Longtime Hollywood the Write Way readers know that I am a fan of Sissy Spacek‘s film career but this time, it’s not a movie that we have to look forward […]
Author: Melody
I'm Melody Simpson, francophile & lover of books, broadway, TV, and film which is what this blog is all about.
I've written TV recaps, reviews, and more for OMFGTV, The Televixen, Buzzfocus, and TVOverMind.
I am an Editorial Assistant at MunaLuchi Bride Magazine and a former literary intern for Louise Fury at The Bent Agency.
I'm also a writer, prepping to query a novel for Young Adults.
When I'm not blogging, writing, or reading, I can be found in the audience of a Broadway show or at home watching Netflix.
Finally, I'm a twenty-something year old born and raised in New Jersey though I consider my second home to be Los Angeles, CA. I currently live in New Jersey with my cat, Skittles.
I Hate My Teenage Daughter Review: Teenage Escuela
When the family comedy series I Hate My Teenage Daughter, starring Jaime Pressly and Katie Finneran first premiered last fall, it garnered a few laughs from me but didn’t blow […]
It’s Read Across America Day!
Happy Read Across America Day! (Happy 108th Birthday Dr. Seuss!) Photo Credit: Jason Kempin/Getty Images “The more that you read the more things you will know. The more that you […]
Philbrick Hall Re-Opens at Free Library of Philadelphia
Local readers, you must check this out! Philbrick Hall has officially re-opened at the Parkway Central branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia! This $3 million renovation was 9 months […]
DVD Review: Most Valuable Players
Release Date: February 21, 2012Rating: NRRunning Time: 95 minutes Across the USA, high school sports are regularly lavished with funding, publicity, and scholarships, while theater departments struggle to put on […]
Blu-ray Review: Martha Marcy May Marlene
Release Date: February 21, 2012Rating: RRunning Time: DVD 2:02:03 Blu-ray 02:36:27 From 2011 Sundance Film Festival “Best Director” winner Sean Durkin, in his feature film debut, and featuring breakout star […]
Blu-ray Review: A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas
Release Date: February 7, 2012 Rating: R Running Time: 90 minutes (Extended Cut, 96 minutes) Following years of growing apart, Harold Lee (Cho) and Kumar Patel (Penn) have replaced each […]
Documentary Reviews: The Price of Sex / The Heretics
The Price of Sex is a feature-length documentary about young Eastern European women who’ve been drawn into a netherworld of sex trafficking and abuse. Intimate, harrowing and revealing, it is […]
Nobody Knows: The Untold Story of Black Mormons
While I have the same feelings about Black History Month as Morgan Freeman, I am very intrigued with one of the films that the Documentary Channel has lined up for […]
Rest in Peace Whitney Houston
The home going service for Whitney Houston will begin and will air on television/online in about a forty five and it’s all really settling in for me right now. Whitney […]