Singapore’s Harry Potter: Visions of Magic dives into the world of the Daniel Radcliffe movies. With controversy surrounding the pending HBO remakes, fans should enjoy the nostalgia while the magic remains. By Lee Russell Wilkes I can’t shake noticing Harry Potter got into Hogwarts solely because of who his parents were. If the exclusive schoolContinue reading “Jumping aboard Singapore’s Knight Bus”
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Revisiting Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom
John Carter reminds us how to deal with death cults. By Lee Russell Wilkes Edgar Rice Burroughs’ pulp fantasy John Carter series influenced everything from Crabbe’s Flash Gordon to Cameron’s Avatar and Herbert’s Dune – every chapter reveals a new world of wonder, kept moving with unending shameless cliffhangers. The story is told in aContinue reading “Revisiting Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Barsoom”
Still a Big Wednesday?
I hate surfers. Loathe them. Meritless conformists uniforming themselves in Rip Curl branding and braided hair, group-thinking themselves counterculture icons. If the Nordsee had been warmer in the 1930s, surfing would have been the Reich’s chosen sport. You can imagine my scepticism when approaching John Milius’s celebrated surfer movie ‘Big Wednesday’ (1978). Yet, I can’tContinue reading “Still a Big Wednesday?”
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