The original Malolo tribe needs a major miracle on Survivor: Ghost Island. Ever since the beginning of the season, the tribe’s luck continued to plummet farther and farther down the hole. Even the tribe swap couldn’t save them against Naviti!…
The China Hustle Movie Review
Imagine you’re a Chinese business and you want to enter the US market. Let’s also pretend that it’s around 2008 and the US stock market has just crashed thanks to the subprime mortgage crisis. Your country, on the other hand,…
Big Brother Canada 6 Review: “Week 3”
Now THAT was a game-changing week of Big Brother Canada 6! Sure, we’ve watched weeks in past seasons where the house flipped and pawns (or other targets) were sent out the door. The turning of the tide is a classic…
Isle of Dogs is a whimsical, dystopian fairy tale
Even if you’ve never seen a Wes Anderson film before, you can spot one out from a mile away. His attention to detail, color palettes and symmetrical frames are part of his MO and planted him as one of the…
High Maintenance Season 2 Finale Ends with Love and a Solar Eclipse
Several weeks ago, I was worried that this High Maintenance episode, “Steve,” would be the series finale. Fortunately, season three was confirmed midway through season two, but “Steve” would have definitely worked as a fitting goodbye. Besides some possibly coincidental…
Review: ARU SHAH AND THE END OF TIME by Roshani Chokshi
Roshani Chokshi’s middle grade debut, Aru Shah and the End of Time, is a book worth adding to your collection. As the first book from the Rick Riordan Presents imprint, which is “designed to elevate the diversity of mythologies from…
Pacific Rim: Uprising fails to live up to the original
Minor Spoilers Ahead Five years ago, there was a steady anticipation for Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming film, Pacific Rim. It had been five years since his last feature, Hellboy II: The Golden Army, mainly due to his unfortunate departure from the…