Confessions of a Conservative Atheist
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The British actor and director released his first film, Henry V in 1989, when I was a tender thirteen years old. It passed without notice for me during its theatrical run, but the video rental store, that monument to entertainment, where most families made at least a weekly pilgrimage before the rise of streaming, was… Continue reading How Kenneth Branagh changed a fantasy geek’s life and transformed him into a Shakespeare fanatic
The Wheel of Time is coming alive with the underlying energy of Jordan’s creation while The Rings of Power has smothered Tolkien’s genius, allowing it to break through only at the edges. Both, however, serve as a valuable lesson for other television producers and filmmakers who bow to the whims of the woke. In the… Continue reading The Wheel of Time, the woke, The Rings of Power, and the difference that comes from truly loving your source material
The simultaneous writers and actors strikes reveal the deplorable truth that Hollywood hotshots make thousands of times more than their less well known counterparts, who can barely afford to feed their families. Now, they want you to pay more rather than them making less. The entertainment world is reeling from back to back strikes that… Continue reading Hollywood hypocrites should practice the socialism they preach
Robert Jordan created the most complex, detailed, and intricate fantasy world in the history of literature, but few people outside the genre know his name. As Amazon’s The Wheel of Time prompts comparisons to Game of Thrones, it’s worth considering the extent of Robert Jordan’s genius and whether audiences have the patience to see it… Continue reading The Wheel of Time turns into a big-budget TV adaptation, but will the original author finally get the credit he deserves?
Confessions of a Conservative Atheist 