Mortal Engines Movie Review: Beautiful visuals can only distract from a convoluted story for so long

The world has been forever broken after an apocalyptic event: cities uprooted and placed on wheels to traverse what remains while trying to be the dominant force and survive. Hugo Weaving is a villain (again) bent on conquering whatever gets…

Harlots 2×04 Review: Danger inches closer to the unknowing Wells women

Wheels never spin for long on Harlots, and things are once again in full motion on the fourth episode of the show’s sophomore season. The women are firmly established in the places that will make or break them, with Quigley…

Harlots 1×6 Review

A story about prostitutes has many traps to avoid. But the Hulu series Harlots does it in a way that defies all expectations. This is not a story that portrays them as angelic victims, who sing of past hopes as…

Track Review: “Steal My Girl” by One Direction

The wait is over! One Direction’s new song is hitting the air waves like there is no tomorrow. Their new single “Steal My Girl” is from their new album, Four, which is expected to release on November 17. The song has a mature…

Read of the Week: All That Glows by Ryan Graudin

Emrys—a fiery, red-headed Fae—always embraced her life in the Highlands, far from the city’s draining technology, until she’s sent to London to rejoin the Faery Guard. But this isn’t any normal assignment—she’s sent to guard Prince Richard: Britain’s notorious, partying…

Read of the Week: Meant to Be by Lauren Morrill

Meant to be or not meant to be . . . that is the question.  It’s one thing to fall head over heels into a puddle of hazelnut coffee, and quite another to fall for the—gasp—wrong guy. Straight-A junior Julia…

Allyson’s Movie Review: Welcome to the Punch (2013)

In a London that’s sleek, doused in grays and hues of blue and encompassed by streets that are perpetually empty, Max Lewinsky, a police officer with a hot headed temperament, chases after criminal Jacob Sternwood in one of the most…