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Nothing is worse than defending your favorite franchise, trying to convince someone about the philosophical underpinnings and subtlety that make it great… only to have a ridiculous aspect, or entire race, thrown right in your face.

As a lifelong fantasy fans, we have devoured dozens of fantasy novels in our time and even written a few as well. Most of them are quite enjoyable, but that

A kiss can be many things: polite, teasing, sexy, comforting… but sometimes, when they show up on the big screen, they’re just plain creepy.

There’s no accounting for taste. Check out seven book rejections that keep publishing company executives awake and crying all night.

It’s not a big mystery as to why there’s a market for how-to books. People want to educate and better themselves, and learn useful skills that will either help them get ahead in life or simply serve to further a fun hobby. However, not all how-to books are created equal. Some are so utterly bizarre that it’s amazing they were ever written in the first place. In some cases, it’s just a strange choi

Box art, like album covers, is a dying breed. Originally hand drawn art reigned supreme but better graphics and digital distribution have all but killed off the awesome and occasionally terrible covers of yesteryear.

Love songs can be incredibly powerful. When you've really nailed it, you speak to something within all of us and it can even bring people to tears. But when you

The most interesting heroes in films are often relatively flawed and make their fair share of mistakes. Much like in real life (where lightsabres and AT-AT’s

Musicians sometimes lead intense and controversial lives, and sometimes this results in unusual deaths. Some are shocking, some are strangely mundane, and

Hollywood, it is commonly said, never has any original ideas. What people probably aren't aware of is that this has been true pretty much since the beginning of