Curse you, suitemates, for introducing me to iTunes movie rental service. I may never work again! On the surface, the Oscar-winning film No Country for Old Men and the Dora-nominated show Evil Dead: the Musical don’t seem to have much to do with each other, apart from lots of…
Did anybody else eat uncooked packs of ramen noodles as a kid? Or was this just a thing at my elementary school? You’d crush the noodles without opening the package. Once they were in tiny pieces, you’d open it and fish out the now-very-powdery packet of soup mix. Then you’d…
Three different media. Three similar themes. There can be only one winner. … Um, except there’s not really a contest. So, I saw this movie, went to this play, and read this book, right?
The “I-love-New-York-or-some-neighbourhood-thereof” song seems to be a staple of most musicals set in or around New York City (with the possible exception of Rent, which has instead an “I-love-Santa-Fe-because-New-York-sucks” song). Anyway, I won’t bore you with Sinatra or Kelly or even Daddy Warbucks. Instead, I will bore you with pictures.…
You know, I was a pretty big fan of the original American Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, back in the day. At least, I remember getting anxious about how the five regular rangers were going to defeat Tommy, the evil green ranger (hey, that episode was a two-parter!) I just watched…
Let me preface this with the caveat that I have read only the first book (I know, I know) out of the series of five. But you can bet I’ll be reading them all now! (Um… as soon as I finish researching the three term papers that are due in…
Are you an earnest young actor? I ask only because so many of the actors my own age that I see onstage seem to be of the impression that eyes-wide, gulping-down-air, semi-innocence is the only way to go. I know Oscar Wilde was all about the importance of being earnest,…
In light of this recent unfortunate news story , it’s important that we root out and record all instances of twins raised apart. I therefore put to you the case of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore and Willy Wonka.
Am I a bad person for loving these LJ communities? Probably, but when did that ever stop me before? So, remember a while back I was talking about Ellen Kushner’s Swordspoint? Well, you should definitely run out and get a copy of it. Because, if you don’t, you won’t…
So, first of all, I highly recommend The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, an anthology of short stories voted on by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America and edited by Robert Silverberg. The book was originally published in the 1970s, but new hardcover and paperback…