How to Mix Your (Dragon) Messages

Believe it or not films have a life beyond their opening weekend or two in…

Your Kid is Smarter Than Michael Bay: A Transformers Franchise Critique

I saw the first Transformers film when I was in high school. I enjoyed it…

Long Hail the Apes: ‘Planet of the Apes’ Retrospective

Collectively in all versions and sequels, The Planet of the Apes saga is well loved…

Celebrating Seinfeld’s 25th Anniversary

Originally, before realizing how futile it would be, I was going to do a list…

Yay for YA: Adults should be proud to read children’s books

The Young Adult reading and writing community has been abuzz lately. The film adaptation of…

Godzilla and the Primal Nature of Family

The new Godzilla film by director Gareth Edwards has attracted multiple comparisons to the work…

A Million Ways to Die in the West: A History of Western Comedies

The western genre is almost as old as movies themselves, gunslingers riding through a town…