It operates at every level: evocative description summoning images, sounds, scents and tastes while the ability of Faye’s young child narrator to touch the reader on an emotional level is reimagined with every episode he relates. Faye writes with a universality that transcends cultural chasms ...
Synopsis: Fifth Avenue socialite Irene Bullock needs a "forgotten man" to win a scavenger hunt, and no one fits that description... [More] Starring: William Powell, Carole Lombard, Alice Brady, Eugene Pallette Directed By: Gregory La Cava Play It Again, Sam (1972) 97% #142 Critics...
but Netflix assumed that responsibility with shocking but beautifully-made WWI epicAll Quiet on the Western Front.Based on Erich Maria Remarque’s landmark novel of the same name (which was first adapted into a feature film in 1930), this German-language movie tells the story of a young...
a different kind of academic work is taking place. Just don’t call it “time travel”—these historians “investigate major historical events in contemporary time.” And they aren’t your harmless eccentrics either; a more accurate description, as they ricochet around history, might be uninte...
Wonderful allegory, great description on how society developed, and great portrayal of different characters throughout the series, and it’s not dense! Why isn’t Shinn getting pub these days, did she go down feminist path many authors have, writing harlequin romances? I’m going to have to...
Based on the 1965 series of the same name (which was actually a reimagining of the novel, The Swiss Family Robinson), this modern-day reimagining of the space adventure is a must-watch for science-fiction fans. Sure some of it can feel a little cheesy at times, but it's full of al...
The content is like Alva Rogers A Requiem for Astounding, which is a description of the stories in all the issues of Astounding Science Fiction in chronological order. I thought it fascinating that Simak was thinking of robots in the same way in 1941 and 1977. He obviously had a fondness ...
As a description of the novel and an implicit characterisation of SF as a whole, this has persuaded many. I once wrote a History of Science Fiction in which I argued that SF begins much earlier than Frankenstein. I’m not alone in thinking so. Some people suggest that it goes all the...
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This has it all, and there are about a dozen short stories that all offer something unique while maintaining Toole’s realistic, palpable voice. Not many of the best boxing books are fiction, but Rope Burns is an entry into the field that is worthy of its placement. A definite pick up...