Christian Burns  For The Clock  cab1031@plymouth.edu Who would win a fight between a solar-powered, god-like alien and a billionaire detective with unlimited resources? Logic dictates that the extremely powerful Superman would crush the weaker Batman. But Batman’s unlimited resources and excellent strategy give him a sizeable advantage. Surely this […]

Christian Burns For The Clock cab1031@plymouth.edu What would happen if animals lived like humans? It’s not really a new idea. Animals with human characteristics living in human-like societies can be traced back to several different mythologies. They are prevalent throughout our common cultural consciousness, ranging from the White Rabbit […]

The 88th Academy Awards Christian Burns For The Clock cab1031@plymouth.edu The year 2015 was full of great cinema, from the blockbuster to the arthouse. Franchises such as “Star Wars”, “Jurassic” and “Mad Max” were revived. Adapted properties, such as “The Martian”, “The Danish Girl”, and “The Big Short”, became widely […]

Deadpool Review Christian Burns For The Clock caburns1@mail.plymouth.edu History For comic books, the 1990s was a highly stylized (and to some, highly despised) period in comic book history. Superman “died,” older characters were recontextualized for a grittier era of storytelling, and character designs all suddenly began sprouting unnecessary pouches and […]

quot;The Peanuts Movie" Review Christian Burns For The Clock caburns1@plymouth.edu On October 2, 1950, the first strip of Charles Schultz’ strip Peanuts premiered in nine newspapers nationwide. Two children, later identified as Shermy and Patty, discuss a third child, Charlie Brown. “Good ol’ Charlie Brown! How I hate him,” says […]

A World War II veteran and alumnus of PSU (then Plymouth State College), James Fortune was a major art professor at PSU until his retirement in 1984. He was also a Fulbright Exchange Professor, teaching at the Watford School in Hertfordshire, England. Living in Bridgewater, he remained a prominent art figure locally […]

Book banning has been practiced for many years across the globe. In the United States, state and local governments have banned such well-known titles as The Catcher in the Rye, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, The Great Gatsby, Howl, and To Kill a Mockingbird. More often than not, this is due […]