Chris Barsanti

WRITE YOUR BOOK IN 2026!: Packed with tips, exercises to keep the creativity flowing, quotes about writing, encouraging words, and inspiring stories about authors, this calendar will help you make this the year you sit down and write. BANISH WRITER'S BLOCK: This essential calendar provides a steady guide to help you achieve your goals-or at least be productive and have fun trying-with regular writing prompts and monthly check-ins to help you track your progress. NOW PLASTIC-FREE!: Page-A-Day® Calendars are environmentally friendly! Printed on responsibly sourced paper and 100% recyclable, with sturdy cardboard backers.

No more writer's block! Ready to make this the year you sit down and write? Here's all the inspiration and guidance you need! Regular writing prompts to practice building synonyms, writing dialogue, and more. Helpful tips and tricks of the trade. Quotes from the pros. Writing-related trivia to keep you motivated. And monthly prompts to help you take stock of your progress on a writing project. By year's end, you might just have a book on your hands! This essential calendar provides a steady guide to help you achieve your goals. Or to at least be productive and have fun trying. ? Printed on responsibly sourced paper and 100% recyclable.

Audacious, weird, and icily ironic, Community was a kind of geek alt-comedy portal, packed with science fiction references, in-jokes that quickly metastasized into their own alternate universe, dark conspiracy-tinged humor, and a sharp yet loving deconstructions of the sitcom genre. At the same time, it also turned into a thoughtful and heartfelt rumination on loneliness, identity, and purpose. The story of Community is the story of the evolution of American comedy. Its creator, Dan Harmon, was an improv comic with a hyperbolically rapid-fire and angrily geeky style. After getting his shot with Community, Harmon poured everything he had into a visionary series about a group of mismatched friends finding solace in their community-college study group. Community: The Show that Broke Television is an episode-by-episode deep-dive that excavates a central cultural artifact: a six-season show that rewrote the rules for TV sitcoms and presaged the self-aware, metafictional sensibility so common now in the streaming universe. Pop culture experts Chris Barsanti, Jeff Massey, and Brian Cogan explore its influences and the long tail left by its creators and stars, including Donald Glover’s experiments in music (as rapper Childish Gambino) and TV drama (Atlanta); producers-directors Anthony and Joseph Russo’s emergence as pillars of the Marvel universe (Captain America: Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War); and Harmon’s subsequent dramatic success with the anarchic sci-fi cartoon Rick and Morty. Covering everything from the corporate politics that Harmon and his team endured at NBC to the Easter eggs they embedded in countless episodes, Community: The Show that Broke Television is a rich and heartfelt look at a series that rewrote the rules of TV sitcoms.

From Speed's "What would you do?" to Point Break's "If you want the ultimate, you've got to be willing to pay the ultimate price," Keanu Reeves's movies are consistently built around philosophical questions that challenge viewers at the same time they're being entertained. What Would Keanu Do? examines everyday challenges faced by readers and helps solve those same problems by applying the philosophical lessons espoused by Reeves (or one of his films). From John Wick and Toy Story 4 to Dangerous Liaisons, The Matrix and everything in between, this humorous yet helpful book provides all of the insight and guidance you'll ever need. And remember: As noted in the immortal lyrics of Kansas - and dramatically delivered by one Ted Theodore Logan - All we are is dust in the wind.

New York the self-proclaimed capital of the world, the largest city in the United States, and is known as a melting pot of immigrants, Ellis Island, the Statue of Liberty, the Empire State Building, Central Park, Wall Street, Broadway, bridges, bodegas, restaurants, museums and so much more. The Handy New York City Answer Book explores the fascinating history, people, myths, culture, and trivia, taking an in-depth look at the city so nice, they named it twice.

Who has the time to waste on a bad movie? Hundreds of new movies opened in 2015. Nobody has time to see them all. To help you maximize your movie-going opportunities, critic Chris Barsanti runs down the best movies of 2015 that you should make sure to see-and those you shouldn't bother with. In this year's edition of Eyes Wide Open, you'll find: -Dramas (The Big Short, Room, Spotlight, Clouds of Sils Maria) -Blockbusters (Mad Max: Fury Road, Inside Out) -Science Fiction ('Star Wars: The Force Awakens, ' 'Ex Machina, ' 'The Martian') -Foreign films (Mustang, About Elly) -Indies (Experimenter, Kumiko the Treasure Hunter) -Documentaries (In Jackson Heights, Amy, Best of Enemies) -Disappointments (Bridge of Spies, In the Heart of the Sea, Steve Jobs) This guide to the year in movies also includes Best-Of lists, Honorable Mentions, DVD reviews, and the year's best quotes. From mega-budget blockbusters to tiny indies, Eyes Wide Open: 2015 covers it all.

Who has the time to waste on a bad movie? In this quick and informative annual guide, critic Chris Barsanti ("Filmology," "The Sci-Fi Movie Guide") runs down the 25 movies from 2014 you should seek out-and the 5 worst you should avoid at all costs, including: -Dramas ("Boyhood," "Selma," "Calvary") -Comedies ("The Grand Budapest Hotel," "Birdman," "Top Five") -Foreign films ("Two Days, One Night;" "Omar") -Musicals ("Into the Woods," "20,000 Days on Earth") -Indies ("Bird People," "Locke," "Under the Skin") -Documentaries ("Life Itself," "Tales of the Grim Sleeper," "Last Days in Vietnam") -Surprises ("Guardians of the Galaxy," "The Lego Movie," "Begin Again") This guide to the year in movies also includes Best-Of lists, Honorable Mentions, DVD reviews, and the year's best lines. From mega-budget blockbusters to tiny indies, "Eyes Wide Open: 2014" covers it all.

Once upon a time, science fiction was only in the future. It was the stuff of drive-ins and cheap double-bills. Then, with the ever-increasing rush of new, society-altering technologies, science fiction pushed its way to the present, and it busted out of the genre ghetto of science fiction and barged its way into the mainstream. What used to be mere fantasy (trips to the moon? Wristwatch radios? Supercomputers capable of learning?) are now everyday reality. Whether nostalgic for the future or fast-forwarding to the present, this guide covers an enormous range of sci-fi.

Who has time to waste on a bad movie? In this quick and informative guide, critic Chris Barsanti ("Filmology: A Movie-a-Day Guide to the Movies You Need to Know") runs down the 25 movies from 2013 you should seek out-and the 5 worst you should avoid at all costs. This guide to the year in movies also includes Best-Of lists, Honorable Mentions, and DVD reviews. Inside you will find indelible dramas ("Gravity", "12 Years a Slave", "August: Osage County"), hilarious comedies ("Blue Jasmine", "Much Ado About Nothing", "This Is the End"), foreign films ("The Hunt". "War Witch"), idiosyncratic indies ("The Canyons", "Upstream Color"), and riveting documentaries ("Stories We Tell", "Let the Fire Burn"). "Eyes Wide Open 2013" covers it all.