It’s time yet again to Social Distance the heck out of this epidemic and watch a movie together while still staying in three different states: North Carolina, Florida, and California. Next up this week, a Christmas movie that somehow none of us have ever seen: The Muppet Christmas Carol. The Netflix Watch Party app ended
Okay, so. We don’t usually put warnings on these posts, but seriously, if you’re someone who loves The Christmas Shoes, you don’t want to read this. We think it’s poorly written, contrived, ridiculously bleak, and manipulative af, but we recognize that there’s a lot of people who find it sweet and comforting. If you’re one
Next up in our reviews of Oscar-nominated movies, guest writer Casual Patron Reviews has a look at Klaus, nominated for Best Animated Feature. When Jesper (Jason Schwartzman) is sent to be the new postman in Smeerensburg, he befriends a toymaker, Klaus (J.K. Simmons), living just outside town. Through simple acts of kindness, the two melt
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! It took us a month to finally watch the How To Train Your Dragon holiday special, but since it took us the better part of a year to watch the final movie, that’s, like, practically on time for us. Yes? No?
If you like your Holiday Specials with less Santas and elves and more death and disembowelment, this would be the book for you. See below for a review of Lucifer #13.
“All right, everybody, what do we all want to find under the Christmas tree?” “MONEY!” “Okay, yes, that would be nice, but what ELSE do we want?” “GIFT CERTIFICATES!” “Well that kind of falls into the money category, come on, there’s something else…” “BOOZE?” “Oh for crying out loud…GEEKY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.” In the spirit of
If you need a break from all the gloom and bad feelings going around lately, the Rebirth Holiday Special is the way to do it. I liked some of the stories more than others, but I enjoyed all of them, and while some of them tended to beat you over the head with tidings of
If you’re looking for one of those sappy, cheesy, awkward holiday specials, this is not that book. If you’re looking for serious, gut-wrenching, intense drama…this is also not that book. The Transformers Holiday Special is ridiculously fun. It pokes fun at itself and any other holiday trope it can reach, but the writing and artwork
A very Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it from Kathryn and Elizabeth! And to everybody who doesn’t celebrate it, happy book-reading! By this point most people have already read A Christmas Carol, or The Night Before Christmas, or any of a handful of great, classic Christmas stories. So we thought we’d list a few