Jason Dias
The existential horror of Dora the Explorer
The existential horror of Dora the Explorer My son is basically an adult now. But he wasn’t always. Children start young and get older...
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Dune, 2021? Yes. Today.
A review of Dune, 2021 Content warning: Bagpipes Spoilers Saw Dune at the theater. Place was pretty packed. Cinemark did away with their...
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Dev Patel shines in The Green Knight
The Green Knight Part 1, minimal spoilers Parents, be careful about this one. If you’re expecting a sword-and-sorcery film, forget it. If...
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Between the World and Me
I've finished Coates' Between the World and Me. Damn. It's a small volume, not much more than an hour's read for a human. It took me...
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There's a ground, Monty.
There’s a ground In my head, I’m endlessly replaying the scene in Golden Child where Eddie Murphy has to carry the glass of water through...
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What about a male Wonderwoman?
OK, fine, let's get into this. Why not a male Wonderwoman? A male Batgirl? A male Catwoman? It seems like a reasonable argument to “Why...
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Should I say “high functioning?”
Your new friend tells you they’re autistic. You wonder, should I tell them they’re high functioning? It would be intended as a...
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Women in Horror celebration
On Friday, February 14, 2020, the satellite chapter of HWAColorado will be hosting A Bloody Valentine event to celebrate...
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Welcome to the realm of abstraction.
Welcome to the realm of abstraction. Frank Herbert coined the phrase “Alam al mithal” to mean “the realm of abstraction.” His...
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Bad Luck Charlie: Fun, sexist wish-fulfillment.
The premise is completely absurd. Charlie gets sucked out of the normal universe into a magical one, in which space travel is facilitated...
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Starfish and Coffee
Starfish and Coffee (Sparkletits 1): On the use of power Calisto is a local and a friend. I try to read all my friends’ books. (I read...
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Midsommar: not subtle, on point
So Midsommar isn’t subtle. This is a horror movie. Basically it’s about a cult. Nothing overtly supernatural happens. Ari Aster also made...
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The Great Man Problem: A review of Brightburn
The Great Man Problem: A review of Brightburn Warning: Spoilers ahead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGgNx20orig&feature=youtu.be I’ve...
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We're all Spiderman
We’re all Spiderman. https://youtu.be/4D9Zyxd_CqY That’s what happens when you crack open the Multiverse. Given infinite universes,...
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A Life of Weeping
Would you surrender the ability to weep if you could? What would that cost you? Part four of my ongoing webseries on existential...
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Christina Bergling's "Savages" and why we're still obsessed with zombies
Why Won’t the Zombie Obsession Die? A Review of Savages (Bergling) I just finished reading Savages, by Christina Bergling. This is a...
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Transference
Transference This is contemporary fiction. Really GOOD contemporary fiction. There’s a paranormal element but it really just creates an...
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Who Fears Death?
Who Fears Death It’s a question, if you were wondering. As in, “Who fears death? I don’t.” How to sum up this story? The Okeke women, as...
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Review of Bannerless - beautiful prose and a world all its own
I usually want to wait a day or two after reading something to meditate on it and let it settle. I was so at home in Bannerless, though,...
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Griffin's Feather
Marcus Barber occasionally meets Ancients – beings mortals consider mythological but who are nonetheless real, powerful and…. Well,...
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