Favorite Films 2025
K-pop demon stars, Chainsaw Sharknado, and a vampire musical
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Favorite Short Stories 2025
Best new tales of 2025
Iranian Freedom Is Just, This War Is Not
Every American must oppose this war of aggression against Iran. U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have embarked on a criminal enterprise, the likes of which may reach the horrors of Iraq. These madmen are drunk on war and unless they are stopped, they will
Mother of Peace?
The sordid legacy of Unification Church leader Hak Ja Han
2026 NFR Nominees: Robocop (1987) and Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993)
An action-packed satire of 80's America and an action-packed immigrant story
Favorite Reads 2025
Books that I enjoyed in 2025
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