I spent a lot of time thinking this morning about what character I could choose to profile who could represent how thankful I am to have...

Yeah, baby. Yeah! The Austin Powers movies were essentially one joke. Fortunately, it was a pretty good joke, a vein of comedic ore deep...

As much as I loved the classic Transformers cartoon and toy line, nothing screamed early-1980s merchandising-animation tie-in more than...

I have mixed feelings about Legends of the Fall. It's a visually and musically sumptuous film (Horner's score is a go-to for writing...

Not a long profile today, as my mind is elsewhere. But recently I've found myself pondering the fundamental dichotomy of the human...

Unlike many, many of my friends, I've never been a martial arts aficionado. Kung Fu movies, Bruce Lee, ninjas, MMA, it's all fine, but...

Let's be clear, here: when I talk about Psylocke, I'm talking old school. Besty Braddock, Captain Britain's twin sister, the...

As with most literary classics that appear on this list, I make no claims to a thorough comprehension of Dostoyevsky's Crime and...

It's a common and understandable conceit to imagine that we live in the strangest of times. Setting aside the descent of "real" life into...

I'm not usually a fan of geek-chic tourism. It strikes me as mild cultural appropriation, lazy, opportunistic, and even a bit...

I've never been a huge fan of Dilbert. I do admire Scott Adams' ability to get decades of mileage and merchandising royalties out of...

The story of Icarus is one of the most painful in all of Greek mythology. We all know the basics: Daedalus, the genius inventor, seeks to...