REVIEW: Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief [2010]
“It’s like High School, but without the Musical” Who else could have the catchy pop beats to lull a trio of mythologically inclined heroes into a trance, keeping them from their task at hand, than Lady...
View ArticleREVIEW: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 [2010]
“To a perfect pureblood society” The time has arrived for J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter saga to come to a close. After an admirable job condensing each increasingly thicker novel to sub-three-hour...
View ArticleREVIEW: Red Riding Hood [2011]
“All sorrows are less with bread” Why, in movies, does a thrown axe/sword/dagger/knife always land squarely in the back of one’s opponent as he’s about to maim? Can’t it comically thud to the ground,...
View ArticlePosterized Propaganda July 2011: ‘Pooh’ and Friends Trump ‘Monte Carlo’
“Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover” is a proverb whose simple existence proves the fact that impressionable souls will do so without fail. This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness...
View ArticleREVIEW: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 [2011]
“His name is Voldemort, Filius. You might as well use it. He’s going to try and kill you either way.” Every story must come to an end and the saga of Harry Potter and He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named is no...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Perks of Being a Wallflower [2012]
“We are infinite” Adolescent tomes depicting the trials and tribulations of high school are many; the ones infused with psychological trauma and bouts of depression their majority. But while most find...
View ArticleREVIEW: Beautiful Creatures [2013]
“You can either run or shoot” Just like clockwork the Twilight series has found a successor. Trading vampires and werewolves for witches, authors Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl‘s Caster Chronicles‘ has...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Incredible Burt Wonderstone [2013]
“Pretend I’m still here and tell me all about it” I’m a big magic fan—always have been. Armed with a set of tricks needing extensive instructions before allowing my parents to feign astonishment at my...
View ArticleREVIEW: Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters [2013]
“Dead camper walking” Much like he did on Harry Potter, director Chris Columbus ushered Rick Riordan‘s young adult world of demigods to film with sure-handed exposition and a fun flair for the...
View ArticleREVIEW: The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones [2013]
“What does that symbol mean?” Another Young Adult fantasy fiction trilogy to throw into the Hollywood machine, Cassandra Clare‘s The Mortal Instruments gives Sony a property looking for broad appeal...
View ArticleREVIEW: Vampire Academy [2014]
“The clarity of the darkness beckons” The target demographic for Vampire Academy? Teenage girls. The only demographic that could truly, completely enjoy it? Teenage girls. With that said, however, it...
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