
Ray Bradbury: an American imagination
If ever there were a talent worthy of high regard, this gentle cauldron of imagination seems a figure that ought to be regarded as a national treasure.

“Chernobyl Diaries” are best left unread
"Chernobyl Diaries" seems to casually abuse the real-life story behind the abandoned city of Pripiat for the sake of a few scares.

X-Men presents comics’ first interracial gay wedding
Astonishing X-Men #50, which hit shelves May 23, was the issue in which Northstar proposed to his boyfriend.

"Avengers" assembles best elements of its genre
Avengers took the humor-tinged mech-action of Iron Man, the Shakespearean epicness of Thor, and threw in a little political correctness for good measure. This is how you do a superhero film.

Summer films: The good, the bad, the wild cards
This summer will offer the usual assortment of comic book blockbusters, sci-fi, obscene comedies, reboots, remakes, sequels, and prequels.

“Cabin in the Woods” is full of surprises
The Cabin in the Woods takes the overdone slasher flick formula, tears it down, and builds it back up.

“The Walking Dead” is more alive than ever
When it comes to television, adaptations of graphic novels are risky business. When AMC picked up "The Walking Dead," however, it was a risk worth taking.

Cameron went to the bottom of the ocean. So what?
James Cameron made a historic solo dive in his Deepsea Challenger to the Mariana Trench.

"Levitated Mass": Art or environmental crime?
The sheer grandiosity of the project - the nightly slow motion parade through 22 cities, the $10-to-$20 million price tag - provoked new conversations about the validity of Earth Art,

Big East, other conferences negatively affected by realignment
The landscape of collegiate athletics is changing, and nearly every school that participates in one of the six major conferences is being affected.

