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• A Christmas Carol – The Antiscribe Overview

  

  IntroductionFew works in the history of popular culture have had as much pronounced effect as Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, first published in 1843. Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2013 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• From Arkham to Aurora: Thoughts on the “Batman” Massacre

  

  By Jonathan J. Morris, Antiscribe.comOver the last week I’ve been striving, with significant difficulty, to write a review, essay, analysis, what-have-you, of... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• The Best and Worst of Batman

  

  By Jonathan Morris, Antiscribe.com (Note: I had planned to have this up last week, but after learning about the terrible events in Colorado, I though it best... Read more

  Posted on 25 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO

• Batman Animated: The Best and Worst

  

  Introduction Well, you just knew this was coming, right? So yes, thanks to our ever more crowded summer movie season, it’s already time again for another... Read more

  Posted on 15 July 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• “The Amazing Spider-Man” – The Antiscribe Appraisal

  

  While undeniably the least anticipated of this summer’s trio of big-time, tent-pole superhero movies, The Amazing Spider-Man, beyond any discussions about its... Read more

  Posted on 08 July 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Best and Worst of Spiderman

  

  By Jonathan J. Morris, Antiscribe.com Introduction With the coming July 4 holiday bringing the anticipated (though not by everybody) reboot of the Spider-Man... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2012 COMIC BOOKS, CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY, TV & VIDEO

• Frankenstein: The Best and Worst – The Antiscribe Overview

  

  “Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay To mould me Man, did I solicit thee From darkness to promote me?” -John Milton, Paradise Lost By Jonathan Morris,... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Misanthropic Holmes: “House” and “Sherlock”

  

  “”It’s a basic truth of the human condition that everybody lies. The only variable is about what. The weird thing about telling someone they’re dying is it tend... Read more

  Posted on 21 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT

• Reconciling Lena Dunham’s GIRLS, for Both Critics and Fans

  

  After a nearly interminable amount of hype leading up to the premiere of HBO’s new sitcom, Girls, including various pieces in New Yorker, Time Out, Rolling Ston... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• MARVEL’S THE AVENGERS – The Antiscribe Analysis

  

  By Jonathan Morris, Antiscribe.comThis past Saturday, thanks to a former classmate’s random act of kindness, I was granted the opportunity to see the... Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• A Desperate Nostalgia: Hollywood, the 2012 Oscars, and the Way We Watch Movies...

  

  By Jonathan Morris, Antiscribe.com It has now been about three weeks since the 2012 Academy Awards telecast aka “the Oscars,” aired.  Generally speaking, the... Read more

  Posted on 19 March 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• The (Broken) Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (aka Män Som Älskar Brutet Flickor)

  

  "The World's Coolest Heroine"By Jonathan J. Morris, Antiscribe.comReleased about two months ago into the crowded glut of holiday awards season, David Fincher’s... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2012 BOOKS, ENTERTAINMENT, LGBTQ, MOVIES, SEXUALITY, SOCIETY

• The Academy Award Nominees for Best Picture of 2011

  

  Which movies made the cut and who has the best bet to win Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, SOCIETY

• The Antiscribe on Abortion

  (Hi! Sorry for the unintended hiatus…no drama involved this time, I’ve just been annoyingly swamped with stuff, leaving me little to no time for personal... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• New York City’s Cinema Sex: An Exploration of SHAME and the SHORTBUS

  

  In Steve McQueen’s Shame we see a moment play out that we’ve seen in many films before it: the protagonist hitting rock bottom. Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• “The Adventures of Tintin” – The Antiscribe Appraisal

  

  By Jonathan Morris, Antiscribe.comAs a scholar who is always interested in popular culture, and especially the ways in which it can be interpreted and... Read more

  Posted on 03 January 2012 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• “Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows” – The Antiscribe Appraisal

  

  By Jonathan Morris, Antiscribe.comWhen I went to see Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows at my local theater recently I found myself quite irritated as I gazed u... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• The Doctor Who Christmas Special 2011: “The Doctor, the Widow, and the...

  

  By Jonathan Morris, Antiscribe.comWell, now that we’ve put to bed another Christmas holiday, it’s important to look back on things that are most important:... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• My Favorite Christmas Story of the Year

  

  By Jonathan Morris, Antiscribe.comI have to be honest; I’m just not a huge fan of Christmas anymore. Sure, I know, there are a lot of people like me who decide... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” – The Antiscribe Appraisal

  

  By Jonathan Morris, Antiscribe.com “A plague on both your houses! ‘Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat, to scratch a man to death! A braggart, a rogue,... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, LIFESTYLE, SOCIETY