The notion of infinity is one of those concepts that seems beyond the realm of our understanding. Endless, forever; ideas that at first seem easy to understand, disintegrate upon closer examination. As a quick glimpse into the strange world of […]
The fantasy fiction community was rocked last month when previously unreleased sections of The Lord of the Rings were discovered. This "grail" of a literary find amounted to a lost chapter, "A Wind from the …
Like the musicals of the 30s and 40s, the Marx Brothers are a more recent acquired taste for me. Years ago I saw a movie called Brain Donors (a modern version of the Marx Brothers …
I've been cooking for a while now and I'd say I can make some decent stuff. You get to take things and turn them into new (and, in theory, more delicious) things, so it is …
Having never really read comics until about two years ago, I'm pretty new to all this comic book related stuff. Prior to jumping in headfirst, I only had a vague idea of who was who …
At not quite 250 years old, America is a new country. As is the case with all new nations, this relative youth brings with it a lack of a unifying ideology for its inhabitants. If …
I am a pretty big fan of portraying myself as a PFC (pretentious film cock for those not in the know). I throw out names like Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer as if they are all that …
Having read literally ONES of books on World War II, and perused literally TENS of Wikipedia articles on the subject, I have decided to use my vast expertise to write a bit about a common …
Here it is the end of January and I haven't posted anything all month. Since I try to get at least one post a month in, I decided to go ahead and cheat (instead of …
John Ford and Howard Hawks are very tempting to lump together when talking about great American directors. And indeed, their careers roughly parallel each other in length and time period, they are without question two …