The Power of Reminiscence and Chris Hemsworth’s “A Road Trip to Remember”
A Road Trip to Remember. National Geographic, 2025. National Geographic presents a story about family, loyalty, and the value of...
Abby Kirby
Abby Kirby is an English teacher and fan studies scholar. She holds an M.A. in Media and Cinema Communications from DePaul University.
Watch the Trailer for “Project Hail Mary” Starring Ryan Gosling
Project Hail Mary. Amazon/MGM Studios, 2026. Based on the New York Times best-selling novel by Andy Weir (The Martian), Ryan...
Love + War: The Duality of Being A War Correspondent
Love + War. Disney +. 2025. National Geographic’s new documentary Love + War focuses on the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning...
Review: Cleopatra’s Final Secret
Cleopatra's Final Secret. Disney+. 2025. “She deserved to be remembered in another way,” Kathleen Martinez, the subject of National Geographic’s...
Alex Ross: Heroes & Villains Exhibition at the Dunn Museum
Alex Ross: Heroes & Villains. Courtesy of the Bess Bower Dunn Museum, 2025. I’ve lived in the Northwest suburbs of...
Why Celebrate Fandom Holidays?
Collage of fandoms celebrating their holidays in June 2025: Friday the 13th, Psych, Lilo and Stitch, Ghostbuster, and Gravity Falls....
On “Conclave” and Blurring the Lines Between Religion and Fandom
Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Lawrence in Conclave. Image from IMDB. Given the success of Conclave in 2024, directed by Edward Berger and...
Journey Events Hosts Its Inaugural Con: Psycho-Delphia
Psycho-delphia. Ian Bennett. 2025. Psycho-Delphia, a convention specifically for fans on the USA television show Psych (2006-2014), debuted on Friday...
‘Shrek 5’ and the Fear of the Anachronistic
'Shrek 5' via Universal Pictures/YouTube I admit it; I’ve been excited about Shrek 5. When Dreamworks returned to the franchise...
Iconic Filmmaker, David Lynch, Dies At 78
David Lynch. Courtesy of "David Lynch", Facebook. 2021. The word "Lynchian" invokes dreamlike images– near hallucinations and the darkness of...