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AUTHOR'S NOTE: Episodes eleven through fifteen. I thought about waiting and posting after episode twenty, but as we are actually getting into the story the reactions and reviews are getting longer. You can click on the "cmc" in the tag section of the post and find all of the posts on Cate Morland Chronicles. EPISODE 11 Cate is sick... Isabella video calls her... The set up for the mishaps with John has been created! Okay, I'm not excited about the stuff that is going to happ

AUTHOR NOTE: I decided to try to do an episode by episode reaction/review of the Cate Morland Chronicles. This is the first of many posts on this series. I don't know how many episodes have been created for the series, but I feel like if I actually waited until the end this post would be so long that unless you're truly interested in this series you'll probably not read all the way to the end. You still may not read all the way to the end. I don't know, I'm not you. In this p

It's been nine years since the last Bourne film with Matt Damon leading the charge - The Bourne Ultimatum. Four years ago, Bourne Legacy was released starring Jeremy Renner and we all know how that one ended. Most fans, myself included, do not even count Bourne Legacy as a part of the Bourne series. It's just a movie that was released. Because of how that one turned out, I wasn't entirely sure how this one was going to be, but I had a bit more hope for it because Matt Damon w

If you have never heard of Jack Howard and Dean Dobbs, then you have no idea what you are about to get yourself in to. Jack and Dean are a well known British comedy duo on YouTube. They are the creators and stars of Jack and Dean of All Trades. We get the opportunity to see Jack and Dean try out different jobs, which doesn't sound all that interesting, but these two find a way to make it entertaining. It starts off with Jack and Dean working at a bank. Dean quits the job for

The CW has taken on the series that was inspired by - and created by - Yulin Kuang's short film I Ship It. We get to watch a different set of characters embark on the journey that all begins with the leading lady's broken heart - and it's all surrounded by fandom and nerd rock culture. Episode 1 Notes We are introduced to Ella and see that she is down in the dumped dumpster. We get a little montage of the relationship that just ended - much like the first few minutes of Zoe'

The Sisterhood of the Night is based on the short story of the same title by Steven Millhauser. The short story was originally published in 1994 in Harper magazine and published again in a collection of Millhauser short stories in 1998 titled, Knife Thrower and Other Stories. The screenplay was written by Marylin Fu and it was directed by Caryn Waechter. The film was released in 2014; starring Georgie Henley (The Chronicles of Narnia), Kara Hayward (Moonrise Kingdom), Willa C

i can't even is such a charming web series that captures the essence of fandom life. It is essentially Tumblr in video form. The story surrounds two friends, Em and Lex, who share an apartment, who are both super fans of just about everything. It does not appear to have a specific order as to which episodes you watch, but they cover Star Wars, Doctor Who, Harry Potter, The Hunger Games, Twilight, Lord of the Rings, and the general struggles of getting invested in a book serie

Rex is a web series based on Arthurian Legend. It specifically looks at the lives of Arthur, Lancelot, and Merlin. It was made by the same people who created the web series In Earnest which is based on Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest. If the goal was for me to not like Arthur, then that was definitely achieved. I understand that in this modern world, having him go through the Foster Care system made sense, but I almost felt like it was used as an excuse for the

Now You See Me 2 is the second installment in the story of "The Four Horsemen", a group of "elite" magicians. Initially I was not sure what to expect from this sequel. A pattern I have noticed lately, is that most sequels are worse than the initial film (and I'm sure there are plenty out there who would say that is the case with 99% of sequels ever). This one wasn't all that bad. It had it's rough patches, but overall it was an engaging film. I'm not sure who's choice this

Half Upon a Time is the first in the series by James Riley. He takes fairy tales and pushes them to the future a bit. We get to follow the adventures of May, who is the granddaughter of Snow White, and Jack, the son of Jack of Jack in the Beanstalk. May is part of our world and only believes the fairy tales to be exactly that - fairy tales. Jack, on the other hand, lives in the world where these stories are reality. And his reality is not all that great considering who is fa

The writers of Jules & Monty have returned with another web series. Pantheon University takes some of the big names in Greek Mythology and places them in a college setting. We are given thirteen episodes - twelve that are specific to each individual and one finale that sums them all up. The characters we get to meet are: Zeus, Athena, Aphrodite, Poseidon, Hades, Dionysus, Artemis, Hephaestus, Ares, Apollo, Hercules, and Hera. Each episode has its own style that helps emphasi

The Princess, The Scoundrel, and The Farm Boy is a kind of retelling of the beloved first film in the original Star Wars Trilogy. I say "kind of" because it is the exact same story as Star Wars Episode IV, but it has a different way of telling it because - *gasp* - it's a book. This is part of a project that Disney-Lucasfilm Press created and has each of the origial trilogy written by a different author. This one was written by Alexandra Bracken - most well known for her tril

Neflix's newest superhero struggles to see herself as a superhero. I think that is what helps make her easily identifyable. The whole angle of doubt is what helps make any character easily identifyable. This series deals with some serious topics. It appears to me that the main story arc is about Jessica dealing with and overcoming her abusive relationship with Kilgrave. The fact that they have qualities that make them more supernatural does not take away from the topic of abu

CBS has brought a new hero to the small screen. The story of Superman, Kal El, has been told over and over again. It's about time for Kara Zor-El's story to be told. I apologize in advance for the brokenness of the following, but these are the thoughts I had during the pilot episode of this series. Kara...quirky. I think she tries a bit too hard to hide her connection to Kal. Her attempts to blend in match those who try way too hard to fit in. I like how her motivation

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a Janeite is always on the look out for new ways to experience Jane Austen's novels. Laura Riley and Jennifer Teska's The Jane Games is a reality style webseries that gives one story line of each of Jane Austen's novels in a modern setting. Through the completion of certain tasks, the contestants are given the chance to win her soulmate, a month long vacation, and $100,000. The contestants are: Pride & Prejudice's Elizabeth Bennett

Story Thieves by James Riley is a reader's paradise. What could be better than day dreaming about hopping in and out of our favorite stories? Riley takes us on a journey of 'what if' by showing us what could possibly happen if we had the ability to hop in and out of our favorite stories. Things could go completely awry if we joined our favorite heroes and heroines in their already written stories. Synopsis: Bethany is a half-fictional girl who just wants to see her fictional

This is post is going to cover both versions of Disney’s musical Newsies. Check out the vlog where I talk about the stage adaptation mostly. Historical Background: Newsies is based on the Newsboys Strike of 1899 in New York City. Big name newspapers Hearst’s Journal and Pulitzer's World (the titles differ from source to source. The only thing they could agree on was Journal and World) increased the price of papers from fifty cents to sixty cents per bundle. Not to mention

Northanger Abbey by Val McDermid is a modernized adaptation of Jane Austen’s only gothic romance of the same title. Overall, I enjoyed this novel. It had the same essence that Austen’s novel had and I still liked and disliked the characters I feel like are meant to fit into those categories. Things I Did Not Like: Catherine Morland being a fan of Twilight. I am by no stretch of the imagination am I a fan of that saga. The fact that that series is how the author chose to po

Another beautiful musical that has been transferred from stage to silver screen - Into the Woods! Overview: Into the Woods is a melting pot of fairy tales. The main fairy tales that used to propel the plot are Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, and Jack and the Beanstalk. Rapunzel is also used in the plot, but it is not as crucial as the three previously mentioned. The main story line is about a baker and his wife who wish to have a child, but due to a curse that was placed

Prince of Shadows is a retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, but it is told from Benvolio’s perspective. It was published on February 4, 2014 by New American Library. The author, Rachel Caine, gives a story in the dedication of how this novel idea came about. It is cute and amusing and I am glad that Tybalt was just a cat because this novel is wonderfully awesome! Honestly, the novel is more Benvolio’s story than Romeo’s. There are bits and pieces of the play in the s