Book Review: Aurora Burning by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

I didn’t know my Star Trek loving heart was waiting for The Aurora Cycle books until I read the first one. It’s been four long years since we were treated to Chris Pine as Captain Kirk and I was craving…

Capone Review: An Extremely Flawed and Grotesque Gangster Biopic

About 20 minutes into Capone, the newest film from Chronicle and Fantastic Four director Josh Trank, we see an aging Alphonse Capone (Tom Hardy) sitting in a chair munching on an old cigar. The house that he occupies is lavish…

All Day and a Night Review: A Grim, but Familiar Tale of Cyclical Violence

The story of Black Panther writer Joe Robert Cole’s All Day and a Night is an all too familiar one. It follows the life of Jahkor (Ashton Sanders of Moonlight and Native Son fame) and the cyclical nature of violence…

16 Great Anime Available to Stream Right Now

Anime can seem daunting to the uninitiated with where the hell to start being one of the biggest questions. People will be overly eager to supply you with suggestions and/or tear down the opinions of others. The sheer volume of…

Book Review: Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova

Take a break from the reality and enter the electrifying world of Incendiary by Zoraida Córdova. Based in 15th century during the Spanish Inquisition, this book springs into action from the very first page and takes the reader on a…

Book Review: Don’t Call the Wolf by Aleksandra Ross

Aleksandra Ross’s debut novel Don’t Call the Wolf is a lush, atmospheric, Polish folklore-inspired fantasy, featuring a golden dragon, dark magical woods, and a shapeshifting queen.  While the world of this story is enchanting, full of dark, whimsical, and horrifying…

Book Review: Elysium Girls by Kate Pentecost

Kate Pentecost’s debut novel, Elysium Girls, successfully blends dystopian, steampunk, and fantasy genres all into one flashy, high concept western that follows a rough and tumble gang of witches and an otherworldly daemon magician during the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma. …