I wonder if Lee Cronin ever wanted or intended to make a mummy movie? I don't know how it works in Hollywood, but I know in publishing creators don't have the last word on some very basic elements of the publication of their work. For example, authors may not have control over the title of their book, be it fiction or academic or otherwise; I didn't get to title my own book, for example, and Profs and Pints establishes the titles of my public lectures according to their own goals. These...

This movie could have been so good . Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale are phenomenal as The Bride and Frankie, in a compelling and complicated story of companionship. They - especially Frank - are flawed. They make mistakes. Frank is deceitful and, yes, sexist, but he processes and listens and grows. The film lashes out at sexual assault and violence against women, and provides a fantasy of empowerment with the power to inspire. The costumes and makeup design are gorgeous, and the pacing is...

After being emotionally abused by her narcissistic father, and manipulated by his spoiled and naively "idealist" friend, a developmentally-challenged young teenager accidentally kills herself. Shakespeare Theatre Comany Artistic Director, and play director Simon Godwin, says "The play is also quite funny...!" Some things are "quite funny." How little Godwin seems to understand his material is quite funny. That Nick Westrate is even worse in Wild Duck than he was in Frankenstein is quite...