The period drama is best identified by it swoon-inducing romantic subplots and heavy melodrama. If the characters in Lady Macbeth stumbled upon the figures from a Jane Austen novel, a fistfight would …
Movie Review: The Big Sick
Kumail Nanjiani is speedily becoming one of the funniest comedians in Hollywood. He does great work in both Silicon Valley and his standup specials, where he pokes him at himself and his Pakistani upb…
Book Review: “Caraval” by Stephanie Garber
Often, the problem with YA fantasy is that the romantic aspects of the books overshadow the world-building and background necessary to make the fantasy elements shine. This problem plagued Caraval. In…
Will They or Won’t They? 20 TV couples that keep us on the edge of our seats
Will they? Or won’t they? That is the question posed for a number of couples on TV shows past and present. Whether they were stuck in a love triangle or born as mortal enemies, many couples kept us qu…
15 Movies to Watch For Valentine’s Day
If you’ve been following this list over the years, you might’ve picked up on the fact that romance is one of this writers all time favorite genres and including, to an extent, romantic com…
Sundance 2017 Review: The Big Sick
To read more coverage of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, go here. Kumail Nanjiani is speedily becoming one of the funniest comedians in Hollywood. He does great work in both Silicon Valley and his st…
Watch the first trailer for Frank & Lola starring Michael Shannon
Michael Shannon and Imogen Poots star as the title characters in Frank and Lola, the dark feature film debut from director Matthew Ross. The film follows the shifting relationship of the titular char…