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Films On HBO: “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” (2015)
Read more: Films On HBO: “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl” (2015)Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) feels like the mildly cynical indie alternative to the already indie-feeling The Fault in Our Stars (2014), a film which, if you remember I loved, and I loved quite a bit. Fault came out in June 2014 and Earl only a few months later in January of 2015.…
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Marvel’s “Jessica Jones” and Characters with Psychology (a.k.a., people)
Read more: Marvel’s “Jessica Jones” and Characters with Psychology (a.k.a., people)Jessica Jones is not an invulnerable show, though it does have a super-powered capacity for awesomeness. It is incredibly, unnaturally strong in a lot of ways, but it still gets a cut above its brow during every single fight scene. I remember catching early promos for the show and thinking, “Oh! Jesse’s dead girlfriend is…
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Read more: Star Wars: The Force AwakensSpoilers The hinge on which the Hero’s Journey turns is the Crossing the Threshold. The moment the hero makes the choice to answer the call to adventure. This is dramatically compelling. A character, having already refused this call due to fear or some other impediment, actively chooses to engage danger and adventure. This choice is…
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“Star Wars: The Force Awakens”: Flight and Empathy
Read more: “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”: Flight and EmpathyHere’s the one with all the spoilers! Because you love me, you’ve hopefully read my generalized, vaguely non-spoiler review of “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, in which I spoke lightly about the movie’s flaws and even lighter about the film’s greater triumphs. But here, we bring you the real deal. There are two things at battle…
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