Author and essayist Joan Didion was first introduced to writing through her mother, who presented her with a notebook and told her to write as a means of amusing herself. That childhood amusement translated into Didion becoming the voice of…
The Top 5 Returning Dramas of 2017-18
Network dramas make you cry, hurt, love and even sometimes laugh. While dramas typically deal with heavy material anywhere from family issues to political corruption, they always have millions coming back for more every week. Of all the dramas returning…
Fuller House Season 3 Review: 30 Years Later
Fuller House season three debuted on Netflix exactly 30 years after Full House originally aired in 1987 on ABC. Sadly, a show about one of America’s favorite TV families barely packed the nostalgic punch. Since its reboot, Fuller House has…
What Atypical Gets Right (and Very Wrong) About Living with Autism
I have Asperger’s Syndrome. This is crucial to my character, but it’s not something that defines me. My personality isn’t merely specified by being on the spectrum. Though my brain operates differently and my thought process might be alien to…
For Your Consideration: Chewing Gum
We all love television for various reasons – some because of the good writing, others for the production values or for the characters that are depicted. Chewing Gum, however, is the gem that sneaks up on you, the one that…
Movie Review: Little Evil
Having found hilarious footing with the surprise gem Tucker and Dale Vs Evil, writer-director Eli Craig enters his sophomore project with a potentially gut-busting idea: newly married stepfather Gary (Adam Scott) has to deal with the possibility that his new…
TV Review: Marvel’s The Defenders
The blockbuster episodic event of the summer is here and just in time to close out this lackluster movie season. Since Netflix’s line up of Marvel shows was announced, we have all waited for this team up to happen, watching…