The Shining Starring: Steven Weber, Rebecca De Morney, Courtland Mead, Wil Horneff, Melvin Van Peebles Directed by: Mick Garris Written by: Stephen King (teleplay and novel) Rating: Unrated Length: 4 hours 30 minutes Genre: Horror Release Date: 1997 I remember when this miniseries came out. I meant to watch it, but never got around to it, most...

Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter Pages: 396 Genre: Thriller Published: September 29, 2015 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s Your mother and I had always been secretly pleased that  you were so headstrong and passionate about your causes. Once you were gone, we understood that these were qualities that painted young men as smart and...

Room Starring: Brie Larson, Jacob Tremblay, Sean Bridgers, Joan Allen Directed by: Lenny Abrahamson Written by: Emma Donoghue (novel and screenplay) Rating: R Length: 1 hour 58 minutes Genre: Drama Release Date: 2015 I had heard really good things about the book that Room is based from, but I did not read it before going in...

The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld Pages: 256 Genre: Psychological Thriller Published: March 4, 2014 Purchase: Amazon | Powell’s Inside, the lies you tell become the person you become. On the outside, sun and shrink people to their actual size. In here, people grow into their shadows.   4/5 stars The Enchanted is a...

Amazing Race: Season 28 Episode 04 Get It Trending Amy hates when teams flirt with each other on The Amazing Race. She wants people to concentrate on racing. Sometimes I find it amusing, but most of the time I agree with her. Brodie had a crush on Blair and everyone...

The Shining Starring: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers Directed by: Stanley Kubrick Written by: Stanley Kubrick, Diane Johnson Rating: R Length: 2 hour, 26 minutes Genre: Horror Release Date: 1980 I’ve seen this movie many times. I love this movie. It still scares me. I watched it immediately after first reading The...

Spotlight Starring: Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Brian d’Arcy James, Stanley Tucci Directed by: Tom McCarthy Written by: Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer Rating: R Length: 2 hour, 8 minutes Genre: Historical Drama Release Date: 2015 Making a movie about a bunch of newspaper reporters from the Boston Globe, who uncovered the massive...

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard Pages: 383 Genre: Young Adult Dystopian Published: Feburary 10, 2015 Link: Amazon | Powell’s 3.5/5 stars When I saw Red Queen displayed in Powell’s for months, I thought it was some kind of new story about the red queen in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. I was excited to...

Carol Starring: Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler, Jake Lacy, John Magaro Directed by: Todd Haynes Written by: Phyllis Nagy (screenplay), Patricia Highsmith (novel) Rating: R Genre: Romance Release Date: 2015 Carol is a slow movie, but I was never bored while watching it. I could see other people not having the...

The Shining by Stephen King Pages: 447 Genre: Horror Published: 1977 Link: Amazon | Powell’s I only ended up reading a few books, mostly short stories by Stephen King before I quit reading his books back in high school. The Shining was one of them and it was my favorite. Parts of it scared...