Period. End of Sentence.
Since it's Oscars weekend, I want to highlight one of the Oscar-nominated documentary shorts, Period. End of Sentence., and the great work related to the film.
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (2019) opens today and brings a close to the saga of Hiccup, the viking who couldn't hunt dragons, and Toothless, the Nightfury he befriends.
Film Classics: Let’s Fall in Love
Classic Hollywood is a hotbed of romantic comedies and dramas. Many of the tropes and romantic elements that we today find tried or true were shining new in Hollywood’s adolescence. Provided here are a few of the best classic film romances and it is to be hoped they’ll make your heart happy whether they are shared with a friend, a lover, or just a piece of pie.
An Interview with W.L. Goodwater, Author of Breach
Breach creates an alternate history novel that tells us the Berlin Wall is a magical barrier, not just a physical one. I had the chance to ask author W.L. Goodwater some questions about Breach among other things.
2019 Tabletop Challenge – January
Two years into a tabletop games hobby, we have lots of board games we haven’t played yet. We collect, we back Kickstarters, we shop in board game stores when we go on holiday, and I bought my husband a fancy-shmancy board game table. Out of this was born our 2019 challenge: 104 games in 52 weeks!
Ralph Breaks the Internet – Review + Giveaway
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018), the sequel to Disney's popular Wreck it Ralph about an unlikely friendship between racing game protagonist Vanellope von Schweetz and "bad guy" who isn't really a bad guy, Ralph. The sequel released in November of 2018, and is coming this month to Movies Anywhere and Blu-ray/DVD-- and you can win a copy thanks to Walt Disney Studios! Read the review and then enter to win.
A Geek’s Garden Center – Starting Your Garden
Welcome to A Geek's Garden Center, AKA my balcony, AKA my roof top! This will be a recurring feature so check in regularly to learn some tips and tricks for letting your inner plant geek grow! Let's talk about starting your garden.
Wash Day Candles Kickstarter
After a successful Kickstarter for her comic Wash Day, Jamila Rowser is back with another great idea-- candles inspired by the characters from the comic, Kim and Cookie! We recently had the opportunity to catch up with Jamila and chat a little bit about the campaign.
Binti: The Complete Trilogy by Nnedi Okorafor
This week, I wanted to introduce you to an amazing collection of stories about a young Himba woman named Binti. Binti is a brilliant mathematician who leaves her village to attend a prestigious university on a different planet.
Travel the World Through Food – Portugal’s Pastel de Nata
In the first stop of our international food trip, we are visiting Portugal, and introducing you to its famous Pastel de Nata. Are you ready? Let's take off!
IggleStitch: I Heart Geek Girls Cross Stitch Project
For this month's pattern, I went with a theme we can all get behind...a love for geek girls. Love the geek girls out there making the world turn with their brains and passion in careers from STEM to pop culture and beyond. Love the sisterhood and empowering community that we create by being a geek girl.
Book Review – The Beast’s Heart by Leife Shallcross
There is a reason that certain tales are as old as time. The Beast's Heart by Leife Shallcross in another telling of the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast, this time from the Beast's point of view.
Late to the Party but Into the Spider-Verse
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse is one of the most creative takes on a comic-book film that I've seen in a long time, and not only that-- it's also just a downright fantastic Spider-Man movie. I am so, so late to this party, but party it is, and I don't want you to miss it, too.
Book Review – Gates of Stone by Angus Macallan
In the market to begin a new epic fantasy series? Maybe something to help take the edge off once the final season of Game of Thrones airs on HBO? Luckily, there's a new series that will fit the bill coming this February. Gates of Stone, the first novel in the Lord of the Islands series, weaves tales of folklore and custom into a comprehensive tale of magic and political drama.