John Carpenter’s Prophetic Visions of the American Police State
John Carpenter’s films, known primarily for their horror themes, inevitably feature pulse-pounding soundtracks, slow-moving camera work and hair-raising jolts to…
Category: Reviewed
Can War Be Ended? Talking Points for the Present Generation
Each generation has to come to its own understanding about war and the tragic loss of life which accompanies it.…
Let It Be: A Review
Make no mistake about it. Let It Be: A Celebration of the Music of the Beatles, which just ended its…
Hail To The Three Kings, Baby
Summer has come to its end. The humidity has died, and the sweeping rains kiss the ground. Fall is biting…
Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here—The American Prison System
Imitating Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s famous work on the gulag prison system in Soviet Russia, The First Circle, Jens Soering portrays himself…
(Alien) Baby Got Back
The rain was falling down, down hard against the ground. The roads were flooded. Darkness spread, and even the motel…
Quiver
You can’t look at the CW’s Arrow without coming across Stephen Amell’s abs. Just look at them. With Amell’s buttery…
Don’t Put Your Hope in the U.S. Supreme Court – It is a Reactionary Choke Point for Social Reform
“I do not forget the position assumed by some,” the new president declared to an expectant, anxious throng assembled in…
Together In The Darkness: Emerald Cocoons 7” Series, Alone Together Shines
Record series exist for as many reasons there are labels. Sometimes the reasons are forthright and in your face. Other…
The Midwife for the Imperial Presidency—Theodore Roosevelt
By accident Theodore Roosevelt became President in September 1901, upon the assassination of President William McKinley. Having achieved his lifelong…