Rating: 7.5 *Spoilers* In the search for beauty, truth, belonging and destiny, it’s hard to imagine a more desperate answer than American consumerism, except perhaps for every other system we’ve ever tried. The endless mouth of modern life is far from simply a capitalist problem, anyway, that much is clear. Overconsumption devours nearly every culture,Continue reading “Swallow – The Truth, If You Dare”
Author Archives: Joshua Stelling
Cthulu & Campy Horror WTF Update 4/20
*Spoilers* Underwater – 6.5 Kristen Stewart is undeniably hot, having long since left the shadow of Twilight behind her and become a capable actress in her own right, but even with her star power, the killer effects wizardry of Legacy Effects, and a cameo by Chthulu himself, this thing tanks as anything other than aContinue reading “Cthulu & Campy Horror WTF Update 4/20”
The Lighthouse – A Psychoanalytical Perspective
Rating: 8 *Spoilers – Mature Content* The light… seed… Veritas… Thomas Wake Thomas, meaning “twin” in Aramaic, is the name of both leads in the Eggers brothers’ script for The Lighthouse. Funny, they kind of look alike, if at different ends of their lives, but that’s probably a coincidence. The younger of the two TomsContinue reading “The Lighthouse – A Psychoanalytical Perspective”
The New Pope – A Brief Deconstruction
Rating: 9 *Spoilers* You will come to me and you will tell me all the suffering in the world and I will say to you, they are all hysterias of love. John Paul III Finishing The New Pope, having come across it on a Malkovich-inspired whim without any hype or preconception, we haven’t yet seenContinue reading “The New Pope – A Brief Deconstruction”
#RentStrike to Save Small Business, and the World
Do we control the economy, or does the economy control us? Hang a white flag from your window on 4/1 to show solidarity with the working class, whether you are paying your bills on time or not. We’re all in this together, and while I have a job today, I may not tomorrow. This isn’tContinue reading “#RentStrike to Save Small Business, and the World”
Miss Anthropocene – Grimes’ New Album Reviewed
Rating: 8.5 In Grimes’ new world, cyberpunk chic is the mantra of true pop star royalty. Meditative beats invade the club, playing with the fires of imagination for a generation without a queen or a choreographer. Canadian born Claire Boucher didn’t come from money, at least not the star-making kind, and has risen not throughContinue reading “Miss Anthropocene – Grimes’ New Album Reviewed”
Cycles Of Time – A Layman’s Take
Rating: 8 for Pros, 6.5 for Laymen Still, it’s Recommended Reading for Armchair Physicists Everywhere *Spoilers Abound* If MC Escher were God, conformal infinity would be all around us, but we wouldn’t notice. When everything scales, nothing scales. Ok, google his drawings, and get one of those where the birds or fish get smaller towardContinue reading “Cycles Of Time – A Layman’s Take”
DNF & WTF List 2/20
HBO’s Watchmen – DNF Despite some originality, Watchmen too often descends into formulaic cop show storylines, and I started tuning out sometime in the 2nd episode. It made for enjoyable background entertainment, for a day of writing, but honestly in the end it was more frustrating than rewarding, to me. Reznor & Ross provide aContinue reading “DNF & WTF List 2/20”
Terminator: Dark Fate – What Could Have Been
Rating : 7.5 *Spoiler Warning* Skynet rises, no matter what you call her. Burn the last chips, murder the key scientist, save the prophet, and never speak a word, to no avail. Mankind staggers steadily toward her technological singularities with the unstoppable force of a T-800 in 1984, through flames and a hail of bullets.Continue reading “Terminator: Dark Fate – What Could Have Been”
Westworld
Season 3 Preview – 1 & 2 Refresh *Season 1 & 2 Spoiler Warning* I had searched everywhere for my love, except the other side of death. – Akecheta Roll the piano tribute to Nirvana’s Heart Shaped Box, our old Lakota brave walking the glass halls of the underground Mesa, Dante as a time travelerContinue reading “Westworld”