Let's be realistic here: if you were going to see Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in theaters, you already did it. The movie's been out for more than a week and a half. [...]
The following article is adapted from a longer series I wrote in 2011 called "Music and Magic: the Harry Potter Soundtrack Retrospective". I love movie scores. If they're bad, they're just audio wallpaper, but if [...]
A lot of people swear by the whole "I'm reading the book and then watching the movie (or show)" thing. I did it for Game of Thrones, churning through all five novels before I even [...]
In celebration (or something) of NaNoWriMo, I've written a series of columns full of writing advice and tips. This is one of them. It's NaNoWriMo time, when thousands of people try to bang out a [...]
You may remember last week (part 1) when I introduced you to Mark Oshiro of Mark Reads/Watches, a man who is literally living the dream: his full-time job is watching TV and reading books, and [...]
A few years ago now, I stumbled upon a website where this guy was watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer for the first time, just like I'd finished doing recently (at the time). I was flabbergasted [...]
Now that I've begun reading A Song of Ice and Fire, I've become quite aware that, at the speed I read, I'll be done with all five existing books long before George R.R. Martin releases [...]
I like Buffy. I like fanfic. Go ahead and laugh; I don't care. I originally discovered Buffy fanfic back in the mid 2000s -- well before I had any familiarity with the show -- because [...]
As kids, we learn lessons every day. Some of them are simple: don't touch the hot stove or you'll get burned; don't hit your mom when she doesn't give you what you want or you'll [...]
Every year since I was a child, my mom has asked me to write out a Christmas list. At first, we “mailed” it to Santa. Now, I usually e-mail her a link to my Amazon [...]
