Cinema: Doctor Strangelove at 50

Cinema: Doctor Strangelove at 50 By Ryder W. Miller   Hearkening back to the “Good o’le Days”, a time when people were less crass and maybe more innocent and maybe more naïve, Dr. Strangelove, Or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb, reminds us...

Cinema: Dystopias r’ Us

Cinema: Dystopias r’ Us By Ryder W. Miller   It sure seems like there are a lot of angry and rebellious youngsters on the big screen these day. These films seem to be popping up which are from best sellers that you might never have heard of before. They are fun...
Nature’s Nether Regions: What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds, and Beasts Tell Us About Evolution, Biodiversity, and Ourselves by Menno Schilthuizen

Nature’s Nether Regions: What the Sex Lives of Bugs, Birds, and Beasts Tell Us About Evolution, Biodiversity, and Ourselves by Menno Schilthuizen

Nature’s Nether Regions from Professor Menno Schilthuizen is a strange exploration of the sex lives of (mostly) insects and spiders. Sex is a subject that fascinates him like many others, but this book is not for young audiences. He does keep from using slang, and has...
Reel Change: The Changing Nature of Hollywood, Hollywood Movies, and the People Who Go To See Them by Bill Mesce, Jr.

Reel Change: The Changing Nature of Hollywood, Hollywood Movies, and the People Who Go To See Them by Bill Mesce, Jr.

Reel Change by Bill Mesce, Jr. is a fascinating book from which a serious fan of film or film criticism will be challenged not to learn something new. The book covers the last 60 years of filmography by collecting the author’s blog posts, which have a personal ring to...