Every year, we get dozens of coming of age movies, but only a handful of them ever give us an approximate glimpse at high school life let alone an authentic one. Edge of Seventeen plays with the mold and makes…
Movie Review: Moana
When it comes to animated films, Disney is pretty hard to beat. They most always manage to find that balance between great characters, heartwarming and grounded storytelling, and entertainment value. Moana is exactly all of these things wrapped into a film that…
Review: Trouble Makes a Comeback
Stephanie Tromly’s debut novel, Trouble is a Friend of Mine, was one of my favorite books last year. This series is Sherlock meets Veronica Mars meets Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and I was thrilled when I got a chance to…
TV Review: The Affair, Season 3
The problem with watching The Affair is it’s too slow to watch one episode at a time but too complex to binge. Trying to binge watch the first season I had a monster headache by episode three with the amount…
Movie Review: Nocturnal Animals
Nocturnal Animals opens with old, naked, obese women in sensual poses,testing the audience’s comfort not even two minutes into the film. Director Tom Ford seems to be critiquing both the contemporary art sensationalism and heteronormative conditioning. Would we be so…
Movie Review: Dog Eat Dog
The title is a lot more intriguing than this movie ended up being. A solid cast of names at the top, lead by Willem Dafoe and Nicolas Cage doesn’t overcome the lack of substance in the plot. A group crazed…