TV Review: Girl Meets World 1×18 – “Girl Meets Master Plan”

It’s Maya’s fourteenth birthday and her mother forgot about it. She stops Riley from going out the window to confront Katy, distracting her with the friendship rings (a present from Riley) she just unwrapped. “I’ll never take this off until…

TV Review: Constantine (1×09) – “The Saint of Last Resorts – Part 2″

I was initially really disappointed that this episode did not take place in Hell. I mean… it’s a show about an exorcist; a Hell episode was not farfetched or anything. I convinced myself that that was what the cliffhanger at…

Lemony Snicket’s ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’ is Being Adapted into a Television Series by Netflix

If you haven’t heard, it was announced late last year that Netflix will adapt the bestselling book series A Series of Unfortunate Events into an original show. The series follows the misadventures of the three Baudelaire orphans: Violet, Klaus, and…

Concert Review: Elijah Wood & Zach Cowie DJ Set as ‘Wooden Wisdom’

You read that headline correctly. Elijah Wood is a DJ, and performs under the stage name DJ Frodo Wooden Wisdom, alongside Zack Cowie. The first half of the duo refers to the actor, Elijah Wood (The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit),…

Gaby’s Book Review: I Was Here by Gayle Forman

It’s sad that losing a loved one to suicide seems to becoming a common thing. I fortunately never had to deal with such grief, confusion, and other emotions which come with that type of tragic event. Gayle Forman isn’t new to…

From the Record Crate: They Might Be Giants – “Flood” (1990)

  They Might Be Giants were the subject of significant buzz and notoriety before the January 1990 release of their third album, Flood. Their 1985 demo cassette was reviewed in People magazine, the video for “Don’t Let’s Start” was one of…

TV Review: FXX’s Man Seeking Woman 1×01 – “Lizard”

Is there a more tired premise than “guy/girl gets out of long relationship and must navigate single life after being out of the dating game?” The worn out premise is even baked into the title of Man Seeking Woman. This…