John Green, author of The Fault In Our Stars, Paper Towns, and Looking for Alaska, visited The Colbert Report on Monday. Stephen Colbert is awesome. John Green is awesome. So, it goes without saying that the resulting interview between these two great minds was also awesome. My favorite part? When Stephen Colbert says this about YA novels: How…
There are four main “good” races that reside in Middle-Earth. There are four main houses at Hogwarts. Is it possible to sort the four races into the four houses categorically? Granted, sorting into houses ought to be done individually, because even twins (i.e. Padma and Parvati Patil) are not always sorted into the same house.…
A fan of many things, I am. A great love for Star Wars, I have. However, finding enjoyment from watching the movies doesn’t in any way make me an expert. I don’t spend hours reading about the many star systems of the galaxy on Wookiepedia (except in preparation to write this article). I haven’t read the…
This review is positively riddled with spoilers, so I would recommend seeing The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug first, before reading this. You’ve been warned. Upon leaving the theatre on the evening of December 13th, having just seen the second Hobbit movie, I forced myself to hold back the deluge of disappointment. I calculated in my head that…
Before I begin comparing and contrasting the two films, let’s make one thing perfectly clear: The Muppet Christmas Carol is a Walt Disney movie too. Therefore, rather than call it “Disney’s A Christmas Carol“, I’m going to refer to the 2009 film as “Jim Carrey’s A Christmas Carol”. Interestingly enough, another famous adaptation (not reviewed…
Critics say yes. Audience reviews and Twitter reactions say yes. The box office numbers say yes. I say yes. There are two ways that we can answer this question. First, is Catching Fire a better movie? Second, is Catching Fire a better adaptation? Both are valid questions, and both answers are still yes, in my opinion.…
December 13th simply cannot come soon enough. With this new (third) trailer, we see much that we’ve already seen in the previous two trailers. However, we are given more tidbits that we haven’t seen or heard—tidbits that maintain our excitement for the upcoming film. We at first hear Bard reciting an adaptation of the song…
Tonight, after the fourth inning of the World Series, a glimpse was released of another upcoming game: the Quarter Quell edition of the Hunger Games. That’s right, folks—the third and final trailer of Catching Fire was released tonight, and in it, we see quite a lot that we haven’t seen before. Watch the trailer for…
There is no question that The Lord of the Rings: the Return of the King is an incredible movie. Simply look to the 2003 Academy Awards for proof. Return of the King won 11 Oscars, which means that they tied the record held by Ben-Hur (1959) and Titanic (1997). While Titanic—as well as All About Eve (1950)—holds the record for most…
As a Language Arts teacher, I often use Lord of the Rings (specifically Two Towers and Return of the King) as an example when I teach about the three main points of view. While Fellowship of the Ring tends to mostly follow Frodo, making it third person limited, the latter two books (and movies) in…