Richard's Pretension

Many of the roads in my home town are narrow, winding, hilly, lined with trees, and without sidewalks. (I travel the one in the pictu...

Moviemakers have raided classic fairy tales for plots at least as early as the 1902 Méliès production of Bluebeard . As familiar lore, fair...

A Winston Churchill bon mot: "He has all of the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." Not long ago I made som...

Morristown’s Corporal Punishers of the Jerzey Derby Brigade ( JDB ) last night faced the All Stars of the Jersey Shore Roller Girls ( JS...

Last Saturday, a friend cancelled his plans to meet up with me at the local roller derby bout, citing “a mild hangover” as the reason. “Mild...

It was another derby double-header in Morristown last night. The NJRD All Stars on their home rink faced off against the Hellrazors visi...

A quick perusal of reviews for Maleficent reveals them to be as inconsistent as the movie itself. The film is light and dark, pessim...