Trigger Warning! Drug and alcohol use, abuse, sexual assault and rape.
Jesus frickin’ Christ, Shiny Happy People is a shocking, and oftentimes horrifying, documentary. While it presents itself as a look into the Duggar family, from the reality TV show 19 Kids and Counting, this is used more as a backbone that threads the main story at hand, the absolutely disgusting Bill Gothard and his Christian offshoot cult called the Institute in Basic Life Principles or IBLP. Going in, while…
“…Uhtred, sword of Uhtred.”
-Finan, ~930s C.E.
The beginning of The Last Kingdom: Seven Kings Must Die starts with narration from Finan, one of the closest companions of the protagonist, Uhtred son of Uhtred. This made me nervous because I thought that the majority of the movie would have voice-over narration, which is never a good sign, *cough* The Last Airbender *cough*. And I’m glad to say my fears were unfounded. While there was some narration by Finan, for the…
Have you ever been lonely? Not I haven't hung out with my friends or gone to a party in a week, but a deep, dark loneliness where you are constantly alone. Where most of your connections are superficial, but when you get a chance to be around other humans you'd rather spend time being alone. Where once you had loved someone with your whole being, but lost them and ended up losing yourself. Well, this is the story of Theodore,…
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is a film that I have waited a long time to see since it wasn't shown at my local theater. Over the past few months I've heard high praise for this film and I was afraid it wouldn't live up to the hype. Fortunately it did because not only is it a great comic book, Spider-Man, and animated film, but it's just a fantastic film overall.
Without giving too much away the story follows Miles Morales…
