Peter Jackson doesn’t care about his audience. He’s having fun. He made a six-hour documentary about The Beatles, and he wishes it could be 18 hours. He’s having such an obvious blast he doesn’t have to worry if anyone else will think it’s the least bit entertaining. That’s exciting. It’s infectious, and it means he
Books
Alice Sebold’s 1999 memoir Lucky detailed her rape as a freshman at Syracuse in May of 1981. Her alleged rapist was convicted in 1982. A judge cleared that man, Anthony Broadwater, now 61, of that conviction on Monday because of significant flaws in the prosecution and concerns that the wrong man had been convicted and
Paul Thomas Anderson is commonly regarded as one of the great American filmmakers from the last 25 years (and yes, it’s hard to believe Hard Eight came out a quarter century ago). Yet his last two or three features–Phantom Thread, Inherent Vice, and The Master–worked strenuously to push viewers away. They brought us an array
Today’s Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals Razorblade Tears by S. A. Cosby for $3.99 A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas for $3.99 Fifteen Hundred Miles from the Sun by Johnny Garza Villa for $3.99 The Stand by Stephen King for $1.99 We Could Be
This review contains spoilers for Marvel’s Hawkeye Episodes 1 and 2 Hawkeye Episodes 1 and 2 After more trailers, TV spots, and exclusive clips than you can shake a stick at, the first two episodes of Marvel’s Hawkeye are now streaming on Disney+. But who asked for it? Hawkeye has steadily maintained his place in
Katey O’Connor is an English Language Arts teacher at Muncie Central High School in Indiana. As part of her unit teaching V for Vendetta by Alan Moore, a graphic novel about standing up to governmental oppression and fascism, O’Connor had a project option for students make posters about current political issues that matter to them.
Warning: This Masters of the Universe: Revelation article contains spoilers for parts 1 and 2. Masters of the Universe: Revelation is a true love letter to He-Man fans. Crafted in part by filmmaker Kevin Smith, a longtime fan of all things geeky, the first part of the Netflix series was filled to the brim with
At the end of October, Texas Republican State Representative Matt Krause sent a letter to the Texas Education Agency with a 16 page list consisting of over 800 book titles. He asked school districts to identify if they had any of the books on the spreadsheet, as well as to report how much they spent on these
Warning: contains spoilers for Doctor Who: Flux Chapter 4 ‘Village of the Angels’ The Weeping Angels are back, and they are not playing. To be honest, even attempting another Weeping Angels episode is a pretty brave feat in itself. Moffat’s trilogy of stories pretty covered all the bases. ‘Blink’ established the rules for Angels. ‘The
Today’s Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals The Stand by Stephen King for $1.99 We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen for $1.99 Still Lives by Maria Hummel for $1.99 The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton for $2.99 To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky
While the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy remains a controversial topic amongst an ever-divisive fandom, the franchise’s current docket showcases a clear resolve with Disney+ television shows that pivot back to the classic era of the Original Trilogy. Indeed, with The Mandalorian having spawned a spate of television shows closely situated around the Original Trilogy era,
If you’re participating in NaNoWriMo, you’ve probably discovered by now that finding a balance between writing and life can be challenging. Most writers have other things going on in their lives — school, families, jobs, and so on — and don’t have the resources to write full-time with no other responsibilities, whether that’s what we
This Dexter: New Blood review contains spoilers. Dexter: New Blood Episode 3 Dexter has always been at its best when its titular character has his back against the wall. The issue is that as the series progressed, Dex wiggled out of harm’s way far too easily and far too often, repeatedly saved by coincidence and
Today’s Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals First Love, Take Two by Sajni Patel for $1.99 Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be by Nichole Perkins for $2.99 The Stand by Stephen King for $1.99 We Could Be Heroes by Mike Chen for $1.99 Still Lives
Doctor Who Series 13 Episode 4 Review Warning: This Doctor Who review contains spoilers. Remember Class? Nobody would blame you if you didn’t, as Coal Hill Sixth Form’s finest failed to make much of a splash when the show originally landed. If you did stick with it to the end, though, the final episode revealed
Nobel prize winner, filmmaker, journalist: Gabriel García Márquez had a long career and left behind a large legacy. His work in magical realism has influenced a number of authors, including Toni Morrison. Funnily enough, García Márquez’s life story is as interesting as his novels. So, who was Gabriel García Márquez? Early Life Gabriel José de
This article contains spoilers for the first three episodes of The Wheel of Time. Amazon’s new The Wheel of Time series is heavy on internal world-building, mythology, and lore – a natural result of the massive source material (14 novels, a prequel, and two companion books) upon which it is based. But the sheer scope
Today’s Featured Deals In Case You Missed Yesterday’s Most Popular Deals Previous Daily Deals Still Lives by Maria Hummel for $1.99 The Last Train to Key West by Chanel Cleeton for $2.99 To Be Taught, If Fortunate by Becky Chambers for $1.99 The Sound of Stars by Alechia Dow for $1.99 We Are Not Broken
This article contains Ghostbusters: Afterlife spoilers. The dream of ever getting a Ghostbusters 3 faded long ago. There were false starts and rumors throughout the 1990s—and the 2000s too—that a sequel was this close to materializing. And yet, by the time Harold Ramis tragically passed in 2014, the likelihood of ever seeing the four original
There are a lot of bad takes this week on the whys and hows of the growing firestorm of book challenges. I’m not going to link to them, but the reality is this isn’t new, media that’s reporting on “firsts” for any area are behind the curve by months (thanks, death of local journalism), and