MIKEL J. WISLER

Sometimes movies sneak up and surprise us. But not that often these days, if I'm honest. Not, at least, when looking a most of what the...

I was really excited about Passengers when I first saw a trailer for it. Here was a new original big budget science fiction film. Those...

Did you know your favorite stories might save your life? In the introduction of her book, Wired for Story, Lisa Cron writes, "Recent...

Is humanity screwed? Or are we headed to dramatic new heights in the evolution of our species? Cyberpunk, a subgenre of science fiction,...

Dealing with grief is on my mind right now, as my last post might indicate. But can stories help us deal with grief? Our brains are great...

Ever discover a story that climbs inside your brain and refuses to leave? At some point, you maybe even realize that this thing has laid...

"Stories not only give us much-needed practice in figuring out what makes people tick, they give us insight into how we tick." - Lisa...

Where is God in all the messiness of the world we live in? Whatever our understanding of God might be, I think this is a fair question....

And that's why we can't get enough of them. I have this particular lens through which I often view stories. It really doesn't matter to...

As a lover of Sci-fi, there are movies I see that I find quite enjoyable but can't seem to figure out why more people haven't. So I...