On Haunted Homes: TERRIFIED, INFIDEL, and MALEVOLENT I love October. It’s a time of year when publishers put out their yearly measure of horror novels, and I’ve finally made peace with the end of summer and the days getting…
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It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus. Today, Ana finally musters the courage to talk about her feelings for Coco Warning: LOTS OF CRYING AHEAD…
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Old School Wednesdays Presents: A WRINKLE IN TIME by Madeline L’Engle
Old School Wednesdays is a regular Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when both Ana and Thea were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny (and often over-hyped)…
Disclaimer: This post contains spoilers for the movie Logan. Logan was probably my most highly anticipated film release of 2017, and I made plans to see it with a friend when it came out in March. Unlike my friend—and…
Spider-Man: Homecoming is the best Spider-Man movie When I first heard that there would be yet another Spider-Man reboot, I confess I was one of the many voices who said “Again?” and also “Do we need another origin story…
In which Thea reveals her list of the best TV, movies, and assorted geek ephemera of 2016. (It’s late. But better late than never, right?) Clearly, both Ana and Thea are bananas, and in addition to reading and reviewing…
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Over at Kirkus: Arrival and Story of Your Life
It’s Friday and we are over at Kirkus! Today, Ana does a compare/contrast of Arrival, the new movie with Amy Adams and Ted Chiang’s short story Story of Your Life that inspired it. Go over there to check it…
In which Thea reveals her list of the best TV, movies, podcasts of 2015. Clearly, both Ana and Thea are bananas, and in addition to reading and reviewing obscene amounts of books, we also obsess over multiple television shows,…
Welcome to Halloween Week 2015! Over the course of the week, you will hear from guest authors, bloggers, and your very own Book Smugglers about all things Halloween–including reviews of horror novels and films, essays on the genre, and…
Welcome to Halloween Week 2015! Over the course of the week, you will hear from guest authors, bloggers, and your very own Book Smugglers about all things Halloween–including reviews of horror novels and films, essays on the genre, and…
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On The Smugglers’ Radar: The Book Smugglers’ Comic-Con Roundup Edition (& Giveaway)
In which we roundup our favorite things from San Diego Comic Con, and offer up a giveaway of some of the goodies snagged from SDCC! Last weekend was San Diego Comic Con–a ginormous annual congregation of literally hundreds of…
“I’ll tell you the problem with the scientific power that you’re using here. It didn’t require any discipline to attain it. You read what others had done and you took the next step. You didn’t earn the knowledge for…
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Old School Wednesdays May Watchalong (Summer Movie Series): Willow
As you probably know by now, Old School Wednesdays is a weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when we were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and Shiny…
As you probably know by now, Old School Wednesdays is a new weekly Book Smuggler feature. We came up with the idea towards the end of 2012, when we were feeling exhausted from the never-ending inundation of New and…
Hello everyone and Happy Sunday! Thea here, reporting from a cold Washington D.C. Let’s get down to business, shall we? The Week of Trailers: I don’t know what was in the water but this past week, some really awesome…
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From the Page to the Screen: All You Need is Kill / Edge of Tomorrow
Hello everyone! For this edition of From the Page to the Screen, we will discuss All You Need is Kill / Edge of Tomorrow. The official timeline: 2004: the book, All You Need is Kill, a Japanese science fiction…
Clearly, both Ana and Thea are bananas, and in addition to reading and reviewing obscene amounts of books, we also obsess over multiple television shows, movies, video games, and all other manner of geekery. With that in mind, we…
An aesthetically gorgeous movie that fails to deliver on any other meaningful level. NOTE: This review, particularly the latter portion, contains spoilers. If you wish to avoid spoilers altogether, you may want to look away. Interstellar (Paramount Pictures and…
Today’s the day! Divergent officially is out in theaters this evening, and like any obsessed dystopian YA fan, I’ve got my tickets and I’m ready to go. (Anyone else planning on watching the movie tonight?!) My experience with the…
Clearly, both Ana and Thea are bananas, and in addition to reading and reviewing obscene amounts of books, we also obsess over multiple television shows, movies, video games, and all other manner of geekery. With that in mind, we…
It’s Friday, which means we are over at Kirkus! Today, Thea is list-making, pairing blockbuster movies of the summer with bookish counterparts. Go HERE to get the full post!…
Hello everyone! For this edition of From the Page to the Screen, we celebrate Oscars style. Each year, film adaptations of books seem to be increasingly prevalent. Case in point: this year, a whopping 10 Oscar-nominated films were originally…
We are thrilled to be working with Universal to bring you a most excellent Smugglerific Giveaway to celebrate one of our most highly anticipated movies of the summer: Snow White and the Huntsman (in theaters June 1). About the…
Our movie reviewing Smuggler, Lavanya Narasimhan, is back with the scoop on The Amazing Spiderman Sneak Peek Fan Event. Give it up for Lavanya, folks! A few days ago, my friend invited me to go to a “sneak peak”…
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Smugglivus 2011 The Best of the Rest Guest Blogger: Lavanya Narasimhan
Welcome to Smugglivus 2011! Throughout this month, we will have daily guests – authors and bloggers alike – looking back at their favorite reads of 2011, and looking forward to events and upcoming books in 2012. Who: Our movie-reviewing…