We’re heading into the home stretch, Big Brother fans. The final three have been revealed! Christmas, Paul and Josh are sitting pretty with a chance at the half million dollar prize while Alex and Kevin are moving into the jury…
Book Review: MOXIE by Jennifer Mathieu
I’m thrilled to be sharing a review of one of my favorite books of 2017. But first, the synopsis of Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu: Vivian Carter is fed up. Fed up with a school administration at her small-town Texas high…
Movie Review : Motherland
It looks less like a hospital than a production line. Rows of stone-faced women endure contractions in silence as they wait to be processed by overworked receptionists. They’re soon wheeled into giant rooms partitioned off into narrow hallways by sheets…
This Is Not A U2 Joshua Tree Concert Review
“I know this song, I think. Is it from a movie?” Jessica, one of my mom’s nursing students, asked. On the other side of her, Carmen, also a nursing student, nodded in agreement. “Moulin Rouge?” The song was “I Still…
Movie Review: American Assassin
When movie studio executives want to pander to what they perceive female audiences want, they churn out soulless, offensive romantic comedies – recent examples, of course, include the abysmal Home Again and The Layover. However, when their goal is to…
TIFF Movie Review: Lean On Pete
To read further TIFF 2017 coverage, go here. What great lengths we go to in order to combat the impending sense of loneliness. That lingering doubt along with the mechanisms of a coming of age story round out director Andrew Haigh’s…
American Horror Story: Cult 7×01 and 7×02 Review
Alright, quick confession before we start: I’ve never watched one full episode of American Horror Story. For the past six years, Ryan Murphy’s twisted haunted house of grotesque (but cable friendly) imagery and low-key subtext about deep-rooted U.S. values has…