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• “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, a... Read more

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

• I Will Miss Christopher Hitchens

  

  By Andrew Golledge, Antiscribe.comI do not believe in God. This is partially due to the manner in which my parents raised me. Although my father identifies as... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2011 CURRENT, SELF EXPRESSION, SPIRITUALITY

• Sherlock Holmes: His Best and Worst – The Antiscribe Overview

  

  By Jonathan Morris, Antiscribe.com With the sequel Sherlock Holmes: Game of Shadows being released on December 16, I thought I would take an always welcome... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• On Sherlock Holmes

  

  (Author’s note: This was written about two years ago as a sample blog that I never took past my Facebook page; I always thought it was pretty good, though, and... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2011 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• I Am The Bat: One Fan’s Pilgrimage to Arkham City

  

  For me, Batman began with Adam West.  As an aggressively physical boy of eight, each half hour installment of that venerated 60’s TV show was a smack dose of al... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Animation and Simulacrum in “Batman: Year One” – The Antiscribe Analyzes

  

  Even before the release of the original Batman: Year One almost twenty-five years ago, there were probably few origins in popular culture better known than the... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT

• Introduction to the Antiscribe.com #OWS Project

  

  Recently, on our trip down to Philadelphia for an academic conference, my good friend and respected (if decidedly rakish) colleague Andrew Golledge and I visite... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• #OWS for Vendetta: Viewing Occupy Wall Street Through “V for Vendetta”

  

  “The truth is: there’s something terribly wrong in this country, isn’t there?” Early last month, my friend and colleague Andrew Golledge and I took a trip down... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• Radical Failure: A Transmetropolitan View of Occupy Wall Street

  

  A drum circle ... great.It’s not difficult for me to remember my first impression of Occupy Wall Street. Like many a New Yorker, mine was one of curiosity and... Read more

  Posted on 02 December 2011 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• “The Descendants” – The Antiscribe Appraisal

  

  As I left the theater after viewing The Descendants, one thing became obvious while overhearing the other patrons’ after-show assessments: the movie they just... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• Martin Scorsese’s “Hugo”

  

  Near the beginning of the film Hugo, there progresses an elongated tracking shot that follows the title character, a young orphaned boy of eleven, as he rushes... Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• “Super 8″ – The Antiscribe Appraisal

  

  Nearly six months ago, in one of the first pieces I posted on this site, I wrote an essay discussing the film Super 8 and my impression of its marketing. Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• “The Muppets” – The Antiscribe Appraisal

  

  I cannot tell a lie; writing this appraisal of the new movie The Muppets means that I must compensate for a certain amount of bias. You see, I love the... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• Sports of the People, Opiates of the Masses – The Antiscribe Analyzes

  

  An image from the Penn State riots, November 9, 2011 (Getty Images)In one of his works, A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right, Karl... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• On New York Comic Con and a State of the Site Address – The Antiscribe Attends

  

  Batman watches over New York Comic Con (from a banner advertising Batman: Arkham City).First off, I apologise for what grew into an extended hiatus from this... Read more

  Posted on 09 November 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• Preview of New York Comic Con – The Antiscribe Attends

  

  Over the next few days, I’ll be attending the annual New York Comic Con at the Jacob Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan in a press capacity (representing this... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• DC Animated Original Movies: An Overview – The Antiscribe Appraisal

  

  IntroductionOn Tuesday, October 18, 2011, the much-anticipated animated adaptation of Batman: Year One, the latest DC Comics film produced by Warner Bros.... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• “Real Steel” – The Antiscribe Appraisal

  

  What do you do when you have a still functional film genre based around a sport whose appeal and popularity have fallen off pretty dramatically over the last... Read more

  Posted on 12 October 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• “Moneyball” – The Antiscribe Appraisal

  

  For the record, I was born a Yankees fan. I was raised a Yankees fan. I live life as a Yankees fan. And when I die, I’ll die a Yankees fan (I cheated on them a... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY

• “The Conspirator” – The Antiscribe Analyzes

  

  One of the things I love in reading and studying history is that it is usually both informative and unbiased. While there are certainly polemical perspectives o... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2011 CURRENT, ENTERTAINMENT, SOCIETY