Fact, fiction and fan fiction
I recently saw someone online talking about how they'd written a Doctor Who fan fiction story. Of course, they're a “real” writer (or so they claim) and made a huge deal that fan fiction was [...]
The last list on the left…
I hate list articles. You know what I'm talking about. If you don't then you must be an iliterate living under a rock that's inside a steel safe, dropped into the ocean and currently residing [...]
Bruce Campbell vs. Army of Alternate Endings
The Evil Dead films. You know them. You may love them. I do. The first Evil Dead film was the second DVD I owned, when I suddenly found myself being dragged into the 21st century. [...]
Rebel Without A d20
Jim was a mixed-up kid from a mixed-up home, where his dad wore an apron and his mom wore the pants. Except she wore skirts; but you know what I mean. The first time I [...]
1984: No Big Brother, just Big Movies
There's been much said about Ghostbusters turning 30 this year, and rightly so. It's a modern classic and one that's permeated popular culture. It was the little film that could, with groundbreaking special effects, wonderful [...]
Tale of the Tape: Agent Phil Coulson vs. Agent Maxwell Smart
James Bond. Jim Phelps. Jason Bourne. Johnny English. That guy Bill Cosby played in I, Spy. Who doesn't like spies? Well, evil spies don't like good spies (and vice versa), but we like watching them [...]
It’s hip to be square root of 3
For those who don't know, the square root of 3 is an irrational number and is known as Theodorus's constant. I could waffle on about Fermat's method and all of that stuff, but I'd rather [...]
“V” for Visitor, Victory and Vendetta
It was 1984 and the invasion was underway The aliens had arrived. They didn't arrive in spaceships though, they did it by teleporting through my television. Actually, technically speaking it was my parents' television. And [...]
Film Review: Nosferatu (1922)
There was a time when vampires weren't sparkly in daylight and applied lots of hair-care products before going to school for the 150th year in a row. They were menacing beings surrounded by dark mystery [...]
Review: Scooby-Doo! WWE WrestleMania Mystery
It's the crossover you always wanted but never dreamed possible! Or alternatively, it's the crossover that you really, really didn't want and previously only existed in your nightmares. Let's be honest here, the Mystery Inc. [...]