I generally really like the work author Pierce Brown has done with his sci-fi Red Rising series. Although the first book sounds a lot like a more adult-version of The Hunger Games, Brown presented a rather morally complex world where few characters were straight good or evil. In a setting Read more
It seems like everyone is releasing movies straight to streaming now and by-passing the traditional theatrical release, or at least just issuing a limited one. But if it was good enough for Martin Scorsese, it should be good enough for Michael Bay. Hold on. That sounds very wrong. Anyway, Netflix Read more
The podcast returns, and this time around, Jen and I talked 1986’s Big Trouble in Little China. Funny thing, though. I actually never saw Big Trouble as a kid whereas Jen saw a lot of it. Consequently, she’s a big fan, and me? Not so much. But we did have Read more
I think the trailer for Richard Jewell bothered me a little bit. I generally enjoy movies directed by Clint Eastwood, but of late, he’s been on something of a “real American heroes” thing, where most of his movies have been based on real heroics by various Americans. Heck, even The Read more
I’ve mentioned before many times, even on the Tomcast 2020 podcast, that I have a certain formula for remakes. First, the remake should have a distinctive reason to exist and not simply be some kind of shot-for-shot rehash. Second, it shouldn’t be a remake of a beloved classic of some Read more
Back in the summer of 2016, just after Game of Thrones ended, I started a project at Gabbing Geek where I would do write-ups for five different shows, one for each day of the week (excluding weekends), one episode at a time. I decided each should have something in common Read more
In 2012, the CW premiered Arrow, a superhero TV series based off the longtime DC Comics character Green Arrow. The initial idea was to tell comic book stories without too much in the way of fantastic powers. Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) was a guy who was stuck on a hellhole Read more
I got to see Gene Luen Yang give a talk during a teacher’s conference probably a decade ago. He spoke quite a bit about American Born Chinese and the experience of making original graphic novels, so why didn’t I read his book sooner? I actually wanted to, but somehow never Read more
I mentioned to some co-workers I saw the new movie Dark Waters over the weekend, and they in turn reminded me that this is not the first time actor Mark Ruffalo has been in a movie about a Dupont. Now, I haven’t seen Foxcatcher, but they gave it a good Read more
I more or less fell in love with Pixar’s work as soon as I saw the original Toy Story. Combining at-the-time cutting edge computer generated animation with a rather deep story for a children’s flick. As such, I have seen most of Pixar’s output. Oddly enough, I hadn’t seen the Read more