Category: Editors
Word of the Day: Supercilious
Today’s word of the day, thanks to dictionary.com, is supercilious, an adjective that means “haughtily disdainful or contemptuous, as a person or a facial expression.” According to www.etymonline.com, the word […]
Morality in 3:10 to Yuma
The film, 3:10 to Yuma, is an exceptional work of art of the 1950s, entertaining and engaging in equal measure. The film’s exceptional camera angles and shots reveal an excellent […]
A Journey Into Our Future
The film “2001: A Space Odyssey,” directed by Stanley Kubrick, impressed me with the story and visual effects that were unusual because the movie was produced in 1968. The combination […]
Modern connections to "The Princess Bride"
The Princess Bride, a 1987 fantasy film directed by Rob Reiner, is well known by many, as it elicits a wide variety of reactions, some of which are negative. The […]
Word of the Day: Blarney
Today’s word of the day, courtesy of the website wordgenius.com, is blarney. The noun means, according to the website, “Talk that aims to charm, pleasantly flatter, or persuade” or “Amusing […]
Word of the Day: Garboil
Today’s word of the day, thanks to the Oxford English Dictionary, is garboil. I should warn you up front that www.dictionary.com labels the word, which is a noun meaning “confusion,” […]
Word of the Day: Finagle
Today’s word of the day, thanks to www.dictionary.com, is finagle. It’s a verb meaning “to get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation.” According to www.etymonline.com, the verb means […]
Are Westerns a Dead Genre?
Film genres phase in and out of relevancy. They rise and they fall. One such genre that has dissipated into lesser popularity is westerns. But are westerns dead? Have modern […]
Are Novellas the best source material for adaptations?
It seems like the shorter the source material is, the better adaptations are. “The Maltese Falcon” was a great novella, and for all intents and purposes was a very good […]
A Movie that was better than the source material? But it still sucked!
It Had To Be Murder The short story It Had To Be Murder was a short story published in Dime Detective magazine. You’re probably thinking “a dime? that’s cheap!” You […]
What makes The Maltese Falcon a "Classic"?
The Maltese Falcon. A detective story from 1931 written by Dashiell Hammett. The book is widely regarded as a classic among detective fiction, and the third film adaptation of the […]
Of Other Worlds: A Reflection
It is no secret that I am a fan of science fiction and fantasy stories. For this Advanced Composition class, we were tasked with reading C.S. Lewis’ collection of essays […]