• Adult Cartoons for Kids, or Kid’s Cartoons for Adults?

    Cartoons–a happy loopy word that instantly brings to mind Saturday mornings and space pajamas and brightly-colored cereal and sitting in front of the TV for hours. Kids love cartoons. Adults love cartoons. Cartoons (like balloon animals and toy rockets,) are one of the blissful pastimes that you can never outgrow. Nowadays, there are plenty of…

  • September Movie Preview: The Horror! …of Post Summer Movies

    So, August didn’t really go as planned. Straight Outta Compton did incredibly well, but the month’s comic book entry (Fantastic Four) absolutely bombed. Plus, Zac Efron’s We are Your Friends had one of the worst opening weekend’s in cinematic history. Ouch! Well, I bet September movies are going to bounce back, right? Well, at first…

  • The iTunes 99 Cent Movie Rental Of The Week: ‘The Duff’

    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, Mae Whitman’s humdrum high school existence is turned upside down with the discovery that she’s…

  • The (Other) iTunes 99 Cent Movie Rental Of The Week: ‘Creep’

    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, iTunes takes you on a trip through space and time in Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic,…

  • ‘Castle’ Season 8 Will Have Significant Changes

    The popular ABC TV show Castle will be returning in the fall for its eighth season. Several new changes will be coming with it, which have been introduced to “shake things up” and provide fresh stories and challenges for the characters to face. Here’s what we know. Spoilers ahead. Major Character Shifts Castle has two new showrunners,…

  • The iTunes 99 Cent Movie Rental Of The Week: ‘Still Alice’

    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. Oof. That one hurt, iTunes. This week Julianne Moore takes us through the swelling abyss of Alzheimer’s…

  • ‘Deadpool’: The “Merc With A Mouth” Returns to the Big Screen

    Finally, the film that so many comic book lovers have been begging for is coming to theaters. The Marvel fan-favorite antihero mercenary Deadpool, AKA the “Merc With A Mouth,” is returning after X-Men Origins: Wolverine totally messed his character up. Here’s what we know so far. Plot and Characters Created by Fox in an effort to remedy…

  • ‘True Detective’ S2 E8 Recap: Veni, Vidi, Vinci

    Well, we’ve made it. They definitely took the scenic route to the answers in season two of True Detective. They drove us through miles of contaminated land with our eyes burned out, but eventually we got to our destination, a bench on the side of the highway. There weren’t many loose ends left hanging after…

  • August Movie Preview: Moderately “Fantastic”

    The script for July at the box office was a predictable one. Marvel conquered, critics were disappointed with Adam Sandler, and children dragged their parents out in big numbers to see the animated faire of the moment, Minions. Well August movies aren’t quite so easy to crack. The number of big blockbusters is less than…

  • The iTunes 99 Cent Movie Rental Of The Week: ‘Every Secret Thing’

    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. Oh, iTunes…how could you? This week, Elizabeth Banks and Dakota Fanning glower their way through the laughable…

  • ‘True Detective’ S2 E7 Recap: Cops vs. Cops

    You know, sometimes I wish True Detective had more going on. I wish it were more complicated with more characters. I just feel like they don’t throw around the names of minor characters enough. And would they stop making everything so fun and happy. This has been an example of sarcasm. Now let’s try and…

  • The iTunes 99 Cent Movie Rental Of The Week: ‘Selma’

    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, iTunes turns our attention to a key moment in America’s history with Ava DuVernay’s soul-stirring…

  • ‘Interstellar’ Review: A Cosmic Voyage of Epic Proportions

    Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar has been out for a long time now, but unfortunately, I didn’t have the opportunity to see it until just this past month. After I finally saw it, I couldn’t stop thinking about it for days afterward. I watched it again, and I’m still fascinated by it. It’s a smart movie, and one of…