10 Best NSFW Comics Actually Worth Reading
While these titles may be NSFW comic books, they’re actually great works of art worth the read. Just with lots of guts and nudity.
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10 Philosophical Movies to Watch Right Now
Philosophy shapes every action in our lives, whether we recognize and understand it or not.
Remaking Sexism: Female Representation in A Star is Born
When analyizing A Star is Born (2018) using Laura Mulvey’s Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema it’s clear the narrative is inherently sexist.
9 Characteristics of Gothic Mansions in Gothic Fiction: From Manderley to Wuthering Heights
Magnificent in decaying splendor, lonely, haunted and windswept, the big old building stands at the center of most Gothic fiction.
Macbeth & Structure: Shakespeare’s Proto-Blockbuster
When Shakespeare’s great tragedies are brought up, including Macbeth, we often focus on literary merits, but what about plot structure?
Have Religious Movies Fallen Out of Favor?
Religious movies have fallen in popularity at the box office in recent decades. But what caused the rise and fall of these religious epics?
Dreams: The Author’s Collaborators
Author Rayne Hall delves into the psyche to discuss how and why dreams influence her work and the work of great authors past.
20 Best Upcoming Sci Fi Movies, TV & Books (2020)
At Fictionphile, we’re pretty big science fiction nerds, so it’s only natural that we keep a close eye on upcoming sci fi across all of fiction’s mediums.
Aeschylus: Ancient Greece’s Father of Dialogue and Drama
If you ever loved a movie, play, TV show, or book–anything with dialogue–take a moment and thank Aeschylus. Not convinced? Let’s talk.
Fictional Locations: 12 Made-Up Destinations We Wish We Could Visit
Thanks to various forms of fiction, popular culture is rife with different fictional locations from Hogwarts to the Mushroom Kingdom.
Body Swap Fiction: The 7 Best Examples of All Time (2022)
Just like bodies, no two examples of body swap fiction are exactly the same. They can range from the macabre to the quirky or cringe-worthy to brilliant.
A Constant Reader’s Guide to the Stephen King Multiverse
If you’re relatively new to Stephen King, you might not know the terms constant reader or the Stephen King Multiverse. That’s why we’re here to break down the fiction universe you simply must know.
7 Best Sci Fi Books for Teens and Young Adults
The best sci fi books for teens capture essentials about the teenage years, and they’re often the best sci fi books the genre has to offer.
8 Underrated Martial Arts Movies Ranked by a 4th Degree Blackbelt
Martial arts movies reside in a pseudo-genre where actual martial art skill is not necessary. Yet, we wondered what a fighting expert might like in a martial arts film–so we asked one.
Metaphors in Movies: 10 Most Underrated Uses of Metaphors in Film
Though commonly found in poetry and prose, metaphors appear in several popular movies. Let’s review a few underrated metaphors in movies.
Best Movie Remakes: Past, Present, and Future
Movie remakes might seem like they’re a sign of the times, but their relationship with storytelling is woven into our collective history.
SpaceWar!: How MIT Students Invented Digital Video Games
Even before SpaceWar!, the earliest known video game, games have always crossed paths with computers.
12 Jungian Archetypes and D&D Character Class Cliches (Match-Up)
DM dives deep into the striking parallels between Jungian archetypes and D&D character classes before suggesting ways to break the mold.
31 References in Rick and Morty We Totally Missed (One Per Episode)
Pop culture references in Rick and Morty run deep. Even the concept of the time traveling duo started as a satire of Doc and Marty from Back to the Future.
Altered Carbon and Morality: Who Wants To Live Forever?
Watching Altered Carbon, one inevitably asks, would life lose its savor if we lived forever?
20 Most Influential Science Fiction Short Stories of the 20th Century
Science Fiction is influential to the world around us, and in turn, short stories are influential to Science Fiction.
Breaking Bad vs Weeds: 5 Surprising Similarities You Didn’t Notice
Drugs and the talkies share a storied history. But two still-popular series show a scary resemblance. Let’s compare Breaking Bad vs Weeds.
5 New Discoveries in Science Ripe for Science Fiction
Hearing about new discoveries in science sometimes feels exactly like reading or watching science fiction.
