The last few months I have been spending every waking minute of my life catching up and rewatching Gilmore Girls in preparation for the revival. I have drunk copious amounts of coffee, I now talk faster and every sentence is…
TV Review: Once Upon a Time 6×09 “Changelings”
Really? That’s a trademark phrase on Once Upon a Time, but it’s also what I kept thinking as the Evil Queen did her thing on the episode Changelings. Last week, Rumplestiltskin gave her an ultimatum if she wanted him to…
Film Theory: How Dark Is Disney’s Moana
I think the reason Disney loves throwing their villains off a cliff, hurdling them over a waterfall, or even have them fall off a zeppelin while chasing down a rare breed of bird, is because these deaths are automatically implied…
Album Review: Justice – “Woman”
If done right, electronic dance music can be aggressive and enjoyable at the same time. Hell, listen to it long enough in a packed nightclub and all of that sweat, booze, and workday stress will snap with one simple track.…
TV Review: AMC’s The Walking Dead 7×06, “Swear”
From one standpoint, “Swear” is the sort of episode of The Walking Dead that I used to want more of. Given the show’s ensemble cast, it is useful to splinter off the characters into groups and develop them with some…
Movie Review: Mifune: The Last Samurai
Steven Okazaki’s Mifune: The Last Samurai is a perfectly serviceable documentary on the great Japanese actor Toshirô Mifune if you aren’t looking for any information you couldn’t find on the man’s Wikipedia page. Those wanting a more penetrative look into…
TV Review: Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X 33×10 & 11 “Million Dollar Gamble”
What just happened?! Whenever there is an extra long, double episode of Survivor scheduled, you know that something BIG is about to happen. Betrayal. Injury. Blindside. The shock is well worth the wait. But this time around, Survivor: Millennials vs.…