Film Review

  • Kimi no Na wa

    Have you ever felt like you’ve lost something and won’t ever be able to find it? That’s the feeling I had when I watched Kimi…

  • The Wrath of Khan

    “How do you feel, Jim?”   Did you ever read a book or watch a movie as a kid and think, “Hot diggity, that was…

  • Mulan Takes The Bechdel Test

    Did I love Disney princesses? Of course I did. We all did. Don’t even try to lie. Everyone is an 8-year-old at some point in…

  • Harry Potter and the Crisis of Sorting

    It’s safe to say that Harry Potter blazed many paths. It brought life to a dying publishing industry, it launched the young adult and children’s…

  • Crimson peak: A Gothic Romance

    Ghosts are real, that much I know. Well, okay, I don’t know, but Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowska) can certainly tell you a thing or two…

  • What does Mars tell us in The Martian?

    This post contains spoilers. Imagine this: you are stranded on a distant planet without water, food, internet access, your smartphone, or even other humans. What…

  • Lilo & Stitch: it only gets better

    Check out Part One of this two-part blog series here! Before we delve back into the serious stuff, let’s take a moment to admire the unique…

  • Move Aside, Masculine Mayhem: Mad Max: Fury Road is Here to Stay

    I happen to like my fast-paced, car-chase, post-apocalyptic movies chock full of social commentary, the more nuanced the better. Does that mean that I have many…

  • Hopelessly Hobbited: A Tolkien Addict’s Review of The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies

    One last time. These words, though spoken by Thorin as he prepares to lead his company of dwarves into the Orc-Dwarf-Elf melee, also speak clearly…

  • Truth, Justice and the Kryptonian Way

    “If Superman doesn’t kill, why would Zac k Snyder allow him to snap the neck of General Zod at the end of his film Man of…