Books
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The Newest Dan Brown Adaptation is More Purgatory Than Inferno
If we’re Dante, Tom Hanks is Virgil and Inferno is Hell. The latest film installment in Dan Brown’s cryptographical thriller series, Inferno discards the religious undercurrents…
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The Girl on the Train and Cinematic Alcoholism
A faulty movie tackles film’s favorite flaw. Popular culture romanticizes alcoholism as often as being a single writer in a major city. In film especially, there’s…
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Is Girl on the Train Really the Next Gone Girl?
The two novels have been compared since inception, how do the movies fair? Since it first hit bookstores in January 2015, “The Girl on the Train”…
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Starz’s American Gods Trailer and What May Carry Over from Neil Gaiman’s Novel
I’m giving 2:1 odds on the perverse Lucille Ball scene. The trailer for Starz’s upcoming American Gods, based off the acclaimed Neil Gaiman fantasy novel of…
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Scott Renshaw’s Happy Place Finds a Film Critic’s Inner Fan
Scott Renshaw is Dian Fossey, fans are his gorillas, and fanny packs his mist. Fans have gone mainstream in a major way. No longer bullied for…
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Fantastic Beasts Looks Pretty Beast
The film’s final trailer paints an exquisite picture of a magical North AmericaScamander emerges from his suitcase at the Magical Congress of the United States of AmericaWow.…
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Anne of Green Gables Gets the Netflix Treatment
Get ready for a reimagining of old school #squadgoals.A different Anne of Green Gables.It’s been over one hundred years since we collectively fell in love with…
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The Uncertainty of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
A Harry Potter fan weighs in with some healthy skepticism. A brand spanking new trailer for this fall’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them…
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What to Read and Watch in the Game of Thrones Offseason
Dear FSR What do we do on Sundays besides weep? At some point in your life, you’ve likely been faced with a question that has no…