Metropolis: Light Years Ahead Of Its Time Even Today
At first glance, a futuristic story of a great city split between the pampered rich and the struggling poor ruled over by a ruthless businessman might seem like the story of modern day Manhattan. Instead, this is the plot of Fritz Lang’s 1927 masterpiece “Metropolis,” whose cold and shadowy art deco style has influenced science [...]
Why We Have To Love Scarlett O’Hara
There are so many reasons that we have to simply love Scarlett O’Hara. She was a very determined woman. No matter what the situation was, Scarlett always rose to the situation and handled it. She was inventive and when she needed a dress to impress the man of her dreams she simply tore down the [...]
Young Adult Fiction: Hijacked By Vampires
Long before Stephanie Meyers made them glam, vampires had been present in young adult fiction. Both Christopher Pike and R.L. Stine, the two biggest names in twentieth century YA fiction, had used variations on the undead beast in coming of age tales of terror. Lesser known books, such as Carl Laymon’s “Nightmare Lake,” had found [...]