By: Jay Dyer 1960s spy fiction is some of my favorite fiction.  Developing its own unique aesthetic, from Bond to The Saint to Harry Palmer, the vivid, flamboyant style of...

By: Jay Dyer Jurassic World is the sometime sequel to whatever the last Jurassic film was.  In Jurassic Park, a ill-conceived theme park based on genetic resurrecting of the dinosaur...

By: Jay Dyer Jupiter Ascending was not a particularly memorable film. Full of CGI vomit, the last installment from the Wachowskis presented a sci fi opera that recalls Star Wars...

By: Jay Dyer and Jennifer Sodini Ridley Scott is reportedly not happy about Legend, nor is Tom Cruise. However, when we think “80s Tom Cruise,” we think Top Gun, Risky...

Tune in to the Alternate Current Radio Network tonight for another episode of ‘The Boiler Room’with its new 2 hour format, with the LIVE broadcast starting at 8:00 PM-10:00 PM...

Jennifer joined me to discuss the article that we co-authored, “The Hidden Meaning Behind These 10 Classic Fantasy Films,” in order to go deeper into their symbolic meanings. While the article...

By: Jay Dyer Much furor has been raised over Imperator Furiosa, Charlize Theron’s “strong woman” figure in the latest Mad Max reboot: I expected some to retitle it Mad MaxiPad.  Mad Max:...

By: Jay Dyer Cheesy 80s dystopian films constitute some of the best cinematic predictive programming, and 1987’s The Running Man is a fine specimen.  Full of Schawrzenegger’s grunts and “aagghhhs”...

Tim Kelly is a former policy advisor, freelance writer and political cartoonist, is married and has been blessed with six children. Tim asked me on his podcast to discuss two...

By: Jay Dyer Joss Whedon’s follow-up to The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, is setting new box office records for Marvel, and has roughly the same degree of critical response...

By: Jay Dyer Based on Mario Puzzo’s novel of the same name, Francis Ford Coppola’s The Godfather is known as one of the greatest films in cinematic history. Though the...

By: Jay Dyer Spoilers Ahead Ex Machina is the latest incarnation of the familiar Short Circuit theme we’ve seen lately – but this film does not feature the madcap antics...

By: Jennifer and Jay Dyer Collective Evolution Nostalgia is defined as the “sentimental longing or wistful affection for the past, typically for a period or place with happy personal associations.” The feeling...

By: Jay Dyer Taking it’s place as one of the highest grossing films of all time, the mythmakers of modernity at Marvel gave the world a fairly immense dose of...

Completely rewritten. By: Jay Dyer It’s always fun to go back and watch the movies you grew up with. However, it can also be a laughingly disturbing experience, akin to...

By: Jay Dyer “‘I learned that just beneath the surface there’s another world, and still different worlds as you dig deeper.’ – David Lynch If you’ve ever sensed the flimsy,...

Shawn Helton hosts a fascinating 21 Wire radio show interviewing Cobain investigator, Tom Grant. In the second half, I come on to discuss occult Hollywood and the dark side of...

The Rundown Live had me back to discuss ancient religion, symbolism, “mystery religions,” Manly P. Hall and “The Secret Teaching of All Ages,” propaganda and film, as well as special...

By: Jay Dyer “The grid. A digital frontier. I tried to picture clusters of information as they moved through the computer.  What did they look like? Ships? Motorcycles?  Were the...

“The earliest gods were invoked by ritual act (dromenon = the thing done) such as a sacrificial dance, commemorating the fact that our life begins and ends when they call...