In short: Yes…even though it left me shocked and disturbed. Gone Girl is one of those movies that I was on the fence about. I was not that familiar with Rosamund Pike, Ben Affleck’s acting style is “meh” at best, seeing Tyler Perry onscreen solicits a nigh-automatic (negative) reflex from my body, and I had … Continue reading
It has barely been a month since Dana Schwartz’s (a Chicago writer and comedian) Twitter account–@DystopianYA–gained some well-earned attention after Schwartz started humorously pointing out all the cliché and tired trappings of YA fiction (with a dystopian twist). When questioned about why she started account, she had this to say: “I loved dystopian stories as … Continue reading
The recent cuts to veteran pensions, military pay, and personnel reduction initiatives (due to sequestration), have sparked an unexpected movement in the American armed forces. This chain of events has been marked as: The Air Force Hunger Games. Some also like to call it, The Air Force retention games. After the announcement of these reduction … Continue reading
Coming off of 576869708342 panels from this past weekend’s Comic-Con, Fox recently rolled out their newest trailer for their upcoming film The Maze Runner. The new trailer features some sweet looks at a handful of dangers within the titular maze and etc. Here’s the synopsis according to Screen Crush: “The story finds a young boy … Continue reading
Author and activist, Dennis R. Upkins was born and raised in Nashville, but calls Atlanta home. He calls himself “a lifelong geek, and a hopeless comic book addict”, and for the short time I’ve known him, I know this to be true and he takes his interest and craft very seriously. Dennis received an All Posts academic scholarship … Continue reading
Before I begin, every time I hear news of Vin Diesel doing something awesome (obviously, it is automatically going to be awesome), I am inclined to do this: Bringing it back to the story at hand, Rose Leslie, who is famous for playing Ygritte on Game of Thrones, recently signed on to play a witch … Continue reading
I don’t hate Jack Black or anything, but here’s my reaction to that: But seriously. What the actual f*ck? Moving on from my intial disbelief, The Wrap recently reported that Jack Black is currently in negotions to star in the film adaptaion of the timeless scary story franchise Goosebumps. A Goosebumps film sounds good on … Continue reading
Seems that the X-Factor judge has no plans to slow down. In addition to scoring a recurring gig on Glee as Santana’s new love interest, Demi Lovato announced earlier today that she will be publishing in inspiring book titled Staying Strong. She had tweeted earlier in the day that she had big news to share … Continue reading
Not sick of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire news yet? Good, because here’s some more for you. Aside from the Katniss/Jennifer Lawrence and Peeta/Josh Hutcherson poster, a new banner has surfaced that displays a number of additional characters. Such characters include new Hunger Game contestants like Finnick Odair (Sam Claflin), Johanna Mason (Jena Malone), Wiress … Continue reading
Ever since the Harry Potter movies came onto the scene in 2001, movie studios have continued to search madly for the “the next big teen thing”. This mentality has brought us sagas like the lackluster Twilight and the still filming (but much better) The Hunger Games. This phenomenon also stuck us with the I’m-not-surprised-it-flopped movie The … Continue reading
