Author Archives: Sarah Sommer

About Sarah Sommer

Sarah is a journalist and an artist who lives in the city. She loves movies and television. She reads early and often. Sarah also helps out over at BSCkids.com and our other sites!

7 of The Worst Bad Guys That Made It To The Big Screen

 

The world of literature and film is filled with bad people, and perpetual “bad guys”. Some of the best stories revolve around the main character being evil or amoral.  Nonetheless, some of the worst bad guys had their beginnings, not in film but in literature. To honor that, I have compiled a list of the 7 worst bad guys that appear in both books and film: Continue reading →

Note: Spoilers Ahead: A Review Of The Book We Should All Own

So recently, we got an exclusive guest post from author, Robb Pearlman and I have to say, I loved reading it. And thankfully, I was able to get a review copy of his book as well. This isn’t the normal book that has turned into a movie, but actually the other way around, and then some. This book gives you the endings of famous books, movies and television in a quick and convenient package. It is the perfect book for all of the pop-culturists out there like myself. But be warned, this book is full of spoilers. Continue reading →

Revenge Is Best Served Cold; Atonement With Extra Butter – Written By Robb Pearlman

Ian McEwan’s Atonement, and its subsequent film adaptation starring Keira Knightly and James McAvoy, is one of the reasons that I wrote Spoiler Alert.

About halfway through the book, Robbie, our falsely accused hero, has joined the British army and is trudging through the woods. He passes a rock and then a tree and then another rock and then another tree and then another rock and then—well, you get the idea. I skipped ahead a few pages … more rocks and trees. Skipping further ahead, yet more rocks and trees. A Frenchman or two appear, but it’s still mostly rocks and trees. Robbie passes them; he thinks about them, too, as does Mr. McEwan. I, on the other hand, don’t. I don’t care about rocks, aside from moving them aside for fracking purposes, nor do I think about trees, except that we’re tearing them down faster than they can grow back. Continue reading →