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When a person latches onto a piece of entertainment emotionally, the reasons are usually personal. However, when that particular piece of entertainment is also a high-quality example of its medium, then its appeal has the potential to become universal. Large audiences will enjoy the story over and over again, then pass it on to future... Continue Reading →
My interest in the genre of supernatural TV shows piqued thanks to the wonderful Romantic Moment of the Week feature on the Silver Petticoat Review blog. I quickly fell in love with the worlds, characters, mythology, friendships, and love stories of shows like Moonlight, The Originals, The Vampire Diaries, Bitten, and Teen Wolf, with one... Continue Reading →
Being a Robin Hood fan is practically in my blood. My dad was half-British and, during part of his teen years, lived near Nottinghamshire. He would tell my siblings and me stories about visiting a giant tree—probably the Major Oak, which was (supposedly) the tree in which Robin Hood would hide when hunted. I also... Continue Reading →
“They say a good man can’t get elected president. I don’t believe that. Do you?” This line is just one of many great moments from my favorite television series, Aaron Sorkin’s The West Wing. Yet it summarizes the show beautifully. The West Wing is all about faith… faith that good people can make a difference.... Continue Reading →
Until Disney released the Star Wars sequel trilogy, the Star Wars prequels were some of the most disliked stories in the fandom. Today, they’re still viewed as lackluster, boring, and poorly acted. So what would you say if I told you the prequel trilogy is my favorite Star Wars trilogy—and it’s not even a close... Continue Reading →
Dark, mature, and complex, while also still keeping a decent sense of humor, Nikita revolves around the existence of Division, a secret government-funded organization who recruits young people from prison or the street, faking their deaths and training them to be spies and assassins. Originally founded by a group called Oversight for black ops missions,... Continue Reading →
David Lynch is my favorite film director. His movies and TV series absolutely blow my mind and influence my perspective on life. The Straight Story is a 1999 biographical road drama based on the true story of Alvin Straight and his journey across Iowa and Wisconsin on a lawn mower to meet his sick brother.... Continue Reading →
When I was two years old, my parents took me along when they went to see The Man from Snowy River (1982) in the movie theater. I came out obsessed with horses, cowboys, a guy called Jim and a girl called Jessica, and Australia. And this has been my favorite movie ever since. As a little girl,... Continue Reading →
Everyone has one show that comforts them, frustrates them, makes them laugh and cry, and sticks with them, no matter how many other obsessions flow through their cinematic life. For me, that show has always been, and will always be, Smallville. The small-town story of Clark Kent before he became Superman takes place in what... Continue Reading →
Guillermo del Toro’s Crimson Peak is not about the horror of ghosts, but the horror of humanity. It’s a thread that runs through all of his films. Pan’s Labyrinth, Pacific Rim, and The Shape of Water are all populated with wondrous (and monstrous) creatures, yet all get cast in sympathetic lights as close-minded, destructive humans... Continue Reading →
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