The Problem with Game of Thrones

I love the world of Game of Thrones, whether in the books or television I’m instantly entranced the moment I sink into it. It’s a remarkably built world that’s rich in character, settings, and dialogue. It’s also been able to…

TV Review: Daredevil (1×02) “Cut Man”

It was the ending sequence that solidified my intense captivation with Daredevil. Episode two was a hanging question mark for me because it’s where the story could easily falter the most after such an invigorating beginning, but instead it’s the…

TV Review: The Big Bang Theory 8×20, “The Fortification Implementation”

This week’s episode of The Big Bang Theory was pleasing on so many levels. First, we finally get to meet Howard’s half brother! Second, Penny schools Leonard, and plays him like a violin. Finally, the best part of last night’s…

TV Review: iZombie (1×04) “Live and Let Clive”

iZombie has been tripping along nicely, relying on the charm of its assorted cast as well as the sheer magnetism of Rose McIver as lead to introduce us to the rich world these characters inhabit. As it develops our expectations…

‘Marvel’s Daredevil’ Cast Talks Darkness

Queue up your next Netflix binge because Marvel’s Daredevil premieres today. The 13-episode show will feel more like a 13-hour long movie. It takes you on a darker side, away from what we’re use to seeing within the Marvel universe.…

Movie Review: The Longest Ride

I am a hopeless romantic. I can’t help it. Put a cheesy love story in front of me, and I’ll likely melt a little bit. That means I’m sort of a sucker for Nicholas Sparks’ movies. I’ve seen them all,…

The Film Canon: The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

It is impossible to discuss Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane (1941) without examining the film’s two central figures: William Randolph Hearst, the American newspaper magnate that the film’s central megalomaniac was based on, and Welles himself, that sensational  wunderkind whose talents…