James Cameron had a fever-induced dream one night in 1982. Nay, a nightmare. It could’ve been a lack of sleep over his involvement in Piranhas II, who knows? But James Cameron had something of a Biblical revelation one night. He was struck with a vision of a robot traveling through time to assassinate him. This…
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John DeLorean: Ayn Rand, Howard Roark, and False Objectivist Idols
You guys know about the DeLorean, right? I mean, you know about the DeLorean outside the context of Back to the Future, right? There was a guy who actually designed that thing. You knew about that … right? Wait, you didn’t? You thought it was some obscure gull-wing car in a Boomer-era blockbuster?! Hey, if…
House of Prayer: Anna Young’s Desecration of Motherhood
The COVID-19 pandemic claimed Anna Young’s life on March 31, 2021. Not even four prison walls could keep her safe from the virus. If you’re a person of faith, you’ll say this was God’s judgment. If you adhere to science, you’ll say it was pure happenstance. After all, over a million have succumbed to the…
Sound of Metal and the Virtue of Stoicism
Sound of Metal made a modest splash at the Oscars this year, racking up victories in the Editing and Sound categories. The film, released in 2019 and distributed by Amazon in 2020, showcases the auditory decline of a heavy metal drummer. As his hearing deteriorates, Ruben is thrown from a life of hard rock to…
Unplanned: Alternative Hollywood and My EPIPHANY
Unplanned, the story of anti-abortion crusader Abby Johnson, is a film with intrinsic value despite its shortcomings. With its overt conservative message, Unplanned is a product of an industry I like to call “Alternative Hollywood.” Now, I hope to GOD I’m the first person to have ever used that phrase, “Alternative Hollywood.” God, it sounds…