Making a Difference, One Story at a Time
Just over two weeks ago, I lost one of my grandfathers. Papa was a man who loved many, many things. Opera music, salmon, game shows, Hogan’s Heroes. But there are two constants in his life that stand out in particular, two never-ending threads that I feel confident in saying he valued above all else. Those…
My grandma is one of the strongest people I have ever known. A Holocaust survivor, she had lived many lifetimes of fear and tragedy before even stepping foot on United States soil as still but a child. Bookending her life were two incredibly fearsome struggles that I wouldn’t wish upon even my worst enemy. But…
Somehow Sony managed to craft another studio-spliced Amazing Spider-Man movie without the titular character. An incredible premise suffered from the violent studio interference that plagued the two Amazing Spider-Man films that this movie somehow shares the same “multiverse” with. Multiple comic book movies released in recent years have suffered from what I would call “studio-splice…
Before I dive in here, I feel it’s important to note that I am only about 150 pages into this massive book. In turn, my opinions do not reflect the whole work, but simply my early observations and predictions. Who knows, now that I’m already writing an analysis, maybe I’ll never finish reading this damn…
Mediocrity was not something I expected from the season 7 premiere of Game of Thrones. Can HBO afford a mostly filler episode with only 12 left in the show? Regardless, I can’t say the episode was bad. After all, there hasn’t ever been a bad episode of Game of Thrones. Some, like this one, just…
After a between-season hiatus nearly three months longer than usual, the penultimate season of Game of Thrones is finally upon us. The cultural zeitgeist was particularly infuriating this time around. Usually, I would bask in a social media explosion centered around the return of one of my all-time favorite shows. Something about the excruciatingly forced…
Going into 2017, my most anticipated film of the year (aside from The Last Jedi, obviously) was Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver. Being responsible for both the genius Cornetto Trilogy, and one of my favorite movies, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, Wright has positioned himself as one of my all-time favorite filmmakers. Having such a profound…
Of course they failed! In all honesty, I feel like somewhat of an idiot for believing that Oda was done addressing Big Mom’s backstory for the time being. The way he intertwined her continuing past narrative with the current action was outstanding. Although this chapter wasn’t quite as potent as its predecessor, there is still…
One thing we often forget while following the adventures of the Straw Hat Pirates is that the world of One Piece is a very dark place. A government oozing with corruption, a class of nobles that is above all laws, and political conspiracies at every turn are just a few of the harsh elements that…
Wonder Woman serves as the latest installment in the infamous DC Cinematic Universe, a franchise that, up until this point, was yet to produce a good movie. With contemporaries such as Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad in its wake, I was very pessimistic going in. The explosive critical and audience reception, combined with my…