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The 10 Best Witches & Wizards in Pop Culture

While magic only makes rare appearances in HBO’s new series Game of Thrones, it’s only the latest crossover of the fantasy world into the mainstream. With the last installment of Harry Potter just around the corner, we thought we’d look at some of the most beloved witches and wizards in pop culture....  read more

The 20 Creepiest Kids' Movies of All Time

What with all the Dark Crystal sequel news that’s been flying around lately, I’ve been thinking about the original, and the slew of dark children’s movies from the ‘70s and ’80s. The opposite of brightly-colored, pop-culture-referencing Pixar flicks, films like The Secret of Nimh, The Last Unicorn and Watership Down were violent, dystopic and set in dense forests populated by bizarre creatures. Like the fairy tales from which some of them were drawn, these movies were not safe places to lose yourself. However, many of these films were feats of artistic prowess. Here is a look at 20 of the...  read more

Avatar Review

Never before have so many cynics wanted to hate a movie, and never have they been so thoroughly thwarted, as with James Cameron’s Avatar. I had more than my share of doubts going into the screening. While Titanic was not without its merits, it hardly left me waiting with baited breath for the next Cameron epic. The years of promises about a groundbreaking movie were tiresome. Surely he had “King of the World” syndrome, a megalomania that pushed him to pursue record-breaking budgets as an end to themselves. Then, the Avatar trailer was released. I joined most of the movie-going...  read more

The Booky Man: Holiday Ends and Odds

Consider this Booky Man column a stocking stuffer. We’ve got a couple of bookish subjects to cover that don’t neatly fit into a single category. Here goes....  read more

The Wizard of Oz Returns to Theaters in Hi-Def

Unless you have a truly crippling fear of witches, you've most likely seen The Wizard of Oz. But not like this. On Sept. 23, the flick's 70th anniversary will be celebrated in theaters across the country with a one-night-only screening in—you guessed it—high-definition picture. ...  read more