Month: June 2016

I have seen Cat’s Eye quite a few times as a kid. I think I would watch it every time I stumbled across it on cable around the time it came out. A cat very loosely ties together three stories. Two of the stories came from Stephen King’s Night Shift...

A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly Pages: 396 Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction Published: September 1, 2004 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s And I knew in my bones that Emily Dickinson wouldn’t have written even one poem if she’d had two howling babies, a husband bent on jamming another one into her, a house...

Children of the Corn Starring: Peter Hortron, Linda Hamilton, John Franklin, Courtney Gains Directed by: Fritz Kiersch Written by: George Goldsmith (screenplay), Stephen King (short story) Rating: R Length: 1 hour 32 min Genre: Horror Release Date: March 9, 1984 I had never seen Children of the Corn before now, even though I do believe I have...

The Conjuring 2 Starring: Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Madison Wolfe, Frances O’Connor Directed by: James Wan Written by: Carey Hayes, Chad Hayes, James Wan, David Johnson Rating: R Length: 2 hour 14 min Genre: Horror Release Date: June 10, 2016 Haunted house movies scare me more than other horror movies. The Conjuring scared me quite a...

Black-Eyed Susans by Julia Heaberlin Pages: 352 Genre: Psychological Thriller Published: August 11, 2015 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s 3/5 stars I loved so much of Black-Eyed Susans since it did a fantastic job being told from the point of view of Tessa who is a survivor of a horrific serial killer attack. Then,...

Wool by Hugh Howey Pages: 550 Genre: Dystopian Published: January 25, 2012 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s Juliette wondered if she would start talking to objects now. Start going crazy. As the darkness absorbed her, she realized her mind-set was changing by the minute. Resigned to her death the day before, now she was...

Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising Starring: Seth Rogen, Zac Efron, Rose Byrne, Chloe Grace Moretz, Ike Barinholtz, Kiersey Clemons, Beanie Feldstein Directed by: Nicholas StollerWritten by: Andrew Jay Cohen, Brendan O’Brien, Nicholas Stoller, Evan Goldberg, Seth Rogen Rating: RLength: 1 hour 32 minutesGenre: ComedyRelease Date: May 20, 2016 Around the time that Neighbors was released, Rolling Stone...

Keanu Starring: Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Tiffany Haddish, Method Man Directed by: Peter Atencio Written by: Jordan Pelle, Alex Rubens Rating: R Length: 1 hour 40 minutes Genre: Comedy Release Date: April 29, 2016 Keanu is an odd movie. It has some chuckles throughout and some bits that I liked more than others. It also has...

Captain America: Civil War Starring: Chris Evans, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlett Johansson, Sebastian Stan, Anthony Mackie, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Renner, Chadwick Boseman, Paul Bettany, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Rudd, Emily VanCamp, Tom Holland, Daniel Bruhl, Frank Grillo Directed by: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Written by: Christopher Markus (screenplay), Stephen McFeely (screenplay), Mark Millar...