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Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell is an absolute masterpiece and the best fantasy novel of the 21st century.
January 14, 2026 at 7:52 AM
He murders a 7-year-old, frames a young woman for the murder, causing her to be executed, then goes on to murder two more people. Not very humane. Stop getting your literary criticism from Tumblr posts.
December 23, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Del Toro's perhaps. Certainly not Shelley's.
December 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I'm convinced Dano passed on what became Austin Butler's role in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. That's about the only reason that comparison could have even occurred to him. They're not even close to the same age and no one has ever compared them before because there's no (other) reason to.
December 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Honestly? Oliver Twist deserves a more authentically Dickensian and less uneven adaptation.

This doesn't really count, but Howl's Moving Castle is a funny, raucous novel, and would make a terrific musical, but the association with the dour Miyazaki film makes that impossible.
December 4, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Christopher Hampton's Alice's Adventures Underground is the closest to a satisfying adaptation, for my taste. A bit pretentious, but that's probably why I like it.
December 4, 2025 at 5:04 AM
It should have been 6, although 2001 was an unbelievable banger of a year for new plays on Broadway.
November 30, 2025 at 5:20 AM
Also LBJ.
November 24, 2025 at 12:51 AM
In huge part, he did choose Vance for that very reason on the recommendation of his coked-out son. It turned out to be completely wrong, but that's absolutely how Vance was sold to him.
November 22, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I, personally, don't use "in the meanwhile" because I'm afraid I'll be compelled to sing "The Miller's Son."
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Suburbs do not pay for themselves. The infrastructural costs that allow the suburbs to exist and make them attractive places to live are paid for with the tax revenue from denser areas.
November 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Unfortunately the Catholic-flavored alt-right groups already *haaaaate* the USCCB.
November 14, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Yup. Both generally in terms of orthodox Catholic practices, and also specifically, as in tarot cards are Catholic in origin and famous "witch queen of New Orleans" Marie Laveau was both a vodou priestess and a devout Catholic who attended mass every Sunday and was a pillar of her local parish.
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
I had hoped for at least one edgier choice like The Mission, or, better yet, Calvary, which is every priest I know's secret favorite.
November 12, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Funny you should say that...
November 12, 2025 at 1:06 AM