Midnight Special proves that you don't need huge explosions, action set pieces, or over-the-top special effects to make a great sci-fi movie The 80s are back in style. From Carly Rae Jepsen's EMOTION to Stranger Things to Everybody Wants Some, it seems like Hollywood had a board meeting and decided that this is the decade we're…
Bellweather Rhapsody is a coming-of-age drama and whodunit mystery wrapped into a quirky dark comedy Agatha Christie, The Shining, and Stephen King are all directly referenced in Kate Racculia’s sophomore effort. However, they are more than just reference because they shape the book itself. Bellweather Rhapsody is simultaneously a "whodunit" mystery, teenage coming-of-age dramedy, shifting…
Joshua Ferris’ Then We Came to the End is equal parts stinging satire of working and moving character study about the meaning of life For me, the best way to tell how I felt about a book is looking at my reaction to the ending. I’m not talking about my reaction to what happens, but…
Looking for a spooky fun horror movie to watch? Well, Lights Out fits the bill. My favorite thing to do when watching horror movies now is not knowing a single thing about them. No trailers, no reviews, no synopsis. While it becomes difficult to decide what to watch when you do that, often the result is a…
Justin Lin's Star Trek Beyond shows that a blockbuster can be in the same realm as a character drama and still be successful Going into Star Trek Beyond I wasn't feeling the highest on Star Trek Into Darkness (check out my review here). I thought it was thisclose to being a great movie. But two things kept it from that. The first was…
It doesn't live up to the first movie in the franchise, but Star Trek Into Darkness holds its own as an action thriller With Star Trek Beyond hitting theaters this week I thought it'd be the perfect time to go back and review its predecessor, Star Trek Into Darkness (the title gets a negative review). I need to explain my history…
Lead Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie is all but won. But I guess we can still predict nominees. Lead Actress in a Limited Series or TV Movie is already won. So, predicting the nominations is probably a little boring. Sarah Paulson (The People v. O.J. Simpson) has had such high notices for…
Lead Actor in a Limited Series or TV Movie is a very strong category led by two strong contenders. The first is four-time Emmy winner Bryan Cranston (All the Way). While the TV movie wasn’t as well received as HBO might have hoped, Cranston still got his usual strong notices and has already won a…
Supporting Actress in a Drama Series is going to be easy to predict the nominees, but the winner is going to be harder to guess I think Supporting Actress in a Drama Series is going to be one of the easier categories to predict. Only one spot is opening up with Christina Hendricks (Mad Men)…
Lead Actor in a Drama Series is the most unpredictable category at the Emmys this year Lead Actor in a Drama Series is a wide open category. Two of last year’s nominees, Jon Hamm (Mad Men) and Jeff Daniels (The Newsroom), are ineligible this year and only two seem like locks. The two actors that…
