• ‘Master of None’ Returns to Netflix in May

    Aziz Ansari’s award winning Master of None will be returning for season two on Netflix come May 12th. The synopsis given by Netflix is “After traveling abroad, Dev returns to New York to take on challenges in his personal and family life, a new career opportunity, and a complex, developing relationship with someone very meaningful…

  • Kindle Book Deals: ‘His Kidnapper’s Shoes’ by Maggie James

    For those who carry a bookshelf with them on-the-go, Amazon releases a variety of e-books monthly for $3.99 or less. I’m here to discover narratives written by female authors and let you know if they’re worth storing on your virtual bookshelf.   The desire to read His Kidnapper’s Shoes by British novelist Maggie James stemmed from my…

  • ‘The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo’ Sequel Gets All New Cast/Director

    For years we’ve been wondering what was going on with the The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo sequel. As time went by, you kind of wondered if the cast was going to age out of the characters and if David Fincher was just over it after the somewhat disappointing box office performance of The Girl…

  • ‘This Is Us’ Is What We All Are

    This is Us is a drama that has been on air since September of 2016 and has not let down yet. Dan Fogelman’s drama is built around the lives of four people, all who have the same birthday. But they end up sharing much more than that. The cast has some recognizable names such as…

  • The iTunes $0.99 Movie of the Week: ‘Train to Busan’

    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, a father and daughter try to survive an outbreak on a speeding train in Train to Busan….

  • Bright: Neflix’s First Full Feature Film is a Gritty Alt-Universe Cop Drama

    David Ayers (Suicide Squad) is directing Netflix’s first full feature film with some big names attached. Bright will star Will Smith as a Scott Ward, a cop who lives in a gritty alternate universe in LA among orcs, elves, and other mystical creatures. Joel Edgerton plays Nick Jakoby, an Orc Police Officer that Ward is forced…

  • The Scoop on ‘Smurfs: The Lost Village’

    The newest Smurf movie production is a fully animated feature delivered by the director of Shrek 2, Kelly Asbury. Demi Lovato is set to play Smurfette, Rainn Wilson will play Gargamel, and Mandy Patinkin will play the role of Papa Smurf in the film that has been titled Smurfs: The Lost Village. Hefty Smurf, Clumsy…

  • Director Confirms Gay Character in Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’

    Director of Beauty and the Beast Bill Condon has confirmed Josh Gad’s character LeFou is gay. In an interview with Today, Gad stated, “What was most important to me was taking a character that is wonderful and so iconic, but is defined by cartoon conceits in the (original) movie… and expanding on that, giving him…

  • March Movie Preview: “Clawing” Our Way to a Big Movie Month

    It’s a good month to be a geeky movie fan. The March movie list begins with the coolest of all the X-Men then rolls through King Kong’s origin story before we see a separate beast learning how to love. Then we meet a new team of Power Rangers before ending the month with a manga…

  • The iTunes $0.99 Movie of the Week: ‘Star Trek Beyond’

    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, the crew of the USS Enterprise boldly go where they’ve gone many, many times before in Star…

  • Kindle Book Deals: ‘Spill Simmer Falter Wither’ by Sara Baume

    For those who carry a bookshelf with them on-the-go, Amazon releases a variety of e-books monthly for $3.99 or less. I’m here to discover narratives written by female authors and let you know if they’re worth storing on your virtual bookshelf.   Before reading Spill Simmer Falter Wither, I read the publishers conversation with Sara Baume…

  • Here’s What’s Coming to Amazon Video in March

    We’ve got some great movies coming to Amazon Video in March. A Man Called Ove, the Academy Award nominated movie based on the international best-selling novel, will be available at the end of March. What We Do in the Shadows and Anthropoid are stand outs as well. Our very own cinephile, Patrick Phillips, reviewed Anthropoid just a month ago and said it was…

  • Believe the Hype – ‘Get Out’ is Terrifying

    Get Out is racking up rave reviews for one of the worst months for movies during the year. It is a satirical film set like a horror movie mirroring others like Stepford Wives. Comedian Jordan Peele is being hailed as a directorial genius in his film debut. Vulture explains the plot of the film: Daniel…

  • The iTunes $0.99 Movie of the Week: ‘Florence Foster Jenkins’

    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, Meryl Streep “sings” her way to another Oscar nomination in Florence Foster Jenkins. People May Say I…

  • HBO’s ‘The Young Pope’ is an Unexpected Hit

    HBO’s The Young Pope is probably one of the craziest and least expected to be crazy shows of 2017. With the first season’s recent finale, let’s go over what this show is exactly about and why you should watch it. The IMDB summary explains the show as “The beginning of the pontificate of Lenny Belardo, alias…