Of the infamous Star Wars prequel trilogy, George Lucas has often said that the three movies were like poetry, each film rhyming with its equivalent in the original trilogy. With all due respect to Mr. Lucas (who seems a thoroughly decent fellow), the claims to cinematic rhyme fit better on The Force Awakens than the trilogy he wrote and directed. The Force…
When you think of the holiday season, what comes to mind? Is it a twinkling array of lights? Family and friends? Are you filled with the spirit of hope, generosity, and miracle? Or do you see hairy, unblinking faces? Do cartoon sand monsters slither through your mind? Does a large, four armed cook yell at…
Let me get one thing out of the way: I did not read Ender’s Game as a child. I have not worshipped its brilliance for years and pined for a movie while waiting anxiously for a fair treatment of the content. I read Ender’s Game this week, and I finished it within 24 hours of…
A wise man once asked, “If you aren’t trilling it up once every three years, then what are you doing with your life?” It’s an interesting question, and though it was intended as a joke on How I Met Your Mother, I think I’m going to take it pretty seriously and read into it a…
As baseball struggles to still be this country’s national pastime, it is movies like 42 that not only show us how far baseball has come, but what we’ve have done to revolutionize the sport and the world. If you think 42 is just another movie about baseball, you’re wrong. It’s way more than that. As…
Rooster Illusion 