Christmas… Are Christmas Movies in the Eye of the Beholder? 28 Dec 20202 Dec 2022 An Attempt to Define and Categorize "Christmas Movie" There are certain things you can count on for the internet to deliver on a regular basis. The “Die Hard is a…
Books… 9 Reasons to Start Reading Moby-Dick on its 166th Birthday 14 Nov 201731 Oct 2021 It's no secret that I'm a pretty big Moby-Dick fan. Or, if it was a secret to you, then this might be the first thing you've read by me. Which…
D. F. Lovett… What References, Depictions, and Themes Should We Anticipate in Fargo’s Season 3? 15 Apr 201723 Jun 2017 While this blog's last Fargo article gave you a list of ways to get hyped for the forthcoming third season, it didn't go very deep into what we've seen in Fargo…
2016… The World Needs Bad Men: Bush, Trump, and the Anti-Hero 22 Jan 20174 Oct 2022 How the Bush Era Caused the Anti-Hero Wave that Gave Rise to Trump Toward the finale of the 2016 election, Mike Huckabee took to Fox News to give a defense…
Bale… Happy Black Friday 2015 from David Foster Wallace 3 Dec 201525 Nov 2016 A week ago yesterday - on Wednesday, November 25 - I came across a deal on Amazon: a free digital download of the SD version of the David Foster Wallace…
Bale… How Has This Not Happened Yet: Natalie Portman in a Sequel to The Professional 3 Nov 20153 Nov 2015 This is another guest post, the second in the new guest author series. This post is authored by Russ Ball, a haiku writer and film fan. Okay, film fans. There's…
Film… Guest Post: The Five Most Haunting Films to Watch This Halloween 27 Oct 201529 Oct 2015 The following is written by guest blogger McLong, as part of a new guest writer series in which we will be featuring various writers: As children, we overloaded on candy.…