A Quiet Place
2018. PG-13. 90 minutes. No, this isn’t an article about libraries. Contrary to popular belief, libraries are NOT quiet. Still, my instinctual shushing urges that I honed in library school attracted me to this movie. I really wanted to like it. It had a great concept: A science fiction/horror world where blind aliens have the ability to track and kill people using sound. Using the absence of sound is a great motif of classic...
Mandy
2018. 121 minutes. NR. If you have read my previous gushing post about my buddy Nic Cage, you would know that I went into this movie just knowing that Nicholas Cage was in it and he loses his shit. I had no idea what the movie was about anymore than that. I was not disappointed. Mandy is a fantastical journey, part heavy metal music video, part acid trip, part Lord of the Rings…you just need to get through the first 30-45...
Malcolm on Action Movies
Hi. I’m Malcolm, a 6 year old black domestic short haired cat from the streets of Boston. I found my forever home with 2 hipster librarians and a crazy younger brother named Oscar. In case you don’t know, I’m pretty famous. I’ve been in a Baker & Taylor cat calendar (Mr. November 2017), the star of two paintings, and even a tattoo. My owners really love dressing me up and making me the stars of their...
The Spotlight: “Scary” Movies & TV
A friend and TBBC crew member asked me today, “Can you recommend a movie that really scares me?” Now, after going through all the obvious answers that we can agree upon as a society: Jaws (1975) (I was convinced Jaws could appear in a pool thanks to this movie which ruined weekly trip’s to Nanna’s pool), The Exorcist (1973), Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) and Deliverance (1972). Man, the 70s were dark, huh? I...
The Spotlight: Nicholas Cage
Why is Nicholas Cage Awesome? (If you want more you can take this quiz to match the Cage face to the movie) He has his own Etsy products, Facebook group, and Pokemon Art. Once owned a haunted house in New Orleans and other amazing facts. He is famous for his on-screen freak-outs. Real last name is Coppola, yes of the famous FRANCIS! He wanted to become famous in his own right so he changed it (a tribute to Marvel’s Luke...
