It is possible that First Reformed, Paul Schrader's latest, and likely final, effort as a writer/director in film, represents the art form's great achievement in the use of allusion to create...
During the scene in Ready Player One where Steven Spielberg leads his merry band of Goonies knock-off, ethnically diverse, video game addicts through The Overlook Hotel, I was doubled over in my seat...
Steven R. Boyett and Ken Mitchroney's novel Fata Morgana is a fascinating piece of science fiction that makes you feel like you're watching a terrific old war movie combined with an episode of the...
Trends in Young Adult novels these past few years—perhaps since Harry Potter—have had a particular theme: resisting oppression. The oppression comes in many different forms, usually with a...
(Disclaimer -- Both the author and the cover designer are co-workers of mine here at PhantomSway. They are also my friends, though I may later have difficulty looking KJ directly in the eye when I...
“I can tell you something about this place. The boys around here call it "The Black Lagoon"; a paradise. Only they say nobody has ever come back to prove it.” Fort Lauderdale, Florida in the...
The Ugly Kings Of Sins The hardscrabble geography of Australia is not for the faint of heart. On one side you have seas filled with swimming Cadillac’s with razors for teeth, the other is barren...
If we thought we were getting a cohesive mini series with a continuous plot, we appear to have thought wrong. Not complaining, just observing. This seems to be an entire season of Monster of the Week...
There will be spoilers, so, you know, make your choice now. We good? Ok. This first episode back to the paranoid, cell phone driven sci-fi drama XFiles on Fox is exactly what we probably expected:...
I recently sat down with Mike Baron, a long time veteran of the comic book world and an accomplished novelist. He has authored several adaptations of some of your favorite mainstream heroes and...
