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Book 3 is on the Horizon As you fellow LOK fans have hopefully found out, a trailer for Book 3 (aka Season 3): Change was released pretty recently. For those who haven’t seen it yet, check it out below!!! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0UBbzeFc74] As you can tell, there is a lot to look forward to: a variety…
5. Choujuu-jinbutsu-giga or “Animal-Person Caricatures” (Japan) Choujuu-jinbutsu-giga (the literal translation of which is “Animal-Person Caricatures”), shortened to Choujuu-giga, is a 12th/13th century Japanese series of scroll drawings (emakimono) from Kyoto, Japan, and is widely recognized as the first manga. The series of scrolls has no confirmed author, though many scholars believe the monk and astronomer Toba Soujou created them. The right-to-left reading direction of Choujuu-giga is thought to have created the…
Absentia, Absentia, Absentia – you had such promise in the beginning. There was connection with me, there was a sense of humor and you opened up to me. But in the end you hurt me, you hurt me as so many have hurt me before and I now I think we need to talk. Absentia…
Back in April, I was dismayed to hear that the great Stephen Colbert will replace a retiring David Letterman at the end of the year. Don’t misunderstand; I am one of Colbert’s biggest fans and I’m happy that his career is going so well, but I can’t help but bemoan the loss of The Colbert…
So you’re seventeen. You live with your parents, you go to high school, you probably have or at least want a boyfriend or girlfriend, and college is just around the corner. With adulthood just ahead of you, you find out you are special. Not just the “everybody is unique” kind of special. You are actually…
Last month, Jey Odin, creator of Chicken Fighter from Antarctic Press, drew Burrito about me as ‘Apocalypse Jessie’ and had it published on USA Today as a surprise birthday present. I started thinking about what it takes an idea stemming from things like a conversation, daydream, or random thought and developing it into a marketable story….
How to Train Your Dragon 2 was definitely one of the best movies that I’ve seen in recent memory. While not without its flaws, it had excellent character development, exciting action scenes, and multiple tear jerking moments. The Characters The film takes place five years after the first one, and all the whole cast has…
It is hard to hear Edge of Tomorrow mentioned without the accompanying “it’s just like Groundhog Day,” or some variation there of. But Edge of Tomorrow is not just another scab picked off of some holy Hollywood money man, or at least not the source material it is based on. That’s right. It is actually…
**** Warning: This Article Contains Spoilers From All Seasons of the HBO Show As Well As The George RR Martin Authored Books!**** Another season of Game of Thrones has ended and so have the lives of many residents of the Seven Kingdoms. This year, we bid farewell to Tywin Lannister, Ygritte, Shae, Oberyn Martell, and…
It has taken me longer than usual to write this week’s recap. Firstly, there is the issue of digesting all of what we just saw. Each storyline has been majorly affected in this episode titled “Children.” In the past I’ve been critical of “Game of Thrones” season finales for being a bit of a let…
As it wraps up its second season, BBC America’s Orphan Black is gaining more and more attention. But what exactly is it about this quirky show about clones that makes it so watchable? 1. Oh, the suspense! With so many different shows airing new episodes weekly, a watchable series must have some way of…
Retelling of Sleeping Beauty: A Dream Come True or a Nightmare? Maleficent is Disney’s attempt to give a new side to the story of Sleeping Beauty, from the perspective of the “villain” Maleficent (played by Angelina Jolie) however even thought it’s a good concept, it doesn’t exactly live to up to it’s potential. It has plenty…
Sonic the Hedgehog Movie, CG-Animation Did you hear that? That is the sound of Sonic fans everywhere roaring in happiness! Neal Moritz, producer behind the Fast and Furious franchise and 21 Jump Street, teamed up with writers Evan Susser and Van Robichaux, who are in the process of writing the screenplay for the Sonic the…
So you want to rewatch an episode of your favorite show, but you don’t know which episode best fits your mood. Whether you’re happy, angry, sad, or wistful, here’s the episode guide for you. The first show is BBC’s popular detective drama Sherlock. The series that’s “not a detective show but a show about a…
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars. But in ourselves, that we are underlings.” The Book Let me start off by saying, this entire review is spoiler free. You’re welcome. If you have any inclination towards YouTube, the YA fiction scene, or have a teenage to college age daughter, you’ve most likely heard the name…