Yesterday’s release of “Coriolanus” on DVD led to this thought: what are some of the more impressive pop culture riffs on Shakespeare?

Every once in a while a Shakespeare adaptation comes along that just blows me away…

Should fans be flattered, rather than annoyed, when their fan object achieves archetypal status… thus leaving itself open to myriad re-interpretations, including radical ones?

Speaking of which… did you happen to catch the series finale of “House” last night?

Out on Region 1 DVD tomorrow, Sherlock’s S2 builds on the fun of S1 while continuing the series’ masterful update of literature’s most famous detective…