George R. R. Martin, author of the A Song of Ice and Fire book cycle that birthed hit tv show Game of Thrones, is not a fan of fan-fiction. Because, he says, it’s lazy and bad writing. “You have to invent your own characters, you have to do
Jeffrey A. Tucker brownstone.org Jeffrey A. Tucker is Founder and President of the Brownstone Institute and the author of many thousands of articles in the scholarly and popular press and ten books in 5 languages, most recently Liberty or Lockdown. He is also the editor of The Best of
This movie had so many terrible reviews, I had almost decided not to watch it. But over Christmas, with not much to do, the movie beckoned and with its star-studded cast, including Leonardo di Caprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep and Cate Blanchett (not to mention the very brilliant Mark
I’m going to have to give this movie two separate ratings: for the fans, 9/10; for non-fans, maybe a 6/10. The reason for the disparity is that this movie is the culmination of a two-decade odyssey that kicked off with Sam Raimi’s groundbreaking 2002
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet. 2021 was a strange year for the film industry. Covid-19 closed the theatres for many months; a number of movies appeared first on streaming services like Amazon and Netflix. We’ve selected a dozen of the year’s
Do something, Arec Barrwin! begs Kim Jong-Un in the 2004 comedy, Team America: World Police. Except that, as Kim finds out, Arec Barrwin is useress. Arec Barrwin… I mean, Alec Baldwin… is rapidly learning the same lesson. As part of my degree, I was forced to take several compulsory
There are some movies that simply must be seen on the big screen at least once. That goes in spades for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. Everything about Dune is… big. From Australian Greig Fraser’s magnificent IMAX cinematography, to the overwhelming scale of its set pieces, to Hans Zimmer’s
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As intended, my recent list of the Ten Best SF films sparked much debate (hey, we write only quality clickbait, here at the BFD). Like certain body parts, everyone has an opinion on the best SF films (and, as in some SF films, some people have plenty). The same goes
The Times has published a list of the “Ten Best Sci-Fi” films, on the occasion of the release of the new Dune movie. As with most such “list” articles, it seems more designed to generate clicks and comments than seriously critique a genre. After all, who could take seriously
Jonathan Miltimore fee.org Jonathan Miltimore is the Managing Editor of FEE.org. His writing/reporting has been the subject of articles in TIME magazine, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, Forbes, Fox News, and the Star Tribune. Bylines: Newsweek, The Washington Times, MSN.com, The Washington Examiner, The Daily Caller,
Darren Paul Fisher Bond University Darren Paul Fisher is the Assistant Professor, Head of Directing, at the Department of Film, Screen and Creative Media, Bond University. On September 29, Bond’s 25th adventure No Time To Die had its world premiere. All the necessary credentials to signify the franchise’s
Christian Toto newsbusters.org The team behind 2014’s Exodus: Gods and Kings had a funny way of promoting the Biblical epic. Director Ridley Scott compared Moses, played in the movie by Christian Bale, to terrorists. “In today’s world, he’d be pursued by missiles and jets and creamed.
Michael McCaffrey rt.com Michael McCaffrey is a writer and cultural critic who lives in Los Angeles. His work can be read at RT, Counterpunch and at his website mpmacting.com/blog. He is also the host of the popular cinema podcast Looking California and Feeling Minnesota. In wokelandia, girlboss
Michael Kirke mercatornet.com Michael Kirke was born in Ireland. In 1966 he graduated from University College Dublin (History and Politics). In that year he began working on the sub-editorial desk of The Evening Press in Dublin and in 1968 went to the newsroom of the Irish Press group
