Feature Articles

Before we begin, let me take you back to 1989. I was 13. It was the year of Tim Burton’s Batman, starring Michael Keaton. Comics were huge at the time. It was a great age to be a Marvel reader ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Hal Prince Remembering Company: Cast Recording (1970) With an interview with filmmaker D.A. Pennebaker We lost one of the giants of musical theatre recently, Hal Prince. Here is a piece on COMPANY: CAST RECORDING by Lee Gambin, who also interviewed ...

In the Realm of the Senses (1976) Ero guro nansensu or Erotic grotesque nonsense, is a Japanese art movement encompassing visual, literal, cinematic and even the musical arts. The name is quite self-explanatory, describing this eccentric movement perfectly, but still, ...

THE INVISIBLE MAN At first sight, The Invisible Man does not appear to be as deeply and obviously saturated with the overriding shared obsessions of the Fin de Siècle period as The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau. ...