Extraordinary Adventure 79 In the grand tradition of almost all good adventure literature coming from Britain let me introduce to you a man by the name of Cecil Scott Forester. Called C.S. by his audience. His real name was Cecil Louis Troughton Smith. C.S. Forester was the author of several novels, but perhaps his most [...]

Edgar Allan Poe sneakily gives his readers a lesson in cryptology by surrounding it with pirate treasure, skeletons, and midnight treks through the forest.

In TV, it’s called The Other Darrin. See, back when Bewitched first hit the airwaves, the character of mild-mannered husband Darrin was played by a guy named Dick York. When York became sick after a couple seasons (presumably from illness, not from all the fetching nose wiggling), they swapped him out for a guy named [...]

Sylvester Stallone turns in a nuanced performance as everyone’s favorite funnyman (and military weapon) Rambo. Note that this is not “Second Blood,” but merely part 2 of “First Blood.”