Understanding the Plot Structure of Game of Thrones
Many spoilers ahead. You’ve been warned. When I first saw the Game of Thrones’ Season One finale I was shocked. They’d just killed off a major character. To me it seemed like they just killed off THE major character. They killed off someone who was on all the posters, someone front and center to their
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Prime Suspect: Some of the Best Character Writing on TV
I just watched the pilot for the new TV show Prime Suspect and it’s got some of the best character writing I’ve seen on the tube in some time. A quick scan of the reviews out there focus on the high level of sexism she faces, which one reviewer characterizes as almost cartoonish. Either that
Team iLuminate and Eleven Year Old Singing Sensation Anna Graceman – America’s Got Talent
America’s Got Talent always brings together some fantastic and unexpectedly wonderful acts, along with some total horrors. This year there are at least two acts that deserve to win right now. The first combines dance, computers and laser light shows into incredibly unique performances. The second is eleven year old singing sensation Anna Graceman, who
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Death Note Review
If you’ve never heard of Death Note, you don’t watch much Anime. If you’re a writer, you missed out on some of the most taught and vibrant story telling in the last decade. In a short time, Anime has come from giant robots and ultra-violence to a place where it must be considered as art
Wolverine and the X-Men
Wolverine and the X-Men may be the best American animation ever done. Then again, I’ve got a soft spot for this storyline. My first issue of the X-Men, picked up in a magazine shop when I was a kid, just happened to start with the Marauders and the Mutant Massacre. I remember Marauders, the rise
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