Movies that are direct follow-ups in a series of otherwise self-contained films take a risk. There’s the potential for bigger payoffs and bigger disappointments. Mission: Impossible - The Final ...

Cheating is a worldwide phenomenon, and is a challenge even here in the United States, but in Asia it has reached near-crisis levels. Last year, riots broke out when teachers at a school in Zhongxiang ...

Gamerman delves into these issues, and the often-colorful characters driving the story. There’s Jarrett and his dutiful daughter Jami; Marty Wilde, a volatile and eccentric wind prospector; Russell ...

In February of 1932, William Faulkner finished the manuscript for his seventh novel. He had spent the past three years writing the works that would make him immortal — The Sound and the Fury, As I Lay ...

Betty Ann worried as she planned for the afternoon’s VIP visit. Word of a White House dress would fill her appointment book for months to come, but then, no dice if Mrs. H. acted up. Betty Ann had to ...

When Kurt Cobain put a bullet to his head – 20 years ago, as of this past April – he scrawled a now-infamous lyric from the Neil Young song “Hey Hey, My My” in the suicide note he left behind: “It’s ...

The influx of rock music and counterculture in the 1960s signaled a new era for music journalism, and Rolling Stone became the venue for documenting this revolution. As counterculture evolved in San ...

Before the September 11, 2001, attacks, before the current pandemic, grief of such cataclysmic proportions seemed unimaginable for many. But when sculptor Suse Lowenstein’s son Alex, along with his ...

Spanning from 1993 to the present, the Jurassic Park franchise has shaped dinosaur movies for generations, but it might be time for Universal to move on, as it seems the filmmakers are running out of ...

I am not the first, nor will I be the last, to point out Hollywood’s current exhaustive unoriginality. However, the overuse of recognizable brands has taken such a prominent role in entertainment that ...

Queen Elizabeth II was not just a monarch; she represented a global brand. And for the past seven decades, this brand has to some extent defined and promoted the British nation around the world.

Jeanine Cummins’s novel, American Dirt, appeared early in 2020, drawing initial excitement and laudatory reviews. Soon, the book came under attack, with accusations and recriminations revolving around ...