You are likely a fan of romantic-era stories without realizing it. Hollywood frequently returns to these tales to pocket some big box offices. Examples are many Disney movies or Robin Hood. For me, it was First Knight and several long boxes of comic books. While France had a head start…

Tim Burton has made another contribution to the macabre. The American filmmaker is best known for films with a gothic twist, like Beetlejuice (1988), Edward Scissorhands (1990), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Sleepy Hollow (1999), and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007). …

7-time world champion Garry Kasparov recently tweeted about 5-time world champion Magnus Carlsen’s decision to refuse the championship match coming up next year. Magnus Carlsen will no longer be the world champion of chess. One thing the two legendary grandmasters have in common is that each retired as number 1…

Why FIDE should have a deadline for champs prior to Candidates — Grandmaster Magnus Carlsen has announced that it wasn’t a bluff — he is stepping down as FIDE’s World Champion and will not play the rematch against Ian Nepomniachtchi. Speaking on a podcast, Carlsen confirmed that he will not seek a sixth world championship. He had previously suggested that he would…

The White Samurai teeters on the edge of technology — He is America’s Sheriff. He is the world’s greatest lover and martial artist. In the East, he is known only as the White Samurai, but the rest of the world calls him SIDEBURNS MCBANE! These are the never-before-seen, ultra-top-secret reports of the Milky Way’s greatest adventurer. Part 3 I spent…

I was six years old when I sat down on the carpet in the hallway outside my bedroom to read The Mighty Thor, issue number 390. It was the comic book in which Captain America lifted Mjolnir, Thor’s hammer. As I recall, I spent the next two days in a…

Conservative and liberal “news” outlets have been using some very carefully worded headlines lately. Though most are technically true, they are craftily designed to invite the assumption that the American majority is on their side when it comes to legal access to abortion. In the United States, the conversation on…

The White Samurai teeters on the edge of technology! — He is America’s Sheriff. He is the world’s greatest lover and martial artist. In the East, he is known only as the White Samurai, but the rest of the world calls him SIDEBURNS MCBANE! These are the never-before-seen, ultra-top-secret reports of the Milky Way’s greatest adventurer. Part Two I climbed…

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