The Film Canon: Princess Mononoke (1997)

In his landmark study The Hero with a Thousand Faces, American mythologist Joseph Campbell defined what he believed to be the “monomyth.” He summarized it as such: “A hero ventures forth from the world of common day into a region…

21 Memorable ‘Supernatural’ Main Character Deaths in Chronological Order

*WARNING: There will be some pretty major spoilers for all 9 seasons of Supernatural on this list* We just received our first look at the upcoming 10th season of the CW TV show Supernatural with the Season 10 poster that was…

Reasons the Olicity Shippers Are Finally Getting to Squee

  So if you’ve been like me and prepping yourself for Season 3 of The CW’s Arrow by binge-watching all of Seasons 1 and 2, you’ve also probably been silently seething about when Oliver will just gather up his nuts and start…

Read of the Week: ‘Destined for Doon’ by Carey Corp and Lorie Langdon

The second book in the popular new Doon YA series that takes on a classic story, Brigadoon, and spins it in a new way to give readers a fresh, modern experience.In this sequel to Doon, Kenna Reid realizes she made…

TV Review: The Strain 1×8, “Creatures of the Night”

If there was any episode of this show so far to mark with a SPOILER ALERT, this would probably be it. That’s my indication of saying this week’s installment of The Strain was actually worth watching to preserve such a…

In the Afterlight Giveaway: Win ‘The Darkest Minds’ Trilogy & $25 VISA Gift Card!

If you like X-Men and dark stories that tackle social commentary in an entertaining and thought-provoking way, The Darkest Minds series is for you! To celebrate the release of Sparks Rise (A Darkest Minds novella) and the upcoming release of…

TV Review: The Strain 1×7, “For Services Rendered”

The Strain’s Episode 7 has the most interesting opening of them all. We see a new guy introduced who doesn’t feel suddenly out of place or forced, but directly related to characters we’ve already seen, namely the lawyer Joan Luss,…