8 Best Film Music Scores for Studying

Often, I will sit down at my desk and know that it’s crunch time. So I grab the coffee, play my favorite motion picture soundtracks, and buckle in for a long night. Without my Spotify play list of classical music,…

The Film Canon: Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)

Over 200 years later and we still love Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice so much that we get at least one new version of it every other year. I’m not really complaining because Pride and Prejudice is one of the…

Book Review: ‘First & Then’ by Emma Mills

Described as Pride and Prejudice meets Friday Night Lights, First & Then by Emma Mills is is an enjoyable book that acknowledges the significance of normal, every-day experiences and explores what it means to be friends and family. Devon Tennyson…

Comic-Con 2015: Screen Gems Presents ‘Pride and Prejudice and Zombies’ & ‘Patient Zero’

In Seth Grahame-Smith’s witty and violent take on Jane Austen’s literary masterpiece, Pride and Prejudice, he adds a horde of bloodthirsty zombies! Everyone’s favorite characters are coming back with their same problems, but with a little twist. They are all…

Book Review: The Distance Between Us by Kasie West

When I first read the summary for Kasie West’s The Distance Between Us, I knew to expect formula. Poor girl meets rich boy. I mean, how many different versions of Cinderella and Pride and Prejudice have we’ve read and seen?…

Top 10 Romances on Film for Valentine’s Day

Well, the top ten mildly unconventional. I’m not what you’d call a romantic, typically bordering the lines of cynical rather than warm-hearted.  I wasn’t swept off my feet by Jack Dawson in Titanic, and I didn’t cry at the end…