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Our favorite fantasy movies–the land of make-believe
By Elizabeth C. Bunce If there’s one thing these lists demonstrate, it’s that great fantasy stories are enduring. All four of us have named several films that reach deep into the literary and oral...
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First look–Fassbender leads new bloody, big-screen adaptation of Macbeth
Henry V is probably the best of William Shakespeare’s dramas adapted for film, garnering for director and lead actor Kenneth Branagh two Oscar nominations. For the bloodiest of Shakespeare’s plays,...
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The Wrath of Khan 35th Anniversary Interview–Star Trek director/writer...
Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan–a member of that fabled Class of 1982’s “best summer of movies”–turned 35 this year, and to celebrate, the film is returning to theaters as part of the Fathom Events...
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Sherlock, Shakespeare, and Star Trek–An interview with The Wrath of Khan...
We’re back today with the second part of my interview with Nicholas Meyer, director, screenwriter, and storyteller, as we celebrate the 35th anniversary of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and its...
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Sci-fi icon–Original screen-used Robby the Robot from Forbidden Planet to hit...
Robby the Robot. He’s probably the only robot who has his own “Actor” page in the Internet Movie Database. In the history of robots he is probably the most significant and the most game-changing...
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The King–New adaptation of Shakespeare’s Henry V comes to Netflix
Joel Edgerton, best known for his role as Uncle Owen in the Star Wars prequels and co-star of Midnight Special, and David Michôd direct of 2017’s direct-to-Netflix Brad Pitt movie War Machine, have...
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Christmas is Coming!–The Met compiles treasury of traditional Christmas art,...
Review by C.J. Bunce When you think of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, you probably think of the incredible scope of its collection. It houses some of the most famous and rare paintings,...
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Now streaming–Branagh is Shakespeare in worthy biopic, All is True
Review by C.J. Bunce Nothing taken away from the work of actor Joseph Fiennes in the romance-comedy Shakespeare in Love, but in the 2019 biopic All is True, it’s hard to imagine any actor as perfectly...
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Shelter at home with Patrick Stewart with sonnets and Picard series–free
Patrick Stewart is back again to save the day, and he’s doing it in two ways. As Sir Patrick Stewart, he has begun reading sonnets and sharing his readings online. And as one of our favorite...
View ArticleMythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes–Edith Hamilton classic gets a...
Review by C.J. Bunce At some point early in life every kid gets the bug for Greek mythology. Suddenly you want to know how Hercules related to Zeus and you draw Cyclops on everything. But not...
View ArticleClassical Mythology A to Z–An encyclopedic reference of gods, heroes,...
Review by C.J. Bunce Last week here at borg I reviewed the result of classicist Edith Hamilton’s research into the Greek amd Roman myths that became her book, Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and...
View ArticleStation Eleven–The best dystopian sci-fi series streaming
Review by C.J. Bunce Apart from tech noir, dystopian science fiction TV and movies haven’t changed much since A Boy and His Dog and Mad Max. The future is bleak and man becomes monster—in one form or...
View Article“Lost” King Richard III movie arrives in theaters this weekend
We discussed the surprising find of the burial place of King Richard III–the monarch made famous if not immortal by William Shakespeare in his drama–a decade ago here at borg. Back in 2012 an...
View ArticleTopps celebrates American icon Bob Ross in baseball card set–available today...
The world is, and has always been, full of different kinds of artists. Some are artists for a living, some create for practical purposes, others create for aesthetics. Some artists are good, some are...
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