemed to have been firing on all cylinders. Inside Out was […]
The Marvel Cinematic Universe has always been built on risk. When it began they didn’t have the rights to any of their most profitable and well-known characters. But they worked on making these lesser-known characters as interesting as possible, all while building up to the ambition Avengers. And they’ve struck […]
There are certain things in pop culture that can just pass you by. It’s impossible to be familiar with and experience every bit of pop culture that’s made, so you’re bound to get some weird blindspots. For instance, one of my biggest is that I’ve barely ever seen […]