The Casual Vacancy is not Harry Potter. Let that be clear from the get-go. Many reviewers and fans have compared the two unfavorably, saying that J.K. Rowling’s newest venture is poor by virtue of not involving wizards. I will make…
Pottermore so far
Flashback to July last year. Potterheads all over the world were celebrating the joint birthday of J. K. Rowling and her beloved character Harry Potter, when lo and behold came the Magical Quill Challenge. Rowling promised an immersive website that…
11 Mind-Blowing Movies
Over the past few weeks I’ve been watching the Cloud Atlas trailer nonstop. Sometimes, almost literally on a loop. I’m torn between wanting the film to come out right now and wanting it to never be released, because anything less…
The Avengers and the Survival of the Cinema
Every few weeks, an article entitled “Death of the Cinema” or “Death of Film Criticism” materializes on some film blog. “The cinema is dying! Young people don’t go to the movies! They’re not made like they used to be,” they…