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Why has this become a classic that my family and I watch every year and yours probably does too? Well, there's the fact it's a relatable everything-goes-wrong plot as Clark W. Griswold Jr. tries to plan the most perfect Christmas possible…No, that's not why. The antics and slapstick are goldenly hectic and Chevy Chase is... Continue Reading →
For Christmas Eve, I'm going to be uploading a fair bit of movie reviews of some Christmas cheer. This is the first. This used to be one of my favourite films ever. And you know, I will often say someone else’s review shouldn’t impact your own, and what I mean by that is if a... Continue Reading →
I now look towards Sabaa Tahir’s series if I need inspiring on how to make the characters in my books frightened and truly “scarred”. A Reaper at the Gates is the third installment in the Ember in the Ashes series. And at the end of the last book, Laia of Serra was finally able to... Continue Reading →
This project was one I followed for a very long time. It was in some development hell from being in production from 2014-15 before it was cancelled a year later with some company merging worries. Then it got green-lit again and delayed a little bit, and finally, seven years after Grug, Eep, Guy, Ugga, Thunk,... Continue Reading →
I can't really pick which Ember in the Ashes book is my favourite, this one or the last one, but what I will say is this one is as sad and angry as its ending is absolute perfection. In my review of the last book, I said that young-adult books that follow the traditional dystopian... Continue Reading →
Merry Christmas Everyone, Film Viewers and Filthy Animals Alike! Fun fact: A relative of mine is an elementary school teacher in Ajax, and last year it was the final day before Christmas break and her class voted on a movie, and this was the winner. Not because it was a favourite. Not one of those... Continue Reading →
As Sabaa Tahir's final book in this spectacular series is out and I'm going to get it for Christmas, I wanted to upload my past reviews of her books leading up to A Sky Beyond The Storm. So, is this another YA dystopia? That's what I thought at first. But I got over it, almost... Continue Reading →
The more horror movies you see, the more you get numbed to them and demand better. Actually, as I was typing that, I realized that's the same for all types of movies, but with horror it's especially true. You watch some classic terror productions to get creeped out, you watch some new ones to get... Continue Reading →
I read The Toll a year ago when it was first released and I spent an entire month trying to think about my feelings. And my disappointment made me not even excited anymore to write a review. Now, I was disappointed, but not really angry. There have been much huger disappointments I've read in my... Continue Reading →
Two years ago, I reviewed and abhorred Mindy McGinnis' fantasy novel, Given to the Sea, but even when I finished it and rated it zero stars, I still wanted to explore what else she's done. I mean, she has a rep for trying out all sorts of genres, so what kind of critic would I... Continue Reading →
William J. McGinn 