It’s Registratin’ Time! – A Review of Marvel Comics’ “Civil War” crossover

I had to stop reading comics on a regular basis in high school because the plots and story arcs got so convoluted and ridiculous (or at least more than usual) that one couldn’t bear to keep up. Plus I was turning eighteen. But I still check out the graphic novels from time to [...]

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Seeing is Believing – A Review of Jose Saramago’s “Blindness”

Blindness was one of those many books that I saw in the bookstore, was drawn by the author’s reputation, the story itself and probably the neat cover to boot, bought it, added it to my shelf of literature that has seen similar treatment and forgot about it for a year or two.  I do things [...]

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Get ‘em While They’re Young: A Review of “Jesus Camp”

On the recommendation of a couple of friends, I decided to “Netflix” (oh man, it’s becoming a verb like “Google”) the documentary “Jesus Camp”, which follows aspects of the American evangelical movement as highlighted by the “Kids on Fire” Bible camp.  Speaking first about the quality of the filmmaking, I founded the film to be [...]

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No, It’s Just Another Faun: A Review of “Pan’s Labyrinth”

 
I actually won tickets to see this movie, which means I probably wouldn’t have bothered to see this film in the theater otherwise.  It sounded interesting but I didn’t really feel the need to see this on the big screen.  Also, I have had limited interest in Guillermo del Toro movies.  The only one I [...]

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“They Do Not Move”: A Review of “Waiting for Godot”

 
Much like J.D. Salinger in regards to The Catcher in the Rye, Samuel Beckett was exasperated by requests to explain “Waiting for Godot” to his audience.  Hoping for the play to speak for itself and for others to come to their own conclusions, what has followed since the play was first staged in 1953 have been [...]

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