But the Imperial White House has responded: “The construction of the Death Star has been estimated to cost more than…
Death Star by 2016?
Click the image above to arrive at one of the funniest interventions I’ve seen in a long time.
The Big Other Interview #253: Mark Brand
Mark Brand is a Chicagoland polymath: editor, writer, videopodcaster, former medical assistant. We met not long before I was a…
A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies: Mel Gibson’s Hamlet, all films Kenneth Branagh, Sleuth, Joseph Mankiewicz, Thor, and superhero movies (every one)
[You want to read the earlier installments, and we want to help you: Part 1, Part 2] [Drumming our fingers…
A D & Jeremy Talk about Movies: Source Code, Moon, and Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
[You click this link, you go back to the first installment, which found me and Jeremy unable to get service…
“Is Your Villain Appropriate?”—Examining Character Construction in Different Media
Every Monday, I read Mark Rosewater’s weekly column “Making Magic,” partly because I have a casual interest in the collectible…
DIY Geek Cinema
For a long time I’ve held an ambiguous attitude toward geek culture, and ultra-fandom. On the one hand, it’s painfully…
Why Do You Need So Many Cinemas?
In my last post on this topic, I argued that cinema can be redefined as “the cinematic arts,” which would…