Fiction

What we do in the shadows
Taika is absolutely hilarious. People seem to forget that after Thor 4. If you need a reminder, I highly recommend watching "What We Do in The Shadows". I get it, it can be a niche comedy. But when you get a chance, watch this film! Hurry up with "We'rewolves" already!
By Dyllon Rodillon2 years ago in Critique
Harry Potter: A prism
Harry Potter is not a novel but a prism. The reader will see the wavelengths of their deepest joys, sorrows and fears in its spectrum.
By Jussi Luukkonen2 years ago in Critique
Sharks in a Movie Theater
Ten years later, who among us would bat an eyelash at the concept of sharks in a tornado? Sharknado took the world by storm in 2013, and the unique creativity of the film was highlighted on the big screen. I live forever with a chunk bitten out of my heart.
By Elisabeth Balmon2 years ago in Critique
Sipping Whiskey and Ignoring The King James Version of The Bible
My shabby motel room's Gideon sits, gathering dust on its unopened spine. Yellowed by years of neglect, putrid from bearing witness to man's depravity to others, especially by its sacred truth-bearers. My stomach turns contemplating the hypocrisy perpetrated upon humanity by those perverting its stories for their own glory.
By Paul Mansfield2 years ago in Critique
Married... With Children
Al Bundy is a shoe salesman trying to support his family. Peggy, his wife, doesn’t cook or clean. Kelly is a promiscuous teen and a full-fledged airhead. Bud, the family's brains, constantly worries about getting laid by a girl so he doesn’t have to play with his rubber doll, Isis.
By Mother Combs2 years ago in Critique
The Decameron
Was this perfect for our times? Bought during COVID-19; read at home with quarantine measures and online work around me; glided along the hundred tales (some going too far; others far too simple); respected this classic collection written during its own plague years.
By Kendall Defoe 2 years ago in Critique
Hogan's Heroes
A group of international misfit POWs held prisoner in a WWII German prison camp led by Colonel Hogan of the US Army. The show is all about the antics the prisoners go through not to escape and to smuggle important prisoners and information out of Germany, thereby humiliating the Germans.
By Mother Combs2 years ago in Critique
A Series of Unfortunate Events
As the title says- unfortunate events never cease. The book (and movie) begins with a chilling yet memorable opening line, cautioning not to expect a happy ending. The audience experiences hopelessness alongside the protagonists as the story hits hardship after hardship.
By B2 years ago in Critique
Harry Potter and the Annoying Plot Hole
Time turners. It's the centre of the plot of the third book in the eight book series. How is it their existence is only mentioned the once? Why is a thirteen year old girl entrusted to use one for attending more classes? How does nobody notice what is going on?
By Lindsay Dewolfe2 years ago in Critique
The Calvin Stickers
Let the grifters grift. It’s their only gift. You work hard on your craft. You spend hours on your craft. Just for someone to drop a link. Or worse, they drop something unrelated. It stinks. Maybe Bill Watterson was right, when he chose to ignore the sticker grifters. We’ll see.
By Atomic Historian2 years ago in Critique
You're Not Lookin' At The Big Picture, Stan
Swordfish was and is a treasure, and if you think the bar is low, consider I first saw John Travolta in Look Whose Talkin'.
By Ashley McGee2 years ago in Critique
A River Runs Through It
In the half light of the canyons, all things merge into one, and a “river runs through it.” What’s offered to some, is not wanted, yet we still love them completely. Holding them in our hearts, may be all we get.
By Kelli Sheckler-Amsden2 years ago in Critique