Beguiled by George S. Bush's easy smile and casual indifference to the details, we are on the brink of electing him to office. This isn't choosing a president, it's casting the lead in a sitcom about the presidency.

It is comforting to think that we can love so powerfully that fate itself wheels and turns at the command of our souls.

There's nothing like impending death to rouse you from existential boredom.

James Cameron's films have always been distinguished by ground-breaking technical excellence.

I believe that young people wearing hoods, unless they are very young, can be frightening. What are they hiding? Why don't they want to come out into the light with the rest of us? They may be perfectly nice, but the hoods send an uncertain statement.

Battlefield Earth is like taking a bus trip with someone who has needed a bath for a long time. It's not merely bad; it's unpleasant in a hostile way.

What happens in a fantasy can be more involving than what happens in life, and thank goodness for that.