‘Now You See Me’: An Unconvincing Con Job
Magic is compelling when it actually amazes, accomplishing the difficult feat of freeing its viewers from disbelief and letting them …
Michael Caine: ‘I Spent My Life Doing Something That I Love’
Over the course of his career, Michael Caine has played big parts and small parts, all of them memorable. His …
‘Before Midnight,’ Love Darkens And Deepens
In the 1995 Richard Linklater film, Before Sunrise, a young American man named Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and a young Frenchwoman …
Will, Jaden Smith In Space, Without Fun
A disastrous father-son endeavor about a calamitous father-son expedition, After Earth doesn’t play to the strengths of any of its …
Cartoonist Lynda Barry Helps College Students Tap Innate Creativity
Like most of her work, cartoonist Lynda Barry’s class at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, is unorthodox. “No artistic talent …
My Favorite Superman Story: When Jimmy Olsen Created Beatlemania
Hey, Monkey See readers. It’s me, your old pal Glen. Look, I know you haven’t seen me around these parts …
Yes, Your Cat Can Get A Movie Deal
“Mr. Lashes, 34 years old, is an agent for Internet cats.” That’s a quote from The Wall Street Journal in …
Coming Of Age Amid Upheaval In ‘We Need New Names’
In 2011, NoViolet Bulawayo was awarded the Caine Prize for African Writing for her short story “Hitting Budapest.” In this …
Moments Of Truth: 6 Memoirs Written With Heart
Summer vacations are where we do some of our most serious thinking — whether we’re sitting by the ocean, cradled …
Book News: Sci-Fi Author Jack Vance Dies At 96
The daily lowdown on books, publishing, and the occasional author behaving badly. Science fiction and fantasy author Jack Vance died …
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