After some riddles-in-the-dark, Cumberbatch-dragon-action, and a lot of meandering around, The Hobbit trilogy finally concluded with last month’s release of The Battle of the Five Armies. Director Peter Jackson also says he’s not going to return to Middle-Earth ever again, not even to adapt J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, but that doesn’t mean he won’t return to epic […]
Magic as a concept has been with us for as long as our history records, and there was a time when it undoubtedly seemed real—a visceral, undeniable explanation for all manner of phenomenon. As civilization advanced and science asserted itself, the presence of magic has receded from our everyday lives, which has only intensified its […]