‘Beautiful Boy’ Review: Timothée Chalamet Astonishes in Painful, Messy and True Story About Addiction | TIFF 2018

Early in Felix Van Groeningen’s Beautiful Boy, based on the best selling novels by David and Nic Sheff, David (Steve Carrell) is told that relapse is to be expected in addiction recovery – even thought of as one of the…

The Nun Review: ‘Conjuring’ Spin-Off Has None of the Emotional Depth—Or Scares—That Made Its Parent Franchise Work

With all due respect to the considerable talents of horror wunderkind James Wan, the heart and soul of the Conjuring franchise has never been its scares or monsters, but the relationship between its married paranormal investigators/demonologists Ed and Lorraine Warren…

Book Review: Meet the Sky by McCall Hoyle

Meet the Sky is a novel that I wanted to love. I really did. It tells the story of two young adults that are at odds with each other, but after finding themselves in the middle of a terrible storm, they…

Blog Tour: Natalie C. Parker on writing SEAFIRE

Welcome to the blog tour for Natalie C. Parker’s Seafire! Seafire is the first book in a new trilogy. Natalie C. Parker is here today to share a little on the inspiration for Seafire, the worldbuilding process, and more:  …

Book Review: Sadie by Courtney Summers

If I had to choose one novel that was this summer’s must read and a top contender for the most anticipated read, it would have to be Courtney Summers Sadie. On nearly every platform I visited within the last few months,…

Review: The Seclusion by Jacqui Castle

The world presented to us in Jacqui Castle’s The Seclusion is a strange mixture of the horror of a future fascist America by way of 1984 and Brave New World. Spelling out the general world-building might make it seem a…

Album Review: Eminem – “Kamikaze”

Does Eminem belong in 2018? He’s certainly earned the right to, with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 15 Grammys and an Oscar earned, and the ever-coveted and frequently-debated title of “Best Rapper Alive.” But Marshall Mathers’ presence has always…