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The Watchers (2024) Movie Review
If only I wasn’t one of the watchers This movie is what I imagine you get when you ask film students to make a movie using all the horror/thriller tropes they can fit into 2 hours. If this was the goal of the watchers it gets an A. There was …
The Beast (2023) Movie Review
It’s all a dream? The description of this movie caught me, and I made the effort to go to the one cinema in Melbourne that was showing it. It disappointed for two reasons. The first is it’s not very good. Second, it could have been amazing. Let’s dive in. First …
Civil War (2024) Movie Review
Yada Yada Yada White House A24 has been hitting it out of the park with recent movie releases. With that in mind, seeing Civil War advertised made me very interested. With the anticipation, there was some reticence. Would this be an American movie, for Americans, by Americans, and really wanting …
August: The Characters
Roderick Pravo is the agent of hope. An immigrant who comes to the nation of August with the hope for a better life. He is a man of integrity, and ideals which he is willing to lay down his life for. He bring hope against the virus of hate which …
August: The Story of a Nation
August: The Story of a Nation is a compelling contemporary story exploring nationalism, empathy, and the intricate dynamics that define what it means to be a nation. The intersecting lives of Charles Terri, a prominent political commentator, Katherine Laurie the once President now activist, and Roderick Pravo, an immigrant seeking …
Artificial Intelligence – Some Thoughts
The world has changed a great deal in the last decade. There seems to be a bleakness that sets upon it whenever anyone in public life speaks. Those aware are angry but not in great numbers. Those unaware are angry but they don't know why. The idea of democracy seems …