Author: James

Lee Mendelson wanted to spare Charlie Brown a bit of trouble. The CBS executive, overseeing director Bill Melendez’s efforts to animate Charles Schulz’s new Halloween special, bristled at Melendez’s suggestion that three voiceless neighbors hand the trick-or-treating character a rock.

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Before Steven Spielberg made Jawsthe first of the summer blockbusters, Peter Benchley wrote a novel about a small resort town with some very big problems. Adultery, organized crime, crooked real estate deals, and a mayor who’d sell out just about anyone to keep the tourists spending money. Oh, and there was a giant shark eating…

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In 2023, artist Alice Bucknell released The Alluvials, avideo workfilled with wolves, moths, and sediment that looks at a version of Los Angeles in the near future. In thisCalifornia city, the sand that had once been characteristic of its beaches has taken over downtown, effectively turning the sprawl of highways and skyscrapers into a desert…

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What is the best Stephen King adaptationever made? There are well over 100 film and TV adaptations of the horror author’s stories out there, with more being made each year. This October saw the release of Mike Flanagan’s Carrie, a story that by itself has been adapted multiple times for film, TV and even stage.

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Can you believe October is over already? I know I can’t. With October just about in the rearview mirror and the final weekend happening over Halloween, plenty of people are probably planning their Elizabeth Holmes-inspired get-ups or figuring out how to perfectly drape some old sheets to approximate the period costumes from “The Odyssey.” If you’re a…

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What do Witchbrook, a spellbinding witch life sim, Tenjutsu, a gritty combat roguelike, and Kitsune: The Journey of Adashino, a fox girl’s mysterious adventure, all have in common? They’re prime examples of the boundless creativity on display in today’s Indie World Showcase. The presentation spotlighted a diverse lineup of games coming to Nintendo Switch 2…

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