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A lot of children's first introduction to comic book characters come in the form of animated television shows. Sure, nowadays we have big blockbuster films, live-actions shows, and an enormous amount of video games, but many comic book fans today can trace back the origin of the start of...
Hadaway was inspired by her own time as a rower in college, bringing an authenticity to both the film's characters and its depiction of the sport. This is a gripping, unsettling film, but its 97-minute runtime speeds by at a pace that most athletes would envy. — K.M. How to ...
And they’re always seen from the position of a white sympathiser – there’s one in every book. Quite often she’s written black characters, but the idea that she’s an African writer, that she has penetrated the African consciousness, it’s not possible…The protagonist is a good man...
Stanley Kubrick’s racetrack heist movie helped inspire a swathe of crime flicks – not leastReservoir Dogs– and it still stands up as a sharp-edged morality tale elevated by unorthodox structure, amoral characters and a third act that twists like a drunk blackjack player. Sterling Hayden, ever...
Book of the New Sun by Gene Wolfe First person science/fantasy, that if he wasn’t considered a master already, established Wolfe as a God of fiction. Severian remains one of the great characters in fantasy/Sci-fi. Viriconium by M John Harrison Science Fiction/Fantasy series written by...
It perfectly balances its fairy tale characters and gross-out gags with a sweet story about loving yourself and never judging a book by its cover. Everyone's favorite grouchy green ogre Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers) reluctantly goes on a quest to rescue Princess Fiona (voiced by Cameron Diaz...
“Even without looking at the book, you have all the familiar characters in the rhymes that you’ve heard growing up, like Tom Thumb, Mother Hubbard in the cupboard, the three bears and all that. So you’re immediately drawn into the book just by listening to it. And then the art!
And according to the book’s jacket, author London admits that just like the characters in his story, “I give thanks to the things of nature every day.” In the story, the father says a thank-you for the day every day, to Mother Earth and to Father Sky. “Like his Indian ...
characters mingle with human Hollywood stars. It was one of the first films to employ motion-controlled technology, and still looks better than most of those that came afterward, even decades later. Then there’s the primordial ‘multiverse’ concept, in which recognisable characters from the ...