Screwball comedies were a popular film genre from the 30’s and 40’s. The name “screwball comedy” is a pretty apt descriptor, the situations the leads found themselves in were most often quite “screwy” “wacky” “zany” etc etc. The storylines were […]
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 …
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 …