First published as a four-part serial in The New Yorker, beginning with the September 25, 1965 issue, Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, was an immediate sensation. In what Capote coined a non-fiction novel, the story which details the murders of…
After he retired from boxing Mike Tyson embarked on an acting career, taking various roles in films and television. Despite that, I doubt few would have imagined he would star in a cartoon that is weird, but undeniably funny. Airing…
iZombie recently began its second season on the CW, but for those who just discovered the series, the first season is available on DVD so you can catch up. Olivia Moore (Rose McIver), is a Seattle medical student who generally…
When it debuted last fall, Jane the Virgin became the biggest critical hit to premiere on the CW. Series star Gina Rodriguez won the Golden Globe for Best Actress – Television Series, Musical or Comedy. A loose adaptation of the…
While Reign is one of the most historically accurate shows on television today, it still manages to deliver plenty of romance, action and adventure. After a rocky first season, the show changed things up, established new plotlines and seemed to…
An underrated work in John Huston’s filmography, Herman Melville’s massive novel Moby Dick is impossible to condense entirely as a film. However, Huston (with co-writer Ray Bradbury), managed to reduce the whole thing into two concise, yet exciting hours of…
While the Batman films of Tim Burton, Joel Schumacher and Christopher Nolan have kept the focus strictly on the Caped Crusader himself, Gotham the television series turns the spotlight on the place he fiercely protects and calls home. Rookie detective…
The longest running show in sci-fi television history, Supernatural has been on the air for ten seasons and has been renewed for an eleventh, which will premiere on October 7, 2015. The tenth season is now available on Blu-ray, DVD,…
A summer replacement for The Smothers Brothers Show, Hee Haw premiered on Sunday, June 15th, 1969. Over at NBC, Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In was a controversial, but undeniable smash, and CBS hoped to strike their own pot of gold with…
The popularity of The Walking Dead has heightened the profile of the zombie subgenre. It feels like paint-by-the-numbers zombie apocalypse movies have become a dime a dozen. Like this falls Maggie—though that film did it better—Extinction takes the standard formula…