miniBLOGS: Why “Lost” Sucked This Week, Why 3-D is Doomed, and Three Trailers You HAVE to See
September 14, 2026The problem is that “Lost: The Science Fiction Series” was just okay, while “Lost: The Fantasy...
Book Review: The Songs of Hollywood by Philip Furia and Laurie Patterson
September 13, 2026For the next few years, Hollywood musicals, climaxing in 42nd Street (1933), would be "backstage" pictures....
The Weekly Listicle: Action Heroines!
September 13, 2026For some reason Ridley Scott decided another retelling of Robin Hood was a good idea, and...
The Life and Work of Eadweard Muybridge
September 13, 2026Muybridge had married his young assistant, in 1871. After a while, he began to suspect that...
The Final Word: Is horror better left off-screen?
September 13, 2026Welcome back to The Final Word, a running feature from me (Julia Rhodes) and William Bibbiani,...
Movie Review: Iron Man 2
September 12, 2026Jon Favreau’s first Iron Man was a snazzy little number, cherry red and rocket-fueled and brimming...
Book Review: Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes
September 12, 2026The story is set in the spring of 1969 in the northwest corner of the country...
Book Review: Cleopatra: A Biography by Duane W. Roller
September 12, 2026Pity Duane W. Roller, author of Cleopatra: A Biography. I can just imagine the initial conversation...
Book Review: Contested Will: Who Wrote Shakespeare? by James Shapiro
September 12, 2026Beginning around 1800, the hunt started to find the “real” Shakespeare, the noble visionary who had...
Discussion: The Best TV of the Last Fifteen Years
September 11, 2026TV: Is it making us dumber, and how is it changing? (Aside from the fact that...




