Song One | Directed By: Kate Barker-Froyland | Rating: 6/11 | What can be said for Song One? A film that’s great in concept and mediocre in execution. A film that indie music fans will adore and old school Anne Hathaway fans will rejoice in seeing her once again in a romantic leading-lady role (she also co-produced Song One). But […]

Tokio Hotel | Viper Room (West Hollywood, CA) | January 15, 2015 | A lot of secret things happen in Los Angeles each night, that is unless you’re a super fan. When word leaked of a secret Tokio Hotel show at the Viper Room, “Aliens” (that’s what Tokio Hotel fans call themselves) began to queue up in the early afternoon […]

White Plague (A Joe Rush Novel) | Author: James Abel | Rating: 7/11 | Equal parts military fiction, high seas adventure and biomedical horror, White Plague is the exciting tale of Marine Joe Rush, a military doctor, bio-terrorism specialist, weapons aficionado and all-around expert in diffusing impossible situations. When Rush is called in to rescue an US submarine on a […]

Galavant | Sunday 8/7c on ABC | Rating: 9.9 / 11 | It’s over the top cheesy and entirely campy, but it’s also “comedy gold;” ladies and gentlemen we present to you ABC’s latest comedy creation Galavant. Taking Once Upon A Time‘s time slot during their mid-season hiatus, Galavant is filling up Sunday night’s with two episodes a week of […]

We Are Not Ourselves | Author: Matthew Thomas | Rating: 8/11 | We Are Not Ourselves is a deftly woven novel spanning multiple decades, generations and telling the tale of Eileen Leary’s ascension from the child of an immigrant family to the woman she aspires to become. Eileen’s tale is both heartwarming and heartbreaking – at times, simultaneously – as […]

A Sudden Light | Author: Garth Stein | Rating: 8/11 | Though A Sudden Light is clearly a work of fiction, it reads more as equal parts fictionalized biography and campfire ghost story, with an enjoyable – yet ultimately predictable – ending. Set in the 1990’s, A Sudden Light tells the story of the Riddell family throughout the preceding century […]

The Imitation Game | Rating: 10/11 | Benedict Cumberbatch has perfected the art of the awkward smart guy who favors knowledge over friendships or so it seems. Although not a far stretch from his role as Sherlock Holmes in the BBC’s Sherlock, The Imitation Game allows Cumberbatch the opportunity to grow his character, Alan Turing, through a broader range of […]