‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Discussion: Theories, Predictions & Expectations
The anticipation for a film might never have been as high as it is for The Dark Knight Rises hitting theaters tomorrow at midnight (or tonight, depending on your interpretation). If you plan to see it,...
View ArticleBatman Shouldn’t Exist: How the Greatest, Most Awesome Detective...
Despite rabid fanboys trolling the editor-in-chief at Rotten Tomatoes into disabling comments on the site and issuing a “come at me bro” statement defending critics’ rights to um, think, early reviews...
View ArticleI Love You, Now Change: Eight Film Adaptations Done Right
Developing into one of the biggest disappointments in the last 15 years, Hollywood has seen a massive backlash in public favor for repeatedly recycling stories and iconic fiction. In this brief period,...
View ArticleThe Golden Age of Batman: A Comic Scholar’s Top 5 Batman Picks
The following article was generously contributed to CT magazine by comic-book scholar Corey Creekmur. Although I’d call myself a lifelong Batman fan, I can’t claim the investment of either Will Brooker...
View ArticleBanned Books: ‘The Perks of Being a Wallflower’: ‘Just tell me how to be...
“The trouble with free speech is that it insists on living up to its name.” – Jonathan Yardley “He’s a wallflower. . . . You see things. You keep quiet about them. And you understand.“ - Stephen...
View Article‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’– Book vs Film Discussion
THERE ARE SPOILERS IN THIS DISCUSSION, OBVIOUSLY. Opening weekend on The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey has come and gone. Many of us at CT saw it and had different opinions. But, Mike Mierendorf and...
View Article‘Days of Blood and Starlight’ Review: Refreshing the Pool of Young Adult Fiction
Laini Taylor’s fresh take on good versus evil, intertwined with a classic Romeo and Juliet theme, is both unique and elegantly crafted. In a decade of young adult fiction crowded with vampires and...
View Article‘Moneywood’ Review: Insults, Name-Dropping and Not Much Else
Moneywood is the latest book from author William Stadiem. The non-fiction tome has a great premise – to look at the Hollywood excess and players of the 1980′s. The concept is intriguing and exciting...
View Article‘The Prey’ Review: The Appropriately Dark Middle Story of a Trilogy
Andrew Fukuda’s sequel to The Hunt is really a lot of fun—well, a dark sort of fun. The Prey, picks up right where The Hunt left off, with Gene, Sissy and the gang on the run from the vampires....
View ArticleLearn Something Today –‘From the Panel to the Frame: Style and Scott Pilgrim’
Our own Chief Film Critic, Dr. Drew Morton, does more than review films for Cultural Transmogrifier. Drew also teaches the young minds at University of Texas A&M – Texarkana. His most recent visual...
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