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Twilight: Fact, Fiction & Fantasy

Sara Taney Humphreys | Posted 12.01.2009 | Entertainment


Sara Taney Humphreys

What's most fascinating is that the media acts like the "vampire phenomenon" is a new thing. That couldn't be further from the truth. Hello? Buffy, Angel, The Lost Boys, Interview with a Vampire and of course Dracula.

eBook-Only Publishers Cropping Up Everywhere

Huffington Post | Jessie Kunhardt | Posted 11.12.2009 | Books


A recent article from Publishers Weekly announced the launch of Carina Press, a new imprint of romance publisher Harlequin that will exclusively publi...

Mighty Movie Podcast: Shrieks from the '80s: Ti West on The House of the Devil

Dan Persons | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment


Dan Persons

The Saw franchise may be more efficient in logging a body count, but The House of the Devil is the kind of film that reminds you how cool it is to settle back and just let the dread soak in.

Mighty Movie Podcast: Lars von Trier's Antichrist: A Conversation

Dan Persons | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment


Dan Persons

"Lars von Trier isn't going to talk to a lot of press." Yeah, yeah; yadda-yadda. But just because he isn't talking to us doesn't mean we can't talk about him, particularly about his childhood.

Wild Things Is Where the Entertainment Isn't

Jackie K. Cooper | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment


Jackie K. Cooper

Where the Wild Things Are sounds like a fun film for the kids and an emotional one for adults, but it isn't. The film is much too scary for younger children and much too boring for older ones.

World of Warcraft in Colorado

Ef Rodriguez | Posted 10.12.2009 | Denver


Ef Rodriguez

So among the millions of Americans prancing around the online world of Azeroth, casting fire spells against the undead, there are only five Mile High players? Nonsense. I think they're hiding.

Mighty Movie Podcast: A Brisk Trade in Paul Giamatti: Sophie Barthes on Cold Souls

Dan Persons | Posted 09.06.2009 | Entertainment


Dan Persons

Barthes was willing to give us some insight into her definition of soul and what it's like dealing with actors raised in the land of Stanislavski.

Mighty Movie Podcast: The Love That Haunts: Monika Treut on Ghosted

Dan Persons | Posted 08.29.2009 | Entertainment


Dan Persons

Treut took a pause in her globe-hopping to speak to us about lesbian love stories, Taiwanese ghosts, and the life of the world filmmaker.

Dream a Little Dream...

Leeat Granek, PhD | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living


Leeat Granek, PhD

I always thought that if you worked really hard and put your whole heart into achieving your dreams, they would come true. It turns out, this is not so.

Movie review: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

Marshall Fine | Posted 08.14.2009 | Entertainment


Marshall Fine

It's hard to imagine anyone who isn't already engrossed in the Harry Potter series of films deciding, "Oh, gee, I think I'll see the new one -- even though I haven't seen any of the others."

Reading The Pictures: Obama-Putin Not in Love!

Michael Shaw | Posted 08.08.2009 | Politics


Michael Shaw

2009-07-08-obamaputin.jpgThis week, we had the opportunity to contrast Bush and Obama in terms of a first encounter with Putin.

Murdoch and Fox Portray Black Men as Terrorists on 24

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 04.13.2009 | Media


Ronald B. Robinson

The first two Presidents on 24 were Black men. The first was assassinated and the second was responsible for allowing nuclear bombs into the country, causing mass destruction.

Rupert Murdoch and Fox Use 24 to Portray Black Men as Terrorists

Ronald B. Robinson | Posted 03.15.2009 | World


Ronald B. Robinson

Can somebody spell the words, "advertisers" and "boycott," and then can the congregation give me a resounding, amen?

Distraught Conservatives Retreating into the Realm of Fantasy

Brandon Friedman | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics


Brandon Friedman

For conservative talking heads and bloggers, 24's Jack Bauer has become a surrogate -- a stand-in -- for the leaders they wish they had.

Confessions of a Recovering Twilight Addict

Kimberly Burger Capozzi | Posted 01.18.2009 | Entertainment


Kimberly Burger Capozzi

My favorite fairy tale before Twilight was the one where the 1970s girl grows up to have a stunning career and a family.

The Rise of Scifi TV

Christine Huang | Posted 01.02.2009 | Entertainment


Christine Huang

Networks are now treating the once stigmatized scifi genre (and its followers) as the powerful, profitable force it has grown to be.

Photography Undergoes a Sex Change: The Art Of Tom Chambers

Kimberly Brooks | Posted 05.17.2008 | Living


Kimberly Brooks

Over the last ten years, the art of photography has undergone a sex change. The rather masculine act of capturing or "shooting" a moment ("the hunt")...