Science fiction
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Angel’s Egg (1985): Post-Nuclear Apocalypse or Antediluvian Nightmare?
(Ahoy there! The following review contains spoilers for Angel’s Egg. It also features various descriptions and images of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. In addition,…
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THE FIVE NIGHTS AT FREDDY’S FILMS SHOULD NOT BE “FOR THE FANS”
The Five Nights at Freddy’s (FNAF) films were major cultural phenomena, with both productions attracting large audiences to witness the popular horror video games come…
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Frankenstein vs. Prometheus: A Consideration
The fact that Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was given the alternate title of “The Modern Prometheus” has always puzzled me. So being as mildly obsessed with…
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Kimi no Na wa
Have you ever felt like you’ve lost something and won’t ever be able to find it? That’s the feeling I had when I watched Kimi…
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Equals
With a wealth of sci-fi movies about the future, the trope of a society which suppresses the emotions of its citizens has become so frequent…
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The Sins of Professor X (Part Two)
Hey, did you miss me? Well I missed you! Welcome back to: The Sins of Charles Xavier! (Part Two) Let us jump in right where…
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The Sins of Professor X (Part One)
Let me roll off some key features of a comic book character and see if you figure out who I’m talking about: Kindly father figure,…
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VA-11 Hall-A: Through the Broken Glass
Playing the bar-tending simulator VA-11 Hall-A was like looking into a shattered mirror. Every time I booted up the game I noticed the way its…
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The Wrath of Khan
“How do you feel, Jim?” Did you ever read a book or watch a movie as a kid and think, “Hot diggity, that was…
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10 Strange Facts for Stranger Things
I love Stranger Things. And apparently, so does everyone else. Despite its popularity, the rampant critical acclaim of Netflix’s Stranger Things was unprecedented upon its…
The Spectatorial 