Dec 27, 2021Matrix Faces the MCU EffectHere’s some interesting information about two recent (really big) Hollywood films taken from boxofficemojo.com Spiderman No Way Home (released 16 December) raked in 81 million dollars over Christmas weekend. Matrix Resurrections (released 22 December) raked in 12 million over the same weekend. Let me also be clear about where I…Matrix Ressurections2 min read
Published in Pop Off·Dec 4, 2021Foundation and Faith — What The Sci-Fi Series Says About Being HumanIn the very first episode of the Apple TV Plus series Foundation, an advocate says the following about the psycho-historian Hari Seldon’s work — “The offenders, Hari Seldon and Gaal Dornick, are accused of crimes so grave that they threaten not just Trantor but the entire galaxy’s existence.” And what…Television3 min read
Nov 30, 2021What You’re Afraid Of At Night Is An Extension Of What You’re Afraid Of During The DayIt’s night. Lights are off. You’re in bed, about to doze off, when you hear a … creak. What was that? Sometimes the creaking sound at night can be an intruder who will break our knees with a bat. …Fear3 min read
Nov 26, 2021Satoshi Kon’s Opus and the Authorial Intent of GodThe late Satoshi Kon had plumbed the depths of the nature of identity like no other artist. His anime, ‘Perfect Blue’, is one of the most dizzying and intelligent explorations of mental instability and how it affects the idea of the self. …Satoshi Kon3 min read
Nov 25, 2021Free Guyand the meaning of a life without meaning So many of you who watched the movie Free Guy may have noticed some similarities between that and other films like Wreck-It Ralph and The Lego Movie. …Free Guy3 min read
Nov 25, 2021Le Genou De ClaireA Masculine Crisis Eric Rohmer’s unflinching take on twentieth century masculinity — 1970’s Le Genou De Claire — needs to be watched with a special pair of spectacles. …Cinema5 min read
Nov 1, 2021DIRECTING THE GAZE How ‘Portrait Of A Lady On Fire’ Interrogates Our Ways Of SeeingA woman jumps into a choppy sea to rescue the box of painting equipment that has fallen overboard. We form an image of her in our minds — an image that is not just of what we have seen with our eyes, but one where we see how attached she…Portrait Of A Lady On Fir5 min read
Aug 20, 2021A Rose With Better Language Skills Smells SweeterYouTube has some very wonderful channels with content that is so deeply researched that it blows my mind. One such that I stumbled on to is called In Praise of Shadows and it focuses on the history of horror in film and literature. A video on HP Lovecraft, in particular…Lovecraft3 min read
Aug 18, 2021All the talent we will never seeThere is a lot to be said about the damage that the enormous human population numbers are doing to our ecology. In terms of our impact on the climate, on forests, even on the deepest trenches of the ocean floors — we have a lot to worry about. But there…Individual3 min read
Aug 18, 2021American Pie is not the movie I thought it wasThere are many memories associated with the film American Pie (1999), especially if you were a young boy coming of age (ahem). It’s a cult classic that made us laugh riotously in select company, and which we disavowed piously in mixed company. …Sex Comedy3 min read
