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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)

by Michele Pearson: I will admit, I have been a royal Tolkien fangirl about this movie since I first heard it was a possibility right after the release of Return of the King.  I have had extremely high expectations for [...]

Entertainment

Jack Reacher (2012)

by C.S. Kane: It was with great enthusiasm that I headed to the cinema for my annual Boxing Day tradition of catching a supercharged, high-octane action movie. The trailer for Christopher McQuarrie’s film adaptation of Lee Child’s One Shot left me in [...]

Entertainment

Mothers in Bedlam: An Interview with Author Morgan Gallagher

by Shane Lange: Scottish author Morgan Gallagher wants to make one thing clear: her new novel is not a baby book of horror. “Although it’s called Bedlam Maternity,” she says, “it isn’t about babies – it’s about how mothers are [...]

Arts and Literature Interviews

The Dark Knight Rises (2012)

by Tracy Ladd: Writing a review for a film of this magnitude can be difficult.  Being the third film in a trilogy, the final piece of the ongoing story and having two fantastic films before it makes it hard to NOT [...]

Entertainment

Color Me 50 Shades of…Unimpressed

by Tracy Ladd: Dear 50 Shades, Well, well, well.  Aren’t you just a hot little number these days.  It seems like it anyway.  I wonder how The Twilight Saga feels about you stealing all of its thunder.  Although, if I’m being [...]

Articles

The Walking Dead Gets a Fourth Season, Loses a Showrunner

All over the Internet, fans of AMC’s The Walking Dead are buzzing about a set of announcements about the show — one gain, and one loss. Showrunner Glen Mazzara (who took the reigns from former showrunner and series co-creator Frank Darabont) will not [...]

Entertainment News

Zero Dark Thirty (2012)

by J Malcolm Stewart: Sometimes the shadows that color our world are not the province of fiction. Sometimes the monsters are are real. And sometimes, the monsters are ourselves. In Katheryn Bigelow’s taut retrospective Zero Dark Thirty, the horrors of the [...]

Entertainment

Bestial Mouths: Music for the Apocalypse

by Shane Lange: “We want people to feel alive by being disturbed by our sounds and the images we connect with them.” What does the end of the world look like? A flock of sheep roaming the halls of a [...]

Music Interviews

Dexter Recap: “Surprise, Motherf**ker!”

by Emily Sofia (Dexter Daily): Dexter Recap: “Surprise, Motherf**ker!” Original Air Date (Showtime): Sunday December 16, 2012 Season 7 Episode 12 It is finished. And yet, we’ve only just begun. There’s a pretty ridiculously good reason why last night’s explosive, emotionally-arousing finale, [...]

Dexter (Showtime)