Tuesday, August 23 2011
‘The Magician King’: Harry Potter, Quentin Ain’t
Lev Grossman crafts an exciting homage, but a profoundly unlikable protagonist stands in its way.
Wednesday, August 17 2011
‘Ghost Story’: Harry Dresden Is a Detective, a Magician, a Ghost
In life and death, in any examination of the past, there is regret; for loss, for suffering, for pain and failure. Here, Harry Dresden comes to terms with why he is who and what he is.
Tuesday, March 18 2008
Broomsticks for Boomsticks
Banana Pepper Martinis is L.B. Jeffries' weekly in-depth look at video gaming. This week, a study of the role of magic in games.
Wednesday, January 23 2008
Slipped Discs 2007
PopMatters' annual tradition of offering up its Slipped Discs picks continues with the biggest installment to date. These are the albums our writers just loved, but missed our enormous top 60 albums list late last year.
Monday, January 21 2008
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (A Eulogy for the E Street Sound)
When it comes to his work with the E Street Band, Springsteen seems to have tempered or even jettisoned other songwriting trademarks, such as the sense of place that informed so many of his songs.
Monday, October 1 2007
Bruce Springsteen: Magic
With his mates, the E Street Band, Springsteen remarkably captures some of that old elusive lightning while teaching us about the ties that bind all over again.
Wednesday, April 7 2004
Top Spin
Unlike other sports games and America's sports pages, Top Spin doesn't completely erase women from its sports world. Yet their presence is to fulfill male fantasies as sexualized commodities.
