Dan Pearson

You might not recognise the name John Swartzwelder, but you’ll almost certainly recognise his work. For more than a decade, Swartzwelder worked as a writer on The Simpsons and penned some of the show’s most iconi […]

Movie Monday: Film Recommendations By Our Contributors

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m an old man trapped in a 21-year old’s body—and my taste in movies reflects this to a startling degree. I can tell yo […]

Mulholland Drive was not the first time viewers were treated to a tour of the deepest, darkest corners of David Lynch’s imagination. In 1977’s Eraserhead, his debut as a filmmaker, Lynch showcased his abili […]

Howard Phillips Lovecraft never lived to see his name cemented among the literary giants of the twentieth century. 

Dead of cancer before his 47th birthday, his existence was so obscure that even his e […]

As of 1st January 2021, the U.S. copyright has expired on a myriad of novels, films, and songs that were produced in 1925, allowing anyone to use them free of charge and setting the stage for potential new […]

Michael Caine, Kermit the Frog and a talking rat walk into a Dickensian novel.
It sounds a little like a drug-induced hallucination, but no – The Muppet Christmas Carol is a film that genuinely exists, and it i […]