I cannot recommend enough, "The Casebook of Victor Frankenstein," by Peter Akroyd. It is absolutely wonderful.
Go out now and pick it up, then tell me what you think.
Actually, religion is OK. It just often goes astray.
As for this thread, I'm trying to figure out why it belongs here at all? There is no Golden Era tie-in, no issue relevant to a broad swath of members.
[huh]
I am getting sucked into the 19th Century as well as a result of the media I have been consuming lately: Brandreth's mysteries with Oscar Wilde as the detective, "The Last Dickens" by Matthew Pearl, "Return to Crawford" on Masterpiece Classics, and yes, the new Sherlock Holmes, whose costumes I...
John Lennon's glasses were supplied by the National Health system. They were government freebies. I think he wore them to be a man of the people. Perhaps he wore them ironically. Perhaps he liked them. Luckily for him, they fit his face perfectly.
This is an almost impossible question to answer. As soon as I commit to one, I think of another whose work has moved. I truly love Thomas Eakins. "The Gross Clinic" has always been a favorite. And being from Philadelphia...
Then, I think of the breadth of John Singer Sargent's work. His...
an opinion may be argued. Anything may be argued. A subjective thing often inspires more passion and latitude from which an argument is to be drawn, which is what makes film criticism that much more fun to begin with.
I'm nit sure whether that is the true test of this film or any film. Are...
You cannot argue someone's opinion. Everyone is the foremost authority on their own opinions and they are as much entitled to theirs as I am to mine. Some people are better at supporting their opinions than others. Some people attack a film without supporting their points and they are well...
The planet's name was Pandora.
I saw this film yesterday and was once again pleasantly surprised. I am so often disappointed, but have been on a bit of a roll with big Hollywood films as of late.
This film is wonderful and not just because of special effects, which are dazzling and almost so...
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