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How to Train Your Dragon (2010) Review

By Tiffany Lastrella June 25, 2018

Summer movie season has arrived and it brought with it an insane amount of new movie trailers to keep us hyped all summer long. Among the dozen new trailers that dropped earlier this month include trailers for Bumblebee, Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck It Ralph 2, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, and the next installment in one of my personal favorite series, How to Train Your Dragon. The trailer for How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World definitely evoked high levels of hype, so now felt like the perfect time to revisit an old favorite.

Episode 016: Sartorial Geek Recs with Liz + Jordan

By Jordan Ellis May 23, 2018

This episode is sponsored by Jordandene and LoganArch.

Thank you so much for your sweet reviews! Not only do they help us look good to the iTunes gods, but they also help us realize what you most enjoy hearing from our show.

One of the most common reviews we’ve seen so far? You love all the cool nerdy things that get recommended here! So, we’re doing an entire recommendations episode!

Whose Movie Is This? Director’s Cut and the “Strong Female Character”

By Kara Dennison May 21, 2018

When I love a piece of entertainment, I love that piece of entertainment. I will probably ride alongside it through the gates of hell. And for the first few weeks after I’ve first encountered it, my friends and readers and coworkers will hear a lot about said piece of entertainment.

My latest obsession is Director’s Cut. Not sci-fi, but cult-y and off-the-beaten-path enough that it may well appeal to the geek set.

It’s also written and headlined by stage magician and social mythbuster Penn Jillette as part of a passion project. He fell in love with the “found footage” works of Adam Rifkin (the director of Look). Jillette wanted to team up with Rifkin to make his own work in that vein. He – Penn, that is – also wanted to play the villain.

Anime for People Who “Hate Anime” : Part 1 of 3

By Lavender Youko May 20, 2018

There are many reasons why anime may not appeal to someone.

The art style itself. the subject matter, the voice acting, or only having the option to watch with subtitles for many series can be a big turn off for a lot of potential Western viewers. But if you’ve ever heard any of the following phrases:

“I don’t like books.”
Or “I hate movies.”
Or rarer still, “I don’t care about music.”

…then you know what it is like for an anime fan to hear, “But I HATE anime”. Because there is so much variation in the medium itself, you can’t even fathom someone hating all of it entirely.

The Princess Bride Book Review: More Than Just “a Kissing Book”

By Merissa Modansky May 10, 2018

“When I was your age, television was called books,” the grandfather from The Princess Bride movie tells his grandson. Television and movies often start out as books, and The Princess Bride is no exception. It was based on the 1973 book The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern’s Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure: the “Good Parts” Version and was written by William Goldman. William Goldman also wrote the screenplay for the movie, which makes for an interesting comparison between the two.