Putting Stories in Context: Conversation with a Culture Critic, Part II
“I’ve never been to San Francisco, but I have an image in my mind from media,” says culture critic Caroline Siede (of The A.V. Club, among others), explaining the impact […]
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Galatea’s Legacy: Science Fiction & the Artificial Woman
This summer’s Terminator Genisys, a kinda-sorta-reboot with several visual and dialogue callbacks to both The Terminator and Terminator 2: Judgment Day, is not the abject disaster it could have been. […]
Intelligent Design: ‘Forcing’ Evolution in Avengers: Age of Ultron
[SPOILER ALERT: This post discusses the plot of Avengers: Age of Ultron in detail.] “I don’t want to hear the ‘Man Was Not Meant to Meddle’ medley” is a sentiment […]
Did Interstellar Live Up to its Hard Sci-Fi Hype? Review of Nolan’s Space Opera
WARNING: CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE MOVIE INTERSTELLAR. I just got back from watching Christopher Nolan’s new movie Interstellar in glorious, eye-popping IMAX. I’m really torn right now. I’ve written and […]
Documentary Film Review: Kumaré
“I am not who you think that I am,” says Kumaré, an Indian guru with a long beard and long hair, wearing a white robe and strings of red beads. […]
Movie Review: “Examined Life”
If you’re anything like me, you’re a little bit addicted to documentaries. And maybe you have seen one particular film floating around your Netflix recommendations called Examined Life. Perhaps your […]
Applied Sentience 