Weekend Reads: Rethinking Captain Picard, Graphic Novels for Kids, Alex Jones, Religious Illiteracy, and more
Also: The best TV episodes, Hannah Gadsby, Beach House, The Fantastic Four, pre-human civilizations, Facebook’s evil, and Bible apps.S. A. Chakraborty’s Captivating City of Brass Is a Refreshing Fantasy Debut (Review)
Chakraborty’s novel finds inspiration in Islamic and Middle-Eastern religion and culture for its exotic world-building.Sir Patrick Stewart Announces the Return of Jean-Luc Picard
Make it so.August 2018’s Best Streaming Titles: Batman Begins, Voltron, Shaun of the Dead, Jiro Dreams of Sushi & more
Also: Kevin Smith’s debut, Keanu Reeves, Anton Chigurh, The Good Place, Jet Li, High Noon, and the Blair Witch.How to See Martial Arts Films
The MoMA explores the career and films of martial arts legend Lau Kar-leung.Weekend Reads: Myst’s Legacy, Tsutomu Nihei’s Blame!, James Gunn’s Firing, Patriotism in Sports & more
Also: Life-changing video games, special effects movies, rebooting Buffy, and the upside of email.In Rotation: The Declining Winter, HTRK, Tobias Svensson, Thousand Foot Whale Claw, WMD (Review)
Pastoral post-rock, ominous-yet-lovely electronic, contemplative electro-classical, krautrock-inspired cinematic music, and glassy dreampop.Random Nerdery: Nathan Fillion’s Uncharted, Godzilla, Teen Titans Go! To the Movies, Shazam!
Nathan Fillion makes an awesome fan film, Godzilla comes stomping back, and DC’s new titles lighten the mood a little.James Gunn’s Offensive Tweets and Online Mob Justice
Are we really OK with operating under the assumption that people can’t change and mature over the years?Weekend Reads: Die Hard Turns 30, Hannah Gadsby, Floppy Disk Albums, Luke Skywalker, the World Cup & more
Also: 2001, The Atomic Cafe, the Ultima video games, Akira’s influence, Ant-Man and the Wasp, The Dark Knight, comic book industry woes, Ingmar Bergman, and vintage computers.How did I become a soccer fan?
Possibly the greatest stunner in this year’s World Cup.Some Random Reflections Upon Returning to Middle-earth
After recently introducing our kids to the classic film trilogy, I’ve been thinking about it ever since.
