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The Thrill Ah, the alternate universe. We fiction fans don’t want to be entertained with a story of morning coffee, a day at work, and then sleep. But throw superpowers, an apocalypse, a murder mystery, or some kind of zombie monsters in the mix and we’re in! Our lives are consistent, regular…usually boring compared to…
Executives from the movie studio Lionsgate are trying to figure out how they can milk The Hunger Games franchise to gain even more money. CEO Jon Feltheimer has revealed that the studio is partnering with Thinkwell Group, a company known for creating theme parks, to produce an exhibition of costumes and props from the film…
Apparently, the next great Stephen King masterpiece is not going to be a horrific novel. Meaning, of course, that it falls into the crime/thriller genre, instead of under the horror/fantasy label under which most of his works are found. This new novel, Mr. Mercedes, pursues the story of a serial killer that targets the unemployed….
There are now two more reasons to be excited about Star Wars Episode VII, and they are both two gorgeous ladies that we know and love. The franchise just announced that the cast will include Oscar winning actress Lupita Nyong’o, who is best known for her role as Patsey in the recent film, 12 Years…
There are thousands of fandoms out there and thousands of actors. But there are always familiar faces that pop up, so here are the five actors who are in all your fandoms. 5. Bill Nighy Ok, you probably know him. How could you not? He’s been in every kind of movie imaginable from spoof films (he…
Let’s get one thing straight: I have nothing against Callan Mulvey as an actor. But I’m still hoping that the recent rumors that Mulvey will be playing the Joker in Zack Snyder’s upcoming Batman vs. Superman project turn out to be false. Callan Mulvey and Joker Rumors The Australian actor recently played a smaller role…
Young adult literature is still dismissed by critics and many adults as “kids stuff”. Many people still seem to think it is trivial and not worth the effort to read it. It is anything but. YA literature has a readership that is half adult and those books are constantly on best seller lists and are…
Nothing is more exciting a diehard fan than more material coming out. In the case of a deceased author like Douglas Adams, such an event seems almost impossible, but it’s happening. Recently, an early draft of Life, the Universe, and Everything, a book in the inaccurately named Hitchhiker’s Trilogy was discovered by Adams’ biographer. The…
Hello there, everyone. How are you doing? If you are like me, and watched this week’s episode of Game of Thrones, you are probably experiencing intense sadness while asking yourself “why?” over and over again. The episode is titled “The Disappointment and the Depression.” Oh no, it was actually “The Mountain and the Viper.” We’ll…
J.R.R. Tolkien is the forefather of fantasy as we know it. His Lord of the Rings trilogy inspired thousands of readers and writer, whether those writers used his tropes or attempted to redefine him. There is no denying that what Tolkien is one of the most important fantasy series, possibly one of the most important series in…
It was four or five years ago when I was first introduced to The Big Bang Theory by none other than my high school algebra II teacher. That day’s lecture had trickled off into a tangent, as I had come to expect them to, and he was cracking joke after self-deprecating joke about being an…
They say the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist and Loki appears to have taken that sentiment to heart in “Loki: Agent of Asgard”. “Agent of Asgard” is currently has four issues out but this review will tackle specifics of the first two issues so consider this a…
Joss Whedon’s TV shows and movies are notorious for inspiring intense fandoms. Shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly and Dollhouse, and movies like The Avengers are all in part a product of Whedon’s unique approach to dialog and character development. For his accomplishments, Wesleyan University gave him an honorary Doctorate of Letters, a…
I don’t know if you were as excited as I was to see the latest installment of the X-Men film franchise, but X-Men: Days of Future Past didn’t disappoint. Director Bryan Singer returns to direct the highly anticipated sequel to both X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men: First Class. It took Memorial Day Weekend by…
With the new Godzilla movie out, a new generation has seen the great movie monster, Godzilla, for the first time. Ever since the first film came out in 1954, people have always loved watching Godzilla destroy any city. People just love it. Over the years, there have been 30 Godzilla films, 28 made by Toho…