As soon as the early reviews for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story started hitting the internet, I knew I had a problem. We’d bought our tickets weeks ago — for me, my husband, and our two daughters, ages 10 and 8. Sure, it was rated PG-13, but they’d seen the original trilogy and The Force Awakens and loved […]
Feature image source I can trace my love of sci-fi, fantasy, and superheroes back to a the formative movies and shows I watched as a kid. Willow. Legend. The Hobbit (animated version, obviously). Back to the Future. Ghostbusters. The Abyss. The Princess Bride. Star Wars. The Last Unicorn. Superman and Superman II. Batman: The Animated Series. X-Men: The Animated Series. The […]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story releases this weekend, and we could not be more excited. In honor of this newest installment in the Star Wars franchise, today’s Five by Friday takes a look back at some of our favorite quotes throughout all seven of the previous movies. Teija will be sitting this week out due to travel, […]
Welcome to another installment of the Sorting Hat, where we take characters from our favorite stories and sort them into Hogwarts houses! In honor of Rogue One releasing this week, we’ve sorted the main characters from Star Wars, and it’s quite possible that this was our most difficult and contentious sorting to date. For the purposes of […]
Happy Veterans Day! Today is a day that we honor those men and women who have joined the military and chosen to commit their life to serving their nation. To commemorate the date, we have chosen to highlight characters that to us, exemplify the spirit of fighting the good fight, and who serve their fictional […]
Welcome to Five by Friday! Star Trek: Beyond hits theaters today, and since only 2/3 of us are Trekkies, we wanted to do something that paid tribute to the latest entry in the Trek canon while still allowing all three of us to participate. So instead of listing our favorite Trek characters or episodes, we’ve decided to […]
Welcome to Five by Friday! Today’s 5xF is a topic near and dear to our hearts: film scores. When done well, a movie’s music can end up being just as important as the characters or script. It sets the mood, tugs the heartstrings, and the best scores can instantly transport us into their world in just a few […]
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 […]
It’s May 4th and you know what that means? It’s Star Wars Day! I know, I know, we promised you two full weeks of Marvel goodness as a leadup to Civil War, and I bet you’re wondering where Star Wars fits into all of that. As I’m sure you know, over the past few years […]
I’ve long since come to terms with the fact that the star Wars EU I grew up with has been regulated to Legends status (we even did an entire eu-logy for it on the Boldly Going Somewhere podcast). And I even started to get excited that the arrival of The Force Awakens was ushering in […]