Why I Hate $%$&#@! Downton Abbey Following Season Three

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With the completion of season three, especially the last three minutes, it’s all I can do to keep from heaving a tea service through my flat screen.

A Cloak, a Scythe, and Sweet Halloween Revenge

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After a viewing of Children of the Corn, Joanna Schroeder and her dad hatch a plan to scare the living shit out of her older brother and his friends in true Halloween fashion.

13 Fundamental Horror Films For October

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Horror aficionado Tom Gaultieri lists the 13 horror films you simply must see in order to truly understand the genre.

The Dark Knight Returns

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See Batman in a whole new light: the darkest of knights comes to home video on September 25.

The Power of the Patch

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Trucker Todd McCann discusses the different types of security guards one can encounter on the road.

Stephen King Wants To Be Taxed More!

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HeatherN feels the solution to our financial woes isn’t to tax the rich more or cut down on spending. The solution is to do both.

Dear Stephen King: America Needs To Be A Better Prom Date

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Ron Cowie reacts to Stephen King’s Daily Beast article titled, “Tax Me For F@%&’s Sake!”

The New Macho

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What does it mean to be ‘assertively, self-consciously male’ now?

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Stephen King: The Most Important Things Are the Hardest to Say

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“There are things you are ashamed of, because words diminish them…”

Books: An Epilogue

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CJ Kaplan explains how some of his greatest love affairs have been with books.

From Food Network to Man With a Pan

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How the culture of cooking and gender has changed in the last fifteen years.

Dennis Lehane on Good and Evil in Literature

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“The things that take the most work—pulling something of depth out of yourself—are the most valuable.”