Opinion

TV & Movies

In its first 10 minutes, Homecoming corrects everything that was wrong with the Andrew Garfield Spidey.

There seems to be a sense of gleeful abandon in the hate piled on this movie. I disagree.

This Spidey has so few principles it begs the question: why should we even root for him?

The legendary musical fleshed out with literary detail, and marred by blessedly few changes.

The slate is wiped clean: The sub-heading may be an apology.

Upgrades are everywhere, but Asuka gets the shaft.

I might be the only person on Earth who liked the ending of Lost.

My Neighbor Totoro meets The Little Mermaid, all in the hands of a child prodigy.

Henri J.M. Nouwen was so moved by a painting that he was able to frame his entire life around the parable it represented.

Dante's opus is actually both a political satire and the greatest love poem ever written.

So much of what Alexandr Solzhenitsyn writes remains pertinent today.

Does intellect nullify our ability to form human bonds?

This novella turned out to be a remarkably fitting cap to the Dostoevsky experience.

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Elie Wiesel's analysis of the isolation of human suffering.

A novel that must be read and felt to gain admission to the human race.

Faulkner's The Reivers compared to Rober R. McCammon's Boy's Life.

Christopher Dorner rampaged through southern California in February, 2013. But it's not as simple as dividing the good people from the bad.

When a thousand people stand by, they are no longer 'innocent.'

Oma

Whatever god my grandmother prayed to, he delivered.

When the person after whom you were named dies, certain obligations cannot be denied.

Five hours stuck on a bus with smokers led to a slew of research into Japanese smoking habits.

When I was 18, I aspired to draw a clear line around what could truly be called 'love.'