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Twilight (2005), written by Stephenie Meyer, is a young adult vampire-romance novel. It is the first book in the Twilight series and centers around Isabella “Bella” Swan, a seventeen-year-old girl who begrudgingly agrees to move from Phoenix, Arizona, to rainy Forks, Washington. Twilight is a widely known saga, and its adaptation touched the screens of many eager and passionate fans. However, I have a strong critique that casts a shadow over my ability to genuinely enjoy thi

Stephen King’s The Shining  (1977), often called his best novel, is highly praised for influencing a shift in horror toward internal, emotional terror. In 1980, Stanley Kubrick directed an adaptation based on the phenomenal and critically acclaimed novel. Kubrick’s film, while popular among viewers, was detested by Stephen King; he claimed that Kubrick stripped away the story’s heart. Consuming both mediums allowed me to explore King’s perspective, the differences in the stor

Ephesians 6:12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.   Stephen King’s The Shining (1977) is a phenomenal psychological horror that turns a man’s inner demons into a villainous obsession. The Overlook Hotel, a remote resort in the Colorado Rockies, is somewhat like a living entity —harboring and amplifying the negative energy of its

Ajike “AJ” Shantrell Owens was a 35-year-old Black mother of four from Ocala, Florida. The name Ajike, of Yoruba origin, means “one who is pampered from birth”—a reminder of how deeply she was meant to be loved and protected. Yet her death at the hands of her neighbor in 2023 revealed how fragile that protection can be when prejudice replaces empathy. The film  The Perfect Neighbor  echoes that same unease: how people who live only feet apart can still exist in entirely diffe

Caged Bird. By Maya Angelou A free bird leaps On the back of the wind And floats downstream Till the current ends And dips his wing In the orange sun rays And dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks Down his narrow cage Can seldom see through His bars of rage His wings are clipped and his feet are tied So he opens his throat to sing. The caged bird sings With a fearful trill Of things unknown But longed for still And his tune is heard On the distant hill For the caged

The world has always felt like a complicated, fire-breathing dragon that must be slayed day after day. My armor has never fit quite right, and I was never the chosen princess at the ball. Friends never came easy, and in every grand hall I entered, I felt like an imposter slipping in through the servant’s door. No one ever rolled out a welcome carpet for me — not in family, not in school, not in life. Instead, I was locked away in towers of silence, misunderstood by those who

This American crime drama television show, set in Albuquerque, New Mexico, is considered by many to be the greatest television show of all time. It set an incredibly high bar for television and was widely agreed upon by viewers to not have a single bad episode during its five-season run. Since its premiere, the show has been nominated for 248 awards and has won a total of 92 industry honors—well-deserved, in my opinion. Although it was released in 2008 and ended in 2013, I st

Fugitive Jesse Pinkman attempts to outrun his past in this spinoff movie written and directed by  Breaking Bad  creator Vince Gilligan, starring Aaron Paul. As a viewer, to fully understand this movie, you’ll have to endure the five seasons of its predecessor series,  Breaking Bad . However, you could get by just watching the final few episodes, which reveal the misfortunes that befell Jesse after being captured by hitmen hired by his former partner, Walter White. For peace o