Starving the Beast documentary review: the deliberate dumbing down of the American university
Lays out with calm, terrifying clarity how US public universities are being turned into profit-making ventures at the expense of students and education.
Year: 2016
Ben-Hur movie review: it’s fine, everything is fine
It’s not great. It’s not terrible. It is bland manufactured entertainment product. It’s fine. Hollywood is not creatively bankrupt. Everything is fine.
happy 19th birthday to Flick Filosopher!
This site debuted on this day in 1997. There aren’t many movie sites older than this one, and there aren’t many sites that existed back then that are still around today.
from Pinterest: Olive Oyl graffiti (London photo)
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Robinson Crusoe (aka The Wild Life) movie review: castaway… you know, for kids!
A bland electronic babysitter, suitable only for small children still distracted by bright colors, slapstick cartoon animals, and simplistic wordplay.
from Pinterest: Popeye the sailor vs Felix the cat graffiti (London photo)
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Morgan movie review: AI why?
Eschewing the compelling SF questions it raises, Morgan resorts to violence and would-be cleverness, and makes concrete what it should have left ambiguous.
from Pinterest: Fred Astaire and Charlie Chaplin graffiti (London photo)
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new Star Trek Continues! E07: “Embrace the Winds”
This might be my favorite episode yet.
working on a redesign of the site…
…that I hope to debut in time for the site’s 19th anniversary next week. [This post is not behind the paywall.]
