During the holiday season, we wind up with zillions of emails in our inboxes advertising the supposed “hot gift” of the season. A lot of those products being… Read more “Top 3 Zombie (or otherwise induced) Apocalypse Survival Tool Christmas List”
Tag: entertainment
Splitting Hairs: Dissecting The Villain Origin Story
This week, Disney released the first trailer for the summer 2014 movie, Maleficent. The movie tells the story about how Maleficent became evil (and apparently it didn’t… Read more “Splitting Hairs: Dissecting The Villain Origin Story”
Things that Annoy Me: Self-Identification in the Music World
Musical artists have the luck and the advantage of having 2 avenues through which to differentiate themselves and get their messages across to the listener as opposed… Read more “Things that Annoy Me: Self-Identification in the Music World”
The End of the World as We Know It: Understanding the Popularity of the Post-Apocalyptic Tale
Post-apocalyptic stories have grown very popular in recent years. These stories have origins or back-stories that run the gambit of reasons for the end of society as… Read more “The End of the World as We Know It: Understanding the Popularity of the Post-Apocalyptic Tale”
Lady Gaga: A Culmination of Concert-Going and a Lesson on Equality
Crowds at concerts can be tricky. You never really know what you’re going to get. I’ve worked at a number of concerts in my life and have… Read more “Lady Gaga: A Culmination of Concert-Going and a Lesson on Equality”
A Late Response to the 3-D Movie Trend
I wouldn’t call myself crotchety or mistrustful of new technologies and ideas. But sometimes it takes me a while to come around to such things and decide… Read more “A Late Response to the 3-D Movie Trend”
Dear Hollywood: It’s Time to End the Bad Movie Title Trend
In between the childhood stages of wanting to be a marine biologist and a writer, I dreamed of having the job of naming movies—because, let’s face it,… Read more “Dear Hollywood: It’s Time to End the Bad Movie Title Trend”
Dear Raven, keep quoting! A Literary Review of John Cusack’s “The Raven”
John Cusack’s “The Raven” opened last weekend to mixed reviews. As an expert in Gothic Literature, and Edgar Allan Poe specifically, (I have a Master’s degree in… Read more “Dear Raven, keep quoting! A Literary Review of John Cusack’s “The Raven””
Writer vs the World 