It’s already steamy where I am–90 F and a thunderstorm is coming in. Everyone is getting their Pride outfits and do’s together. Summer is basically here. Maybe you’re getting ready to go camping or making plans for a trip to the beach. Maybe you’ve even booked a hotel […]
Spoilers for a key event in the first half of the film; if you’re experienced with Bollywood, it’s nothing you wouldn’t predict. ~~~ I can’t explain why I decided to revisit this time-travel flop from 2008. Maybe 2025 is making me empathize with flops. Maybe I hoped I […]
New Scientist has a nice interview with Martha Wells about her Murderbot Diaries series, writing, neurodiversity, labor, gender, and robot & artificial intelligence stories from the beginning. “Martha Wells is the author of All Systems Red, the first novella in the Murderbot series. The book follows the adventures […]
This month’s Guest Star is Jeffery X Martin. Read more of Jeffery X Martin’s words about music, movies, and professional wrestling at Biff Bam Pop! ~~~ “Whether we like it or not, the most important scientific problem we’re going to face in the last third of this [20th] […]
This year, I have actually received “for your consideration” emails from publicists. They are emails asking you to add a particular film to your year end lists, or if you are fancy enough, to vote for the films in various awards. All these emails were promoting Hundreds of […]
It’s festival season and I was fortunate enough to receive credentials for this year’s Fantastic Fest! Who knows why but I’m going to do my best to engage with the art and write some thoughtful reflections on what I see. Even though I am attending remotely, I’m going […]
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The Cultural Gutter 