Now that the summer is ending, and the fall tv season is around the corner, I wanted to look back at what I watched over the holidays. Though I technically watched all these shows on my TV, none of them were actually broadcast over the summer. The shows I enjoyed (The Night Manager, Black-ish, Star…
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Summer Movies in the Fall
I know that everyone’s probably seen these movies already (They were, after all, some of the biggest hits of the summer.), but now that some of these blockbusters are coming to iTunes, I have been able to catch up a bit (if you follow my blog, you should know that I’m always catching up with…
Movie #11: Muppets Most Wanted
While I was OK with the previous Muppet Movie (which was a much-needed re-energizing of the franchise), I loved this Muppets take on the spy-fi genre. Coming as kind of a direct sequel to the previous movie, the Muppets decide to keep the momentum going on their celebrity by staging a world tour. This idea…
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey – Movie Review
I have to say, it’s nice to be back in Middle Earth. While The Lord of the Rings trilogy definitely left me craving more of Peter Jackson’s vision of Tolkien’s magical realm, I was worried that The Hobbit would be an epic letdown. Then there was all the talk about how they were going to…
Movie #45: Headhunters
I love movies with good plot twists, and the Norwegian film Headhunters (Hodejegerne) is enjoyable not only because of the surprises in its storyline, but the movie twists from style to style as well. The film starts out as an edgy, modern, satirical fable (like Fight Club or American Psycho). Executive recruiter Roger Brown feels…
The Amazing Spider-Man – Movie Review
The first question around most water coolers about The Amazing Spider-Man seems to be, “Did we need another reboot of the Spider-man story so soon?” and the second (if your water cooler is frequented by movie buffs) is, “Can Marc Webb do a good job directing it when his only claim to fame is indie…
Five Reasons to Love Downton Abbey
It all started when I was keeping an eye out for shows to recommend to my friend who was really into the British series Lark Rise to Candleford. There was another much-hyped series from the UK called “Downton Abbey” that I told her to watch. Set in the early 20th century, the show follows the…
Ready Player One by Ernest Cline – Capsule Book Review
If I was like Oprah and had my own book club, this would be one novel that I would proudly put my sticker on. For a geek like me, Ready Player One was an amazing surprise. From the title, I guessed that the novel had something to do with 80s video games. However, I expected…
Torchwood: Children of Earth – TV (P)review
Anyone who’s seen the “They’re here…” moment from Poltergeist, or seen images of the Village of the Damned kids with their glowing eyes, knows that children have long been used for both sentimental and chilling effect in sci-fi and horror. In the new Torchwood mini-series, Children of Earth (technically season/series 3 of the BBC show),…
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