Kingsman – Parodic Royalty or Missing the Mark?
http://bit.ly/1NeAJtI Kingsman: The Secret Service kind of came out of nowhere for me. When I first saw trailers for it, it struck me as just another action movie where bros go to bro out over guns and...
View ArticleWho Is The Real Monster?: A Critique of “I Saw The Devil”
http://bit.ly/1EdnTdI Driven by powerful performances in both the protagonist and antagonist roles, and bolstered by the equally as memorable cinematography and a beautiful score, Korean director...
View ArticleWriting Advice: Critiques
http://lagemoyen.blogspot.com Recently, my posts have been focusing on the editing stage of a writing project. However, there is something else that typically occurs once you have finished writing a...
View ArticleWhat Are You Watching?: “Gilmore Girls”
Gilmore Girls (2000 – 2007, The CW) http://bit.ly/1Hhzo1o Take a charming town in Connecticut, add Melissa McCarthy before she was typecast by her role as Megan in Bridesmaids, and throw in a...
View ArticlePick-a-Poem: Rick Campbell
http://riverwalkmamas.com Welcome, dear readers, to another weekly installment of Pick-a-Poem! If you’re interested in finding new poetry to read, here’s a way for you to hopefully find some. Every...
View ArticleReview of “The Babadook”
Most horror films today tend to rely on their own literality as the source of their horror. Slasher films like Halloween are good films in their own right, and they do have something to say beyond...
View ArticleColor My Blood
http://bit.ly/1GguMdk Hello, readers and welcome back! This week we are going to look at Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard. Mare lives in a world that is divided by the color of your blood. In this world,...
View ArticleEditor’s Notes #161
Image source: http://editorialiste.blogspot.com Hello, blog readers! Welcome to another wrap-up of what we’ve been posting recently. Before we begin, of course, I have to remind you that you can read...
View ArticleWriting Advice: Change Your Reading
http://lagemoyen.blogspot.com In the past, I’ve written on this blog about the virtues of reading while working on a writing project. Guided reading can lend you insight into another author’s process...
View ArticleA Dream Come True
http://bit.ly/1F6TU7F Warning: spoilers ahead! Disney seems to see a benefit in making live-action remakes of the classics. We have seen Snow White and Sleeping Beauty already, and Disney plans to...
View ArticleWhat Are You Watching?: “The Lizzie Borden Chronicles”
The Lizzie Borden Chronicles (2015, Lifetime) http://bit.ly/1a2mEjU Flipping through channels is a dangerous game. Five times out of six, this digital form of Russian Roulette results in horrible...
View ArticleBefore They Were Famous: J.R.R. Tolkien
http://bit.ly/1ftyYei Due to the rapidly growing success of a major motion picture franchise, J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings series remains exceedingly popular with a contemporary audience. Loved...
View ArticlePick-a-Poem: “Map”
http://riverwalkmamas.com Hello, blog readers! Welcome to another installment of our Pick-a-Poem series, which features a new poem every Wednesday. Every week, we find a new poem through Poetry Daily...
View ArticleFour Minutes Too Late
http://bit.ly/1Nb2qqL Hello readers, and welcome back. This week we will be talking about The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight by Jennifer E. Smith. Hadley Sullivan is on her way to her...
View ArticleChristopher Nolan’s Interstellar: An Intense Quiet
http://bit.ly/1abEz83 I’ve written about Interstellar on this blog before, but it just occurred to me that I never actually posted a review of the film! So, I figured, with Christopher Nolan’s latest...
View ArticleMeet The Editors: Theresa Marten
Welcome back readers to our Friday edition of Meet the Editors! This Friday we are featuring senior Theresa Marten. You may know her by the many hats she wears on campus from Ministry to The...
View ArticleAn Instant Classic: A Review of “It Follows”
http://bit.ly/1DsLxBb Sex has seemingly always been a mainstay of the horror genre, or at least it has been since John Carpenter’s 1978 modern classic, Halloween. In the coming years after Halloween,...
View ArticleWriting Advice: Write it Down!
http://lagemoyen.blogspot.com I’m sure that you’ve read the title of this post and are thinking, “well, duh.” But hear me out. Imagine that you’re in the middle of writing a scene, and you’re suddenly...
View ArticleA Trip to Hong Kong with Therese Jones
Dr. Therese Jones If you could travel anywhere, where would your destination be? I have longed to travel to China for thirty years because of the amazing arts, history, beauty, and my curiosity...
View ArticlePick-a-Poem: Cintia Santana
http://riverwalkmamas.com Hello, blog readers! Welcome to another installment of our Pick-a-Poem series. Every Wednesday, we feature a poem here on the blog. Hopefully it’s something you’re interested...
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