$180 Million Flop? Funding Film to Promote Art and Culture….

As I wrote a few days ago, I quite enjoyed Furiosa, the Mad Max spin off film. Sadly, it appears to have been a flop, which is quite sad as I have always loved Mad Max, and the Roadrunner cartoons (which are the perfect manifestation of this genre). News reports have emerged that the Australian …

When Steampunk Collides With Jeeves and Oscar Wilde – A Brief Review of Forrest Leo’s ‘The Gentleman’

I usually think that certain novels or songs could only be created in the era that such genres thrived in. Jazz music is from the Jazz Age (ie the roaring 20s), and Disco is very 1970s. Regency novels are very, well, Regency. And can you imagine Dickens in any time and place but the Industrial …