There’s something about mythical beasts that has always been a draw for me. Fantasy has long been my wheelhouse, and from the moment I met the Unicorn and her nemesis, the Red Bull, in Peter S. Beagle’s The Last Unicorn, I was lost for good. Mythical creatures were an immediate favorite, and they have stayed there ever since. But […]
Today is the fourth of July, which means that in the United States, we’re celebrating Independence Day. In honor of this most American of holidays, I’m highlighting some of my favorite scenes from movies and TV that are designed to inspire, uplift, and generally make the viewer explode in a red, white, and blue confetti […]
Today marks the first official day of summer, (though if you live anywhere like us you’ve already been experiencing summer levels of heat for a few weeks now) and thoughts start to turn to vacations and relaxing instead of work or school. And while I’m not in school anymore and summer vacations seem like nothing […]
WARNING: Spoilers for Captain America: Civil War, Agent Carter, Ant-Man, and Avengers: Age of Ultron ahead. Proceed at your own risk. Like many of you, we saw Captain America: Civil War on opening weekend, and haven’t stopped discussing it since. While the internet is abuzz with speculation about the big questions raised by Civil War’s somewhat open ending […]
If you’re anything like me, you can’t get anything done in a soundless vacuum. The opportunity for distraction is far too great. Someone walking by, the sound of construction nearby, a conversation at the next table… no matter where you are, the possibility of your focus being anywhere but on what you’re working on is […]
After Avengers: Age of Ultron, many fans (me included) had their doubts about whether the Marvel Cinematic Universe had grown too sprawling for its own good. While I loved all of the characters individually, that film felt bogged down under the weight of too many characters, too many separate franchises, too many subplots. Not to say […]
Welcome to Five by Friday! In honor of Captain America: Civil War hitting theaters this weekend and the Marvel fandom dividing between Team Cap and Team Iron Man, today’s Five By Friday is all about our favorite Avengers. To broaden the playing field, we’re including any characters who have ever been part of the Avengers, either in […]
The Marvel Cinematic Universe, which blasted its way onto the film scene back in 2008 with Iron Man and is adding its latest installment this weekend with Captain America: Civil War, has grown over the last eight years into a sprawling juggernaut of a franchise, with twelve films and four TV series already released and […]
Thor. Oh, Thor. To the surprise of exactly zero people in my life, Thor is my favorite Avenger (at least of the ones that have shown up in the MCU so far). I have multiple Thors on multiple desks in my life (two at work, one at home… for now). Thor is beautiful, he is […]
All my friends know that if ever there’s a day where I don’t respond to a text chain with at least one GIF, I’ve probably been taken over by a pod person. I know, I know, some people don’t like GIFs, and if that’s you, that’s cool (but also, you probably shouldn’t give me your number). But for me, I […]