Morgan Matthews’ film wants to be three things at once. A coming of age story about a young introverted genius, a familial drama about a mother and son after the father is killed in a violent car accident, and a…
TV Review: Quantico (1×01) “Pilot”
Quantico isn’t the best new show on television this fall (although the competition is depressingly thin) but it has an addictive, soapy quality to it that could maintain an audience if it were only able to obtain it, stuck in…
TV Review: Brooklyn Nine Nine (3×01) “New Captain”
Welcome back to my weekly review and recap of “Brooklyn Nine-Nine.” To catch up on previous coverage, click here. It hasn’t been a ridiculously long wait since the end of season two, but with Captain Holt being forced out as…
TV Review: How to Get Away with Murder (2×01) “It’s Time to Move On”
How to Get Away with Murder was one of my favorite new shows of 2014. Despite its penchant for going off the rails in terms of its narrative, the complete nonsensical plotting of the court cases on the week to…
TV Review: You’re the Worst (2×03) “Born Dead”
By the very nature of the show, You’re the Worst never tries to make light of just how awful it’s characters can be. They are selfish and immature, and sometimes, like Gretchen and Lindsay, they’ll disrupt strangers jogs just for…
Ally’s Movie Review: Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials is not a great film, but it had every potential to utilize its arsenal and failed in one key aspect. While the first film of The Maze Runner series was a fantastically singular introduction into this world,…
Ally’s Movie Review: Sleeping with Other People
Romantic comedies never seem to receive the same level of respect as other genre contemporaries. They’re dismissed as being “just chick flicks” or “too girly,” targeting a largely female demographic by studios that don’t feel the need to pander to…
