2016 in Review: Top 10 Albums of the Year

After 2015 provided me my longest music list ever, 2016 ended up being a really eclectic year for music with a much smaller group of choices. There were some nice debuts and comebacks, as well as some mainstays doing career best work. It was actually quite a challenge to narrow down this list, but I

Book Review: History is All You Left Me by Adam Silvera

Adam Silvera just has a knack for dragging you wig through the mud with his writing and making you enjoy it. Or at least, he’s dragged mine for the second time with History is All You Left Me. I was a fan of his previous book, More Happy Than Not, and can very happily report

Review: Sense8 – A Christmas Special

Like a warm cup of hot chocolate, the Sense8 Christmas special arrived to us all and provided a fun, but not all that necessary trip back with our sensates. After finishing the episode, I can recognize that this is very much an episode dedicated both to fan service and creative necessity, but I didn’t really

Film Review: Silence

Much how I’m sure Martin Scorsese wanted it, I am really struggling with Silence, the film that is a passion project for the director. Silence is a movie about ideas and faith and I admire the effort that Scorsese put into getting this thing made. But Silence is a movie that doesn’t seem to invite

Oscar Predictions: Shook

Shakeup time! Naturally, when you do Oscar predictions, and you don’t really care, you end up having to do some dramatic shakeups once the big awards voting bodies come in with their nominations. Critics Choice had their awards so damn early this year, I honestly don’t know if they had any impact on these Oscar

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: SAG Awards Nominations

More awards show nominations! The SAG Awards announced their nominations today and naturally I have many thoughts. Let’s talk about it! The Good 1. Black people everywhere. So many black performers and projects were nominated and it’s such a wonderful sight to see. Gonna be tough watching many of them face off like Sterling and

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