I so very much wanted to like this series, and I so very much did not. How do mediocre, poorly-conceived "epics" keep getting made into movies? Is it because the movies know they can only improve upon the book? That must be it, because I can't come up with any other reason why anyone would… Continue reading I Read It First: Divergent: Insurgent
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Oscar Shorts 2015: Live Action
Welp, it's awards season, and that means only one thing here on Whoosh: Oscar short film reviews! This week you're getting the live-action, and next week (which is actually going to be after the Oscars air because I didn't get my shit together much in advance this year) you'll get the animated. If you're in the… Continue reading Oscar Shorts 2015: Live Action
Drunk Movie Monday – Can’t Stop the Music
Soooo, you remember the Spice Girls movie? The one that's just a series of random events with a barely coherent plot serving almost entirely as a vehicle for unrelated music videos full of weird costumes? And how it contains an entirely fictional story of the origin of the band? Yeah, so there's one of those… Continue reading Drunk Movie Monday – Can’t Stop the Music
I Read It First: The Gunman
Another week, another movie book. Continuing on the theme of secret agents, we now have a classic story of how trying to escape a life of hired crime will literally always fuck you. And also everyone you know will be murdered horrifically. The Book: The Prone Gunman ~ Jean-Patrick Manchette, translated from French by James Brook Genre: hard-boiled… Continue reading I Read It First: The Gunman
I Read It First: 50 Shades of Grey
I can't believe I actually read this book. Not just that I volunteered for it, but that I managed to drag myself all the way to the end. God, I hope there aren't more movies. I don't know if I could survive reading the second or third. At least this one ends on a promising note.… Continue reading I Read It First: 50 Shades of Grey
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