Crime dramas always strike me as struggling on the big screen. It is undoubtedly an opinion arising from my upbringing, but a detective story is often well-suited to the serialised format of TV. The limited running time of a film ...
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The enduring popularity of comic book adaptations at the Box Office is continuing on our televisions. DC has been doing well in the teen market for years. First with Smallville, then Arrow, and this year Arrow is getting a spin-off ...
Read More »Sherlock Holmes and the case of the constant reboot, reinterpretation, and recycle
The public first became acquainted with the detail-oriented, abrasive detective in 1887. We were subjected to his arrogant use of deductive reasoning for four novels and 56 short stories, but that wasn’t enough for the hungry audiences – we wanted ...
Read More »Noir meets Sci-fi: China Miéville’s The City & The City
I have been trying to explore more fantasy and sci-fi writing – expanding my reading horizons. A friend gave me a rather long list of books to try out a while ago and there were certainly some misses on it. ...
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