Veronica Mars has returned. But, before I continue, it’s important to get one fact out of the way: I am a HUGE Marshmallow. I had my expectations and my hopes for this film like all the rest of the fandom, and had been following the news ever since the Kickstarter campaign made its first appearance. For those that aren’t familiar, Veronica Mars was a television series on the now-defunct UPN, from ...[Read More]
The narrator of The Book Thief is – fittingly – Death. He tells us the story of a young girl coming of age in Nazi Germany, a girl who steals books before she knows how to read. It’s the story of how, through the devotion and bravery of her foster parents and her life-changing friendship with the Jewish refugee hiding in the basement, she finds meaning and hope in the power of words. Unfortu...[Read More]
Often in the world of movies, the hardest stories to tell are the ones based on reality. It’s even harder when there’s no access to the main people involved, leaving a tale built on hearsay and embellishments. And when the movie is about “the most famous woman in the world,” there is almost no way to do her justice. So instead, the film Diana does the impossible – it turns the world’s favorite pri...[Read More]