Palm Springs asks “what is the meaning of life?” and gives a myriad of answers before settling on something between “you only live once” and “let’s make something out of this while we still can.” … More Impressions: Palm Springs (2020) – Max Barbakow
One and a half days in the city is enough time to experience more powerful art than is safe to consume. … More Manhattan – 7/28/2017
Snowpiercer presents a contrary view of humanity than most may like to entertain. Could that explain why this Summer blockbuster failed to break through to American markets? … More Why “Snowpiercer” failed to break through to American markets
Getting a DVD or BluRay in the mail every few days is pretty great and you should try it too. … More Netflix’s DVD Service is Good
I took a museum visiting trip to NYC and learned a bit about myself and humanity along the way. … More Manhattan – 07/01/2017
We should embrace Sci-Fi as one of the more forward-thinking and intentionally introspective instances of the arts. … More Speculative Fiction Maximizes the Power of Storytelling
Post scarcity can be a problem, as all of the wealth may pool in one place, to the detriment of everyone else. … More “Trekonomics” by Manu Saadia
Avatar is bad for the very reason that Disney is now capitalizing on. … More Avatar (2009) is Incredibly Intellectually Dishonest
My Aunt invited me to spend the Easter weekend exploring New England … More Rhode Island – 04/15/2017
I have recently watched a number of Japanese movies, both old and new, starting with the original Ghost In The Shell (1995), and following up with After The Storm (2016), Your Name. (2017), and 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007) (all links to my next-day, quick reaction/reviews on Letterboxd). I don’t know how I managed to wait … More This Month in Movies – Japanese Edition
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