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‘Tortured Poets Department’ Is A Somber Mixture of Emotions For Swift

I was never a Taylor Swift fan. That doesn’t mean I didn’t think anything bad about her. I just never really listen to her music past what they play on the radio. Then, she started making people mad with her relationship with Travis Kelce and encouraging people to vote and I began to like herContinue reading “‘Tortured Poets Department’ Is A Somber Mixture of Emotions For Swift”

The Way People Treat Animals Is The Way They Treat Everyone

You’ve probably heard the quote, “Never trust anyone who isn’t kind to animals.” Some people attribute it to Oscar Wilde, but through my research, I don’t know if he actually said it. Writer Anthony Douglas Williams did say, “How one treats other animals often reflects how one treats other humans.” Recently, South Dakota Gov. KristiContinue reading “The Way People Treat Animals Is The Way They Treat Everyone”

‘Frank Herbert’s Dune’ Looks Cheap And Only For True Fans

In the two months that Dune Part Two has been released, it’s grossed over $700 million worldwide. There’s even plans to make a third Dune movie which will be an adaptation of Dune Messiah. Forty years after the unfortunate David Lynch adaptation in 1984, it seems everything has been forgotten and forgiven. But one thingContinue reading “‘Frank Herbert’s Dune’ Looks Cheap And Only For True Fans”

‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ Examines The Ugly Side Of Being A Child Actor

In the aftermath of the docuseries Quiet on Set, the autobiography I’m Glad My Mom Died is more relevant now than when it was published nearly two years ago. Jeanette McCurdy, who appeared in the Nickelodeon series iCarly and its spin-off, Sam & Cat, has been one of the many former child actors who hasContinue reading “‘I’m Glad My Mom Died’ Examines The Ugly Side Of Being A Child Actor”

‘The Iron Claw’ Can’t Find The Right Grasp On Its Own Story

The Iron Claw is a problematic movie. I wanted to really like it more. But Sean Durkins, who wrote and directed the movie, can’t really find the right angle to tell the story. It’s about the Von Erich family of wrestlers told mainly through the eyes of Kevin (Zac Efron in a great reserved role),Continue reading “‘The Iron Claw’ Can’t Find The Right Grasp On Its Own Story”

‘Lake Placid’ Takes The Plunge

Lake Placid is one of those horror movies where once you’re introduced to the main cast, you can tell that there is no threat to any of them. Normally, that would take some of the thrills out of the plot. But the movie remains one of my guilty pleasures of a creature feature/when nature attacksContinue reading “‘Lake Placid’ Takes The Plunge”

Red Fern Festival This Weekend

The last weekend in April means it’s time for the Red Fern Festival in Tahlequah, Okla. The morning rains didn’t cancel the events as vendors got their booths set up along Muskogee Avenue. The event is held each year in honor of Wilson Rawls, who lived in the Tahlequah area. He famously wrote the novelContinue reading “Red Fern Festival This Weekend”

‘The Truth vs. Alex Jones’ Sets The Story Straight As An Arrow

I was at the news company’s Christmas luncheon when word spread of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. I was sitting in the lobby of the dorm at Georgia Southern University when I heard of the massacre at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. These two incidents alone should’ve caused aContinue reading “‘The Truth vs. Alex Jones’ Sets The Story Straight As An Arrow”

‘Erasure’ Is A Good Work Of American Fiction That Seems Too Real

Percival Everett published the dark comedy satire Erasure in 2001. A year prior, Spike Lee released his satire Bamboozled. Both seem to be about a black male protagonist who doesn’t fit what most think of as black men. They’re both highly educated, sophisticated intellectuals. Yet they are constantly criticized by those around them for howContinue reading “‘Erasure’ Is A Good Work Of American Fiction That Seems Too Real”

‘Night Swim’ Drowns In Boredom

Night Swim is one of those typical Blumhouse horror movies that is released in the month of January that people have forgotten about by the time the Super Bowl rolls around. It’s boring and has a tedious pace typical of something that started out as a short movie concept that the filmmakers were given moreContinue reading “‘Night Swim’ Drowns In Boredom”