The Hobbit

Film
October 2, 2013
Vikingdom Trembles With Great Dumb Joy
Film
March 20, 2013
Eight Great Shows You Haven't Binge-Watched on Netflix Yet
Blogs
March 5, 2013
Me As Hobbits, Hitchcock, And The Queen
With the Oscars behind us, let me remind you of Julia Minamata's illustrations which inserted me into two of the nominated films--The Hobbit and Hitchcock--plus one about international current events. Yes, they were from the year-end issue, but I need some attention right now, so I'm finally sharin ... More >>
Film
February 27, 2013
Jack the Giant Slayer Is Fee-Fi-Fo-Fun
A giant adventure's old-fashioned spirit
Blogs
January 22, 2013
Here's the NSFW Sex-Ed Book That Teaches Elementary Schoolers to Masturbate on the Tetherball Pole
Your Crap Archivist brings you the finest in forgotten and bewildering crap culled from thrift stores, estate sales, and flea markets. The Playbook for Kids About Sex Author: Joani Blank (words); pictures by Marcia Quackenbush Date: 1980 Publisher: Down There Press Discovered at: Community Thrif ... More >>
Blogs
January 4, 2013
Ten Big Deal Albums We're Hella Excited For
Hey: Albums! In case people still care about these things, here's a batch of potentially interesting releases arriving in the coming weeks and months:
Books
January 2, 2013
Reading Around: Fantasies, Tamed and Not
Elizabeth Hand's Errantry, Jon Peterson's history of Dungeons & Dragons and role-playing games
Film
December 19, 2012
The Top 10 Films of 2012
The end of cinema? Hardly.
Film
December 5, 2012
The Hobbit: Slouching Toward Erebor
Getting neither there nor back again
Blogs
November 30, 2012
My Oscar Predictions As Of This Moment!
Naturally, they might change--especially when I see every last film--but right now, this is what I'm predicting on goldderby.com (where they ask various commentators for their incredibly prescient forecasts and expect them to be accurate). SUPPORTING ACTRESS 1--Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables 2--S ... More >>
Film
March 28, 2012
Spring Guide 2012: The Stabbin' Cabin
Enjoy a rustic bloodbath