Amanda Hayman
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Amanda is a student and writer living on Long Island who is passionate about good storytelling, collecting books, watching TV and her two cats. Some of her favorite TV shows are Game of Thrones, American Horror Story, House of Cards, Vikings and The Vampire Diaries. Her dream is to be a best-selling fiction author someday, but in the meantime she is exploring her love for writing articles and wants to pursue a career in magazine writing. She is currently writing for her school's alumni magazine and recently had her first short story "Skeletons" published by a literary magazine.

TV Review: Vikings 4×15 “All His Angels”

“How the little piglets would grunt if they knew how the old boar suffered.” When Ned Stark was executed on Game of Thrones viewers were in denial. At least Vikings gave us four episodes of preparation and made it obvious…

TV Review: Vikings 4×14 “In the Uncertain Hour Before the Morning”

Vikings has gotten its bite back in this week’s episode, “In the Uncertain Hour Before the Morning,” with a bloody opening scene showing the  death of Aslaug by the hands of Lagertha, a celebratory viking funeral with singing reminiscent of…

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring 15th Anniversary

This month marks the 15th anniversary of Peter Jackson’s epic saga The Lord of the Rings, based on the novels by J.R.R. Tolkien published in 1954, with its first film in the trilogy The Fellowship of the Ring released on December…

TV Review: Vikings 4×13 “Two Journeys”

We finally get a look at what our non-viking characters have been up to on this week’s episode of Vikings “Two Journeys,” which brought Bjorn to Rollo’s Francia and Ragnar to King Ecbert’s Wessex. The episode starts were we last…

Top 10 Best Star Wars Scenes

With Rogue One: A Star Wars Story blasting into theaters this Friday, December 16, we are looking back at some of the film saga’s best moments in the galaxy far, far away. Click next to see our Top 10 scenes…

TV Review: The Vampire Diaries Fall Finale 8×07 “The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You”

It’s never really a merry Christmas on The Vampire Diaries is it? These holiday episodes are notorious for being disastrous and last night’s fall finale “The Next Time I Hurt Somebody, It Could Be You” had all the dinner party…

TV Review: Vikings 4×12 “The Vision”

There can only be one queen in Kattegat on this week’s episode titled “The Vision” of Vikings, which focused heavily on the tensions between Queen Aslaug and Lagertha, Ragnar’s desperation for forgiveness and Ivar continuing his ruthless ways. The episode…