Comment on this story Comment In his seminal study of the science fiction genre, “In Search of Wonder,” the critic Damon Knight remarks upon the complexity and richness of Charles Harness’s “Flight Into Yesterday”: “Harness told me that he had spent two years writing the story, and had put into it every fictional idea that…
Comment on this story Comment What Arthur Conan Doyle’s adventures of Sherlock Holmes are to the detective story, M.R. James’s tales of revenants and demons are to supernatural fiction. They remain the gold standard, the blue-chip stocks, the flowering perennials amid each spring’s evanescent annuals. Even though mystery and short horror tales have evolved significantly…
In the 1980s, the Hated pushed hardcore punk to its emotional limits — and may have helped invent emo along the way. Decades later, the band’s legacy feels as singular as its sound. January 27, 2023 at 8:00 a.m. EST ABOVE: Legendary Annapolis punk band the Hated reunited on stage in January. Daniel Littleton (center),…
‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ dethrones ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ on global box office Avatar: The Way of Water continues to make waves across the world. The James Cameron directorial sequel to 2009s Avatar has shattered all the box office records after surpassing the $2 billion mark globally. The film has now dethroned Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity…
Comment on this story Comment BMF (Starz at 8) Terry takes over command of the struggling BMF with Meech fresh out of the hospital and still bleeding out. RuPaul’s Drag Race (MTV at 8) Janelle Monáe guest-judges as the queens transform home decor into haute couture. Next at the Kennedy Center (PBS at 9) The…
Police officials escort the arrested leader of opposition Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, Fawad Chaudhry (C) to present him before a court in Lahore on January 25, 2023. — AFP Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Senior Vice President Fawad Chaudhry Friday was produced before a district and sessions court in Islamabad on Friday after the completion of two-day…
Actor Jeremy Renner was run over by a snowplow on New Year’s Day in the Reno, Nevada, area while trying to divert the vehicle as it headed towards his nephew, according to a sheriff’s report obtained Thursday. Renner was seriously injured in the accident. The 52-year-old Renner and his adult nephew, Alexander Fries, were trying…
More movie theaters this weekend will be showing “The Fablemans,” “Tar” and “Women Talking,” a move to capitalize on the films’ Oscar nominations at a time when dramas are struggling to draw people to cinemas. After moviegoing plunged during the pandemic, audiences have returned in droves to action-packed blockbusters such as “Top Gun: Maverick” and…
Randy Gonzalez, the father of the popular TikTok duo Enkyboys, has died of colon cancer at the age of 35, his brother, David Gonzalez, told CBS News on Thursday. David Gonzalez told CBS News that his brother was put in hospice care last week and that he died Wednesday. TMZ first reported the death of Randy Gonzalez. …
Comment on this story Comment It is, quite literally, two performances rolled into one. Onto the stage they tumble — four arms, four legs, two torsos, two heads — to embody a single character: Caliban, the vengeance-seeking denizen of Prospero’s magic isle in “The Tempest.” In the hit production of Shakespeare’s lyrical masterwork at Bethesda’s…