TV Review: The Strain 1×2 “The Box”

The second episode of The Strain did a select number of fascinating things, while achieving equal amounts of cliches that put a strain on my brain. Speaking of which, I forgot to mention that last week’s premiere episode, “Night Zero,”…

TV Review: Pretty Little Liars 5×06 “Run Ali Run”

With “A’s” return, it’s safe to say that Ali is more than spooked. Enough to immediately want to leave town. But, in this episode we get to see that the once-in-control Alison is now subject to do whatever “A” wants…

TV Review: HBO’s The Leftovers Season 1 Episode 4 “B.J. and the A.C.”

This show is filled with so many metaphors that they’re literally spilling off the screen. The Leftovers is a show based on the so-called “sudden departure” of loved ones and how the remaining people deal with being left behind. In…

TV Review: TNT’s Falling Skies 4×5, “Mind Wars”

“Mind Wars” is an appropriately on-the-nose title for a very on-the-nose episode, in terms of the messages it wants to get across.  While we are now down to only three main storylines, I cannot say this was a stellar episode,…

Book Review: Born Confused by Tanuja Desai Hidier

I ardently believe that the YA genre could definitely use a little more diversity. While the diversity of characters has definitely increased in the past few years, I feel that as a whole, the genre has lots of work to…

Top 20 Pharrell Williams songs!

I am just so excited about seeing Pharrell Williams as a judge on The Voice that I was inspired to make a list of some of my favorite jams from him! Whether he produced or co-produced; wrote or co-wrote, these…

What “When Harry Met Sally” Taught Me About Romantic Comedies

Throughout the film When Harry Met Sally, Harry makes some excellent remarks towards the nature of women and men in platonic relationships. In a way the film defined how romantic comedies begin and end through certain characters’ POVs. Here, we…