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May 19, 2015 - 0 Comments

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:...

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May 10, 2015 - 0 Comments

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”...

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May 8, 2015 - 0 Comments

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...

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May 2, 2015 - 0 Comments

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...

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April 29, 2015 - 0 Comments

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...

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April 26, 2015 - 0 Comments

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...

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April 26, 2015 - 0 Comments

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...

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April 25, 2015 - 0 Comments

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...

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April 21, 2015 - 0 Comments

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...

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April 19, 2015 - 0 Comments

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,...

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April 13, 2015 - 0 Comments

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...

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October 1, 2014 - 0 Comments

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...

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September 28, 2014 - 0 Comments

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...

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September 19, 2014 - 0 Comments

“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...

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August 30, 2014 - 0 Comments

See my analysis of True Detective Season 2 here. By: Jay Dyer The first season of True Detective captivated the viewing public this year, topped only by Breaking Bad in...

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August 21, 2014 - 0 Comments

By: Jay Dyer Transcendence is the ultimate transhumanist film to date. Convalescence would have been a better name.  The film begins with some cataclysmic future event that has caused the...

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August 17, 2014 - 0 Comments

By: Jay Dyer Some of these will be obvious, but as the readership grows there may be insights in certain lesser known films that deal with conspiracy in general.  My...

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August 17, 2014 - 0 Comments

Panspermiatic Cinematic By: Jay Dyer Prometheus was the 2012 presumed blockbuster prequel to Ridley Scott’s famous Alien series. While reviews were slightly on the positive side, many found the film...

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August 9, 2014 - 0 Comments

By: Jay Dyer I was tempted to write this as a joke analysis under the name “VibrantCitizen,” but I’ll refrain, since the competition likes to “borrow” ideas without returning them....

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July 30, 2014 - 0 Comments

By: Jay Dyer Luc Besson has that rare, magical quality where his films teeter on the edge of being extremely mediocre and/or somewhat entertaining.  Similar themes run through his work,...

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