Christopher Robin: A Movie Review
Well, someone spent a good half of this movie in a puddle of salt water, but it definitely wasn’t me. C’mon . . . who am I kidding. Of course it was me. I DID…
Category: Literary & Media Analysis
Star Trek: The Next Generation – 30 Years Later (Part 2)
Cast: Patrick Stewart (Captain Jean-Luc Picard), Jonathan Frakes (Commander William T. Riker), Brent Spiner (Lt. Commander Data), Levar Burton (Lieutenant Geordi LaForge), Gates McFadden (Dr. Beverly Crusher), Marina Sirtis (Counselor Deanna Troi), Michael Dorn (Lieutenant…
Frightfully Fun: An Assortment of Classic Halloween Movies
Costume and candy commercials are dancing across our TV screens once again, so that must mean Halloween isn’t too far behind. Now one of the fun parts about Halloween (apart from being another excuse to…
Something of Time: A Personal Look at ‘Nightnoise’
The crooked road that leads from the historic First Coast of Northeast Florida to the ivied walls of a prestigious liberal arts college in Connecticut is broken enough, without Celtic music in the background. But…
Seven Wild Sisters: Celtic Faeries on American Soil
Sing to the pretty girl Take her by the hand, Else, she’ll go With the Apple Tree Man! Singing, pour me a cider, Like I never had me one, Pour me a cider, Give everybody…
The Isengard Triangle: Part Two
This article was originally a part of my thesis which discussed Tolkien’s depiction of ingenuine friendship, along with what became the article Boromir the misunderstood hero. In this installment I focus on the relationship between…
Book Review: Stardust
Are you into fantasy creatures and unknown realms? Do you love a good romance? Well then this book is most certainly for you. Stardust, by Neil Gaiman, is a sweet, mystical journey throughout the fictional…
The Isengard Triangle: Part One
This article was originally a part of my thesis which discussed Tolkien’s depiction of ingenuine friendship, along with what became the article Boromir the misunderstood hero. In this installment I focus on the relationship between…
The Lord of the Rings: A Traditional Catholic View
Mr. Paul Edwin Zimmer, of Greyhaven, remarked to me once that most analysis of the work of J.R.R. Tolkien was undertaken from the Evangelical Protestant or from the Anglican point of view. As Tolkien himself…
Tolkien’s Christianity: Not Incidental, but Central
Over the past fifteen years, an immense number of books dealing with J.R.R. Tolkien have appeared on the bookshelves. No doubt Peter Jackson’s movies has provided some rather mighty advertising for the former Oxford don. Sadly,…