Television Review – Star Wars: Visions (season 2)

A Note from the Author: I'm trying something different here, and doing a running review of this series as I watch through it. May the 4th is unofficially Star Wars Day. Part of that is because of the clever wordplay. "May the Fourth be with you," and "beware the Revenge of the Fifth," sound an … Continue reading Television Review – Star Wars: Visions (season 2)

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Movie Review – John Wick 4 (and the entire franchise I guess)

As a teacher who is tentatively inching towards his journeyman years, I'm starting to build up a rolodex of student archetypes. After teaching for a few years you learn to find folks who take on roles like "The Wannabe Class Clown," "The Oddly Sincere Outsider" or simply "Brilliant but Lazy." But one of my favorite … Continue reading Movie Review – John Wick 4 (and the entire franchise I guess)

Department of Truth – Subjective Reality in the Modern Age

An FBI agent attends a Flat Earth Convention. He's a special agent who specializes in online conspiracy theories, so he's morbidly curious. He wants to see his subjects in their element. While he's there, he's spotted and recognized by one of the richest men in America who graciously invites him to a "private event" going … Continue reading Department of Truth – Subjective Reality in the Modern Age

“Remember this: Try” – How Andor Uses Monologues

So how good was Andor right? In a television where all eyes (including mine) were on Amazon's Rings of Power and HBO's House of the Dragon, Andor came out of nowhere. Smartly written, beautifully acted and with production design that deserves all the awards, this show immediately established itself as one of the best, if … Continue reading “Remember this: Try” – How Andor Uses Monologues

The Nice House on the Lake – True Millennial Horror

The Theory of Generations is a term coined in a 1928 essay of the same name by Hungarian sociologist Karl Mannheim. The theory, which like any theory in sociology, psychology or...pretty much any social -ology, is limited but in brief it basically describes a "generation" as being a cohort of people who develop relationships and … Continue reading The Nice House on the Lake – True Millennial Horror