As a millennial, I’m all about nostalgia, and I love me some cartoons. Especially adult cartoons, because they’re often full of references to the truly outrageous old cartoons I’m nostalgic about. Thundercats, hooo-oooo!!!!! Aside from being funny and entertaining, they also come at you sometimes with an unexpected thought-provoking moment. Here are five of myContinue reading “5 Times Cartoons Made Surprisingly Profound Observations in a Few Seconds”
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Book Quote of the Day
[Daisy has magical powers that involve being able to kill bad dudes with her baked goods] ” […] if there’s one thing that shouldn’t be rushed, it’s murder pies.” –Misha Popp, The Last to Pie
Book Quote of the Day
[Art historians Caroline and Patrick are unraveling the mystery behind the death of an artist with a twisted background and upbringing] Patrick: “Jesus, that family loves blackmail.” –Ellery Lloyd, The Final Act of Juliette Willoughby.
Book Quote of the Day
[A group of five friends have established a ritual of holding funerals for each other while they’re still alive to witness them] ‘I was eighteen,’ Marielle corrected, and Jordan gritted his teeth. There was a reason funeral honorees were supposed to be dead. ‘She entered our lives before we were twenty, when the whole worldContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
‘Alice, Darling’ is Indeed a Horror Movie
*Content warning: The film depicts an emotionally abusive relationship. While I like to keep my reviews lighthearted, I am in no way trivializing the subject. Alice (Anna Kendrick) is saddled with an emotionally abusive boyfriend, Simon (Charlie Carrick), who controls every aspect of her life. When she lies to him in order to get awayContinue reading “‘Alice, Darling’ is Indeed a Horror Movie”
Beware of the Blob! (review)
It’s been four years, but I made a YouTube video.
Book Quote of the Day
“[…] Anna dreamed of letting go and getting lost. She could do it, slide into the scene and vanish. Her family had always been terrible at Where’s Waldo? But she […] rode back with Mom and Dad so she wouldn’t have to listen to Christopher’s ‘check in with work’ call the whole way. Mm-hmming whileContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
The Horrors of Adulting: Beatrix Potter
When I was a wee lass, I loved me some Beatrix Potter. I wanted to pass on that love to my eldest when she was a toddler, but I had apparently blocked out the more disturbing aspects of the stories. I didn’t get farther than “The Tale of Tom Kitten”, which concerns a clowder ofContinue reading “The Horrors of Adulting: Beatrix Potter”
Alex Garland’s ‘Men’: Stylish and Thought-Provoking
Harper (Jessie Buckley) is a woman recovering from the shock of seeing her husband James (Paapa Essiedu) fall off the roof of their flat, maybe or maybe not on purpose. She takes a trip to a quiet English countryside only to find that her man troubles are just beginning. It’s easy to read the filmContinue reading “Alex Garland’s ‘Men’: Stylish and Thought-Provoking”
Book Quote of the Day
“The Gentleman Scientist was fooling with something dangerous and knew it but either wasn’t willing to stop or couldn’t and in the end those things come to the same. I could stop which made me a fool to go on, but there was another factor. Something had happened to me. I had grown curious. ItContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
