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#SWRepMatters: Women and Romance
Today, the community-driven campaign of Star Wars Representation Matters, run under the hashtag #SWRepMatters on Twitter, is focusing on the representation of women in that galaxy far far away. For me, this conversation is difficult to divorce from romance, because … Continue reading
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#RebelsRemembered – Five Superb Qualities of the Show
March 5th is the anniversary of the finale of Star Wars Rebels. In celebration of that, I have a list of five superb qualities about this beloved show.
The Complimentary Arcs of Jurassic Park
With four out of five installments running as big-budget monster B-movies, it can be easy to forget how much of a character-focused story the first Jurassic Park was (the movie that is, not Crichton’s original novel). As a kid, I enjoyed it … Continue reading
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Leonard McCoy: The Mom Friend
Back in 2016, when I rewatched Star Trek (2009) and Star Trek: Into Darkness in anticipation for the Blu-Ray/DVD release of Star Trek: Beyond, I began noticing parallels between scenes in the first two Kelvin timeline films and Beyond. Parallels … Continue reading
The Flood (Definitive Edition) – FROM THE ARCHIVES
ORIGINALLY POSTED ON THE OLD HALO ARCHIVE, MARCH 2015 Reposted without edits, save navigational issues. Review and analysis of Halo: The Flood by William C. Dietz The Flood (The Definitive Edition) by William C. Dietz Here lie the events that will … Continue reading
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Book Rec: On Reading Well by Karen Swallow Prior
On Reading Well is the most fruitful impulse purchase of my life. Well, save perhaps for Halo: The Flood. Karen Swallow Prior’s book is a collection of essays examining how certain books explore various virtues, and I fell in love with … Continue reading
The Charming Sincerity of Venom
There will always be self-aware movies that give a wink and a nod to the audience. Deadpool is on the extreme end, with fourth wall breaks (and fourth wall breaks inside of fourth wall breaks), but it doesn’t always look … Continue reading
