War… what is it good for? Well, that’s debatable, but war films have certainly been a boon for both Hollywood and the U.S. government throughout the last century. How have movies been used both…

Ever since H.G. Wells’ classic novel The Time Machine was published back in 1895, the concept of time travel has proven to be manna from heaven for pencil-chewing scriptwriters. Besides appealing for…

Whether they be tales about the perils of technology (Airport), environmental catastrophe (The Day After Tomorrow), or sci-fi armageddon (Cloverfield) disaster films have long been a Hollywood staple. How have…

After over a year of campaigning, slews of primaries and caucuses, and countless millions of dollars spent, both major parties have settled on their respective nominees… so now what? Loyola…

Whether they be publishing tyrants like Orson Welles’ Citizen Kane or investigative crusaders such as Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman’s Woodward & Bernstein in All the President’s Men, journalists have served as protagonists…

Why do certain genres of music appeal to us? How much of our appreciation of various styles of music is based on our cultural identity? Do we subconsciously lean towards…

HBO’s The Wire isn’t just an entertaining crime drama — it’s a medium via which co-creators David Simon and Ed Burns have chronicled the failures of public institutions. While the show primarily…

Returning as my guest will be Tim Shary, director of the Film and Video Studies Department at the University of Oklahoma. We’ll be discussing recent notable youth-themed films such as Juno, Across…

A couple of years ago, I wrote an essay for an online magazine called The High Hat about an incredible comic-book series called Supreme Power. Written by J. Michael Stracyznski, Supreme Power — a…

Loyola political science professor and election analyst Alan Gitelson returns to discuss the Democratic and Republican “Super Tuesday” primaries. Alan has appeared on NPR, WGN radio, and numerous other media…