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…
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Smugglivus 2011: Ana’s Best of the Rest (Movies, TV, etc)
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…
Title: Rise of the Planet of the Apes Movie directed by Rupert Wyatt; screenplay by Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver; starring James Franco, Andy Serkis, Frieda Pinto, and John Lithgow How did I get this movie: Review Copy from…
Today we are thrilled to bring you the first in an ongoing series of page-to-screen reviews and author interviews, starting with the incredible bestselling sensation Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. Our movie reviewing Smuggler, Lavanya Narasimhan, had the…
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Halloween Week Guest Post: A Halloween Movie Guide By Kendare Blake
Today’s guest is Kendare Blake, newbie writer, whose debut Anna Dressed in Blood has been positively reviewed all over the place (our own review is to be posted later today). As part of our Halloween celebrations, we have invited…
Hello everyone and welcome to the third week of our stint on the official Dark Days Blog Tour, a celebration of the upcoming fall lineup of paranormal and supernatural YA titles from Pitch Dark Books at Harper Teen! We…
Hello everyone and welcome to the official Dark Days Blog Tour, a celebration of the upcoming fall lineup of paranormal and supernatural YA titles from Pitch Dark Books at Harper Teen! We have the great honor of hosting Dark…
Hi everyone, and happy Sunday! We hope everyone is staying cool in this crazy stupid heat! Hunger Games Pretties: Yeah, we know you’ve probably seen all the awesome new shiny poster (HERE), but have you taken the time to…
Dearest Smuggler-Friends! The end is here! After years and years of build up, the Harry Potter movie franchise comes to an end TODAY. Right now, we are equal parts unbearable excitement and devastated melancholy. The Harry Potter series –…
In recent years, the Superhero has been making it to the Silver Screen in a big way. Beyond just the usual Batman and Superman reboots, select lesser-known heroes have been getting their turn in the mainstream spotlight. This summer,…
Hello everyone, and Happy Sunday! Is anyone else enjoying a Game of Thrones finale party? Big props to HBO for doing such a great job with the first season adaptation of the novel. The question now becomes, what on…
Back in 2008, when we had our first Halloween Week, I had to be dragged – kicking and screaming -into taking part, because Halloween has always been a Thea thing and I was never into this Horror stuff. The…
Title: Monsters Directed and Written by Gareth Edwards; Starring Whitey Able and Scoot McNairy Release Date: October 29, 2010 (US) Official Website: www.monstersthemovie.com Available for Rental on iTunes USA Synopsis: Alien life forms have spread throughout Central America leading…
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BEA Appreciation Week – Joint Review: Go, Mutants! by Larry Doyle
Title: Go, Mutants! Author: Larry Doyle Genre: Speculative Fiction, Horror, Comedy, Young Adult Publisher: Ecco Publication Date: June 2010 Hardcover: 368 Pages The author of I Love You, Beth Cooper returns with an ingenious contemporary satire set in an…
During our last Steampunk Week, in our primer we boiled down our own essential Steampunk Reading List, limited to prose books only. But this time around, we’ve got our own recommendations for everything else – comics, movies, and games.…
Last week we were left somewhat numbed and shocked by the unexpected news that Spider-Man 4 is no more, after both Sam Raimi and Tobey Maguire left the movie and that the franchise is going to be re-booted! *gasp*…
Seeing as Ana and I met through LOST boards (we are ridiculous geeks), it should come as no shocker that both of us are huge couch potatoes. Television, movies, sports, you name it. So, given our advance stage of…
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Best books of the year picked and listed and now we turn to Movies and TV shows. Thea and I are both major couch potatoes (and we even came up with a new feature last year, On…
Directed by Chris Weitz Written by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the novel by Stephenie Meyer Starring Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Taylor Lautner, Anna Kendrick Running time: 130 minutes Rated: PG-13 (violence and action) Well, folks, it’s finally here. The…
A good Sunday to you all! Hey, have you started your Christmas shopping yet? I am MOST excited because I think I found the Ultimate Christmas Gift for Thea but shhhhhh don’t tell her! Anyways, here is our weekly…
Happy Sunday, folks! Hope you all had a lovely weekend and are enjoying the fall weather. Now let’s get down to business, shall we? Giveaway Winners: We’ve got three separate giveaway winners to announce! First up is Elegy Beach…
Oh my god, Halloween Week is drawing to a close! It’s been a crazy, fun celebration, and what better way to end it all than with a look at horror in 2009? Today, for our final list, we celebrate…
Part of the fun of the Halloween season is the movies that are on cable tv – and on Halloween itself, networks usually prepare some really good lineups. This year, AMC has been a little disappointing – but we’re…
Disclaimer: Halloween is totally a Thea thing when she hijacks the blog and makes me watch and read all sorts of stuff that are way outside my comfort zone (I am SO NOT a horror/Halloween fan). Last year, it…
For today’s stop on Halloween Week, we examine a very, very important group of folks. We take a look at women in horror films who KICK SERIOUS ASS. We’re not talking about the catatonic blondes who can do nothing…