I love this time of year! The leaves are turning, a new school year begins, and the weather is getting perfect for indoor reading (while still being good enough for some under-a-tree-of-falling-leaves reading). September’s BookCase Club crate is filled with magic and wonder. BookCase Club is a monthly subscription service that sends hand-picked hardcover books…
Earth to North American stargazers! We’re officially less than a year away from our next solar eclipse. Viewers in North American will see their first eclipse of this kind in over thirty years. The last total solar eclipse was in 1979. A solar eclipse occurs when the moon blocks out the sun by crossing between…
If you still lay in bed awake and unsettled about the insidious upside-down world from The Duffer Brothers original Netflix series, Stranger Things, then hopefully with the renewal of season two, the upside-down will become a little less obscure. When the first season was released on July 15, Netflix bingers everywhere couldn’t get enough of…
The annual Baltimore Comic Con concluded Sunday. According to the event’s organizers, over 40,000 people attended the celebration. Both young and the old wandered the Baltimore Convention Center’s football sized arena floor amongst the cosplayers and countless comic vendors selling old classics as well as newer and lesser known comics while local comic book makers showcased…
Usually September is a letdown after the sequels and explosions of the summer blockbusters. But this summer seemed to be one box office disappointment after another. Remember how excited everyone was for Suicide Squad? Well that public opinion seems to have shifted once people actually saw it. So here we have a September movie list that…
Netflix has rolled out another hit. Joining alongside the 80s era flashback Stranger Things, The Get Down takes place in the 1970s Bronx. The show focuses on Ezekiel and his teenage group of friends just trying to make it big in one of the worst parts of New York. This is not some coming of age…
The issue of gender inequality in film production has been an ongoing discussion that questions whether the prominence of female filmmakers is progressing at a slower pace than it should, or regressing at a faster speed. Earlier this year, 20th Century Fox released a schedule of films set for future production that concerned film critics,…
A startup by the name of Kernel has revealed its plans to develop a brain prosthetic intended to help people with Alzheimer’s, dementia, those who have had a serious injury of the brain, stroke, or other conditions which have affected their memory. If Kernel succeeds in its mission, one day in the near future surgeons…
I’ll start by stating the obvious: Esports are the fastest growing spectator sport ever. In 2017 over 335million people will tune in to watch Esports athletes compete for some of the biggest prize pots on the planet. And how did this happen? A combination of the right games, a generation of gamers coming to maturity…
Here we are again, a new month means more new movies and shows coming to Netflix for our viewing pleasure. Classic films like Jaws and Top Gun are being added the streaming site’s repertoire. More Netflix originals are also joining the fray, with a second season of Narcos and the premiere of Luke Cage both…
Fellow science nerds rejoice! Now if you google some amazing new research paper you heard about, you may actually be able to access it without paying way more money than you can justify spending to read a single article. At least, you’ll be able to if that research was funded by NASA. Even including research…
Internet trolls harassed Leslie Jones on twitter after the release of Ghostbusters. Now they’ve have taken it much further. Jones’s personal website was hacked and private nude photos of the comedian were leaked and posted on her own website. There were also photos of Jones and possible sexual acts released. These photos, along with selfies Jones had…
Every week, the folks at iTunes find a movie they like and make it available to rent for the low, low price of $0.99. I’m here to tell you whether that film is worth your hard-earned dollar. This week, Lizzy and the Bennett sisters battle gender roles and undead hordes in Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. To Succeed in…
Baltimore’s annual Comic Con is right around the corner. It’s going down over Labor Day weekend at Baltimore’s Convention Center and patrons of the Con will have lots to see and do. If you are thinking of going, this year’s guest of honor is Kevin Eastman who is a co-creator of the widely popular Teenage…
Rumor has it that actress and musician Zendaya will be playing love interest, Mary Jane in Marvel’s coming film, Spider-Man Homecoming. Some fans are not responding positively to this potential Mary Jane. The main complaint seems to be directed at Zendaya’s skin color. Her rumored role in the film would cast a black actress in…