Oz the Great and Powerful is being touted as a “prequel” to the beloved and venerable 1939 MGM musical, The Wizard of Oz. As it turns out, it both is and isn’t; and my reactions…
When Disney’s Oz the Great and Powerful hits theaters this weekend, it won’t be the first time the House of Mouse has taken audiences over the rainbow. Almost thirty years ago, Walt Disney Pictures released…
The Land of Oz gets the John Ford treatment in this intriguing and beautiful new series from Big Dog Ink. As Disney hopes to demonstrate in a few weeks with its Oz the Great and…
Reading the first book of the Bible simply kindles my imagination, maybe even more than the last one. This doesn’t mean that I think of Genesis as a book of invented stories of things that…
This is a bit of interesting news. Apparently, actor Ryan Gosling (The Notebook, Half Nelson, Drive, Gangster Squad) will be making his directorial debut in a new film entitled, How to Catch a Monster. The…
J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were both scholars of language and literature, Oxford professors, Christians, and friends. They might both also be considered the original “sci-fi Christians,” since both men used their considerable literary talent…
I hesitate to say I enjoyed The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey even more than I enjoyed John Carter, only because I know that won’t sound like high praise to most moviegoers. But if you read…
What is Geek Grab Bag? It’s a collection of odds and ends found throughout the week from the Internet. Send in your submissions to be featured in future issues of the column to max.pfeffer@yahoo.com The…
Bob Hoskins, the 69-year-old, veteran English character actor best known to fans of fantasy films for his roles in such films as Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988), Hook (1991–he also played Smee in last year’s…
A couple of months back, my wife, Sarah (editor of The Sci Fi Christian), bought me a Kindle Fire for our anniversary. Immediately, I began to research various science fiction and fantasy authors that offered…
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