Favorite Reads 2025
Books that I enjoyed in 2025
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Entering the Wardrobe
Seventy-five years of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe
Reflections on a Visit to Nagasaki
What we have forgotten and what we can still learn
Twenty Years of Disney’s Narnia
A masterwork of fantasy cinema
The Crown of Bullets
Ex-Moonie perspective on the Moonie gun cult
Reflections on Pope Francis
A decent man in an indecent world
Great Games: Mario Kart
Wahoo!
Great Games: Fire Emblem: Awakening
The crowning jewel of the 3DS
Twenty Years of Advent Children
A messy, but impressive experiment in computer animation
2026 NRR Nominees: Dan Carlin and Wicked
From World War I to the Wizard of Oz
Favorite Films 2024
2024 saw the return of many great franchises and a few new surprises
Favorite Short Stories 2024
The best tales of 2024
2025 NFR Nominee: The Man Who Laughs (1928)
A gothic film of discrimination and lust that still carries power
The Resurrection of Donald Trump
Many are to blame for Mango Mussolini’s return
Favorite Reads 2024
Books that I enjoyed in 2024
Great Games: The Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask
One of Zelda’s more bizarre, but imaginative entries
President Kamala
The choice this November is clear
Forever Against Trump
Here we go again
2025 NRR Nominees: Guns N’ Roses, Yung Bae, and Celine Dion
Other nominees include Basil Poledouris, Saturday morning cartoons, David Sedaris, and Nobuo Uematsu
What Yasuke Deserves
How a video game sparked a historical controversy
Is This Peace?
Reflections on a visit to Hiroshima
Favorite Films 2023
2023 was a good year for cinema
Solidarity With Israelis and Palestinians
Both peoples deserve to live in freedom, safety, and dignity
2024 NFR Nominee: The Prince of Egypt (1998)
America’s greatest animated biblical epic