Call me biased or even a hipster but I can’t express how much I loathe books that are surrounded by hype. The main reason I dislike books like these is that they either center on stereotypical characters and a less…
TV Review: AMC’s Preacher 2×12, “On Your Knees”
The penultimate episode of Preacher does a lot of good in setting things up for what should be an eventful hour next week. “On Your Knees” moves the characters around just enough to be building to some seemingly important choice.…
Book Review: Lisa Maxwell’s “The Last Magician”
Without spoiling too much, I have to begin my review of Lisa Maxwell’s The Last Magician by remarking that it is one of two novels that, upon finishing it, made me promptly want to scream with frustration. The other novel…
Movie Review: Beach Rats
“I don’t really know what I like,” blankly states the protagonist of Beach Rats more than once during the course of the film. Much like her previous effort, It Felt Like Love, Eliza Hittman’s second feature is about the road…
Movie Review: Goon: Last of the Enforcers
Well, it’s no secret that the powers that be have completely scraped the bottom of the barrel when it comes to original ideas. Now, they are banking on nostalgia with a seemingly endless batch of unnecessary sequels and reboots, giving…
Game of Thrones: How Spectacle Replaced Good Writing
Game of Thrones season seven has finally come to an end, leaving us with only seven more hours of the show to enjoy. Supposedly, we won’t be getting the final season until 2019, which leaves us waiting in agony after…
Video Game Review: Uncharted: The Lost Legacy
In my opinion, the Uncharted series is an almost perfect franchise. Its stellar landscape, complex characters and fun gameplay never lost its touch—even after four installments. Nathan Drake became one of video games’ biggest icons, having both men and women…