Looking back on history, it’s sometimes easy to overlook how hideous and heinous our human history is when there was so much aesthetically pleasing that came from it. Thinking back now, it hard to stomach the idea that people were…
Jon’s Movie Review: You’ll Love Thy ‘Neighbors’
Although I’ve never lived next door to a frat house, I have had noisy neighbors. We all have at some point, and the majority of us have faced the war path taken in Neighbors. Hindsight is always 20/20, so I…
TV Review: Orphan Black 2×03, “Mingling Its Own Nature with It”
This episode we see a return to basics. By “basics” I mean the original trio on the lam, roughing it on the road. After the fiasco that was the Bridwatchers’ home base, DYAD goon Daniel and Prolethean head Henrik (AKA…
Jon’s Movie Review: The real enemy of ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ is all of the back stories
I grew up on Spider-Man and remember running around making the web-shooting/rock-and-roll hand signs and attacking the devious Doctor Octopus (the vacuum cleaner), the dastardly Vulture (our pet bird Peaches), and the fierce Lizard (our ficus tree). I took down…
TV Review: Orphan Black 2×02, “Governed by Sound Reason and True Religion”
The theme in this episode is discovery. Mainly in finding out who is really on whose side, and finding out more about the groups orchestrating everything. For now, everything seems a lot less chaotic compared to the season opener. We can…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘Brick Mansions’ hits a wall, but charges through it anyway
It’s really difficult to take a movie that actually uses the same sound effects and logic as a cartoon with talking animals seriously. Lucky for you, this is another Luc Besson written film that requires none of that for you to…
Jon’s Movie Review: ‘The Other Woman’ really only benefits from one woman
I’ve always been a firm believer that women are equally as funny as men. The comedy scene, especially in film, has always been a boys club of sorts. There are dozens of female trailblazers in comedy that I could name…
