Picture the roaring twenties, with pinstriped suits, fedoras, headbands with feathers, and of course prohibition. Only picture it in a modern-day setting, and rather than bathtub alcohol and hard-to-find metal, paper and water are now heavily rationed commodities, and coffee and chocolate are illegal. In ‘All These Things I’ve Done’ by Gabrielle Zevin, Anya Balanchine […]

Maybe I just wasn’t looking in the right places, but when I was a ‘tween, I felt like I was in a literary limbo. Too old for the Babysitter Series anymore, too young for sexy and violent tales like ‘A Song of Ice and Fire,’ and without ‘Harry Potter’ ushering in the grand genre that […]

In a world where the deep-voiced trailer guy echoes through your head whenever you read the words “in a world,” teenagers are given a procedure at age 18 that forever cures them of love. Love, scientifically referred to as amor deliria nervosa is shown to have caused fatal sexually-transmitted diseases, stress, heart disease, suicides, jealous […]

“Our world with a bit of a twist” is getting to be the go-to trope for young adult fantasy stories. Not to say books like ‘Hunger Games‘ and ‘Divergent‘ aren’t exceptional and original takes in their own right, but it was refreshing to pick up a book written in the last two years that neither […]

The supporting women of the ‘Twilight’ Saga aren’t doing too bad for themselves. First there was the ditzy best friend Jessica, played by Anna Kendrick, who would go on to gain critical acclaim for her role opposite George Clooney in ‘Up in the Air’ and carry the plot and tune in ‘Pitch Perfect.’ Now we […]

Kids, when I was your age, 8-bit games were all we had, and they cost around $50, which back then was the average down payment for a DeLorean, and we used then to drive uphill both ways to our Weird Science classes and Breakfast Clubs. Ah, the 1980s were a good time. What was I […]

On the rare occasion AMC stops trying to force-feed ‘Low Winter Sun’ to its ‘Breaking Bad’- and ‘Walking Dead’-loving fans, an exciting teaser for the latter makes its way through. With only a little over a month left until the Season 4 premiere, it seems the longer behind-the-scenes and exclusive featurettes have already been released, […]

Far be it from me to gloat about the failure of something I predicted, because I would be more than happy to be wrong and add a new franchise to my Fandom Belt, but I’ve admitted before to not understanding the rabid fan base of the book ‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones,’ after I […]

This week, I was lucky enough to speak to the amazingly talented TovMauzer. Living in Russia, he has an art style that spans the range from stylized to cartoonish to hyper realistic. His ‘Breaking Bad’ pieces are gaining critical acclaim all across the world in the universal language of breathtaking art, but his gallery holds […]

Now, why couldn’t AMC have shown this awesome featurette teased in the middle of ‘Low Winter Sun’ instead of the lame clip they chose? Robert Kirkman takes viewers on a behind-the-scenes tour of the set, and I suppose I shouldn’t be so surprised that a talented writer of my favorite zombie comic is so funny, […]

Although there’s still a long summer before ‘Game of Thrones’ returns to television screens across the world, there’s no rest for the cast. Some pictures were recently released of current filming going on in Dubrovnik, Croatia, that is sure to whet the appetites of rabid fans in a way no lemon cakes ever could. One […]

We’re only a month and a half out from the season four premiere of ‘The Walking Dead,‘ and The Hollywood Reporter is preying on fans’ growing excitement as the days count down by releasing some teaser facts (or spoilers, depending on how much of a purist you are) for the coming season ahead. Many are […]

When I first heard Plaid Hat Games was going to be releasing a ‘Bioshock Infinite’ Board Game, visions of Fry from ‘Futurama’ holding out a stack of cash and shouting “Shut up and take my money!” danced through my head. I can discuss later how ‘Bioshock Infinite’ has been hands-down my favorite game of the […]

AMC loves to tease clips for their popular shows by hiding them in the commercial breaks of newer shows they’re trying to promote. This was especially annoying when exciting ‘The Walking Dead’ clips were snuggled in between painful segments of ‘Comic Book Men,’ prompting tons of watchers to scream at their TVs: “AMC, Stop trying […]

Riding high on the buzz from the first full-length trailer for ‘Divergent’ shown during the otherwise embarrassing VMAs on MTV, Summit, with the help of Fandango, has released this look behind the scenes with the actors and author Veronica Roth. Check it out! Veronica Roth was only 22 when ‘Divergent’ was first published, but it’s […]