Art, Culture, Literature

Bullies have played a significant and recurring role in Stephen King’s work from his earliest days as a published author. In these works, the bullies represent a significant and (generally) familiar villain for his protagonist(s) to overcome, often amid their ...

“My mother’s maiden name was McConnell. Her ancestors are Canadian, Irish, Scotch and Welsh. And, on the Harper side, they are French, English and, according to my sister, American Indian. But, I think her addition of American Indian came after ...

Right up until the end, when the subtitle “Chapter One” gets used for the first time, I thought It (2017) would be a standalone movie. Then the jig was up because blockbusters aren’t like TV shows. They don’t tease sequels ...

Great performative art is one that is often built like the most nourishing and simultaneously decadent layer cake. This is exactly the image and sentiment I felt when I first heard about Jeffrey Combs, an actor near and dear to ...

Fabian is still probably best known for his (relatively) brief heyday as a pop star - specifically the year 1959 when he had three top ten hits - "Turn Me Loose", "Tiger", and "Hound Dog Man". Yet he also had a career as a motion picture leading man that spanned over a decade. It's one that is worth revisiting.

If you pay any attention to both history and current events, it’s incredibly easy to start feeling like Sisyphus. Those with short attention spans and bad education tend to react to so much with newborn minds and adult eyes. But ...

Stephen Volk is a familiar name among film lovers and horror fans. He’s written iconic scripts for film and television (Gothic, Ghostwatch, The Awakening, to name a few), great novels (The Dark Masters Trilogy), and countless essays on film industry ...

With its deep layers of history, folklore, and fable that lie just beneath the surface of every building and landscape, Great Britain is a haunted land. As a child born and raised in south Wales I became deeply entranced by ...

There is no GPS, or guidance system, for where your passions will lead from childhood. It stems mostly from imagination being inflamed by the written word, the audio sound, or the visual image. For myself, my charted course in life ...

Hudlin has enjoyed a long and prosperous career and now, thankfully, Hollywood is taking notice.