Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention, please? You’ve been patient. You’ve been diligent. You’ve been loyal. Now, for demonstrating such tremendous qualities, such incredible attributes, such unbelievable resolve, you shall be rewarded! Friends, bloggers, Earthlings, lend me your ears! The time has come, yet again, for you to get your proper dose of excitement, adventure,…
Okay everyone, this is it, the one we’ve all been waiting for. I remember when the first Iron Man‘s credits finished rolling and I thought, Okay, maybe there’ll be something good here. The movie was fantastic, but I just feel like there’s one last thing that I need to—HOLY $%&#ing $#!& on a $%$#$%&#ing Krispy Kreme…
I’ve been down this road before. You can’t live in this world without knowing at least two avid Whovians, so after some badgering, stalking, and finally the use of force, I sat down to watch the infamous Doctor Who. It was the very first episode of the first season. It was about…well, I’m not entirely…
When we think about aliens the first things that come into our mind are all the invasion-oriented sci-fi movies in which enormous and unforgiving monsters arrive on Earth to conquer all and extinguish the human race. We don’t need to do a Google search to recall in our minds an endless list of movies like…
Written for the Screen and Directed by Gavin Hood Based on the Novel by Orson Scott Card Starring Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, Viola Davis, Hailee Steinfeld, Abigail Breslin and Ben Kingsley PG-13, 114 minutes At the climax of Ender’s Game, what should be the most exciting part of the film, our protagonist poses a question:…
Fear. Fear is an extremely difficult, yet incredibly simple thing to bring about in another. To scare someone takes a lot, honestly, but it also takes a little. I realize that sounds very self-contradictory, but the truth can’t be changed. To make someone afraid is the most difficult, simple task on the planet, in terms of…
“Terrigood”: not awful, but not fantastic either. To be honest, it might be a bit of a low rating for this particular film, but you’ll be able to see my final score soon. Ender’s Game is based on the critically acclaimed novel by Orson Scott Card. It’s very dear to me. If you’ve read my…
Steven Spielberg’s big budget remake of War of the Worlds begins in what is becoming the most stereotypically cool way to open a movie; Morgan Freeman’s voice. He doesn’t actually show up in the movie, just his voice. It’s like they took a pre-existing audio version of H.G. Wells novel as read by Morgan Freeman…
Last time on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.; The gang comes together just in time to stop Camilla Reyes occupation of their ship and retrieve the “0-8-4.” Skye comes to an impasse regarding her allegiance to S.H.I.E.L.D. and The Rising Tide. Her choice may have lasting implications for all on the time and S.H.I.E.L.D. at large, implications…
Last Week… Agent Coulson successfully puts his team together just in time to stop Mike Peterson, a ticking time bomb filled with all kinds of superhuman inducing serums, before he cause any real damage. The only real straggler, however, is spunky computer hacker Skye who, despite her involvement in last week’s efforts, still feels a…
With his previous film Unbreakable, M. Night Shyamalan took the superhero film and whittled it down to its most restrained. The result was a moody drama that audiences didn’t flock to with as much gusto as the filmmakers pop culture phenomenon that was The Sixth Sense. For his next feature, Shyamalan went back to the…
Orson Scott Card’s philosophical sci-fi thriller, Ender’s Game, is one of the most riveting, exciting, thought-provoking, powerful books I’ve ever read. Tears flowed as the ending came, revealing that this story wasn’t just about fighting aliens and saving the world, but about love, communication, and understanding. I’ve ranked it up there with Ray Bradbury’s…
