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Rants of a Grumpy Old Man: O, Brave New World
Zsolt heralds the arrival of Dr. Rye Coozer, virtual gynecologist. [read on]
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Marjorie Prime : Holding On
Marjorie Prime asks if our holographic selves are better than our true selves. [read on]
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Dream Theater’s “Astonishing” New Album
Dream Theatre’s latest album a concept album about a dystopian future. [read on]
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Veterans Megadeth Back with a Vengeance on Dystopia
New album from thrash metal legends is their best in years [read on]
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Protomartyr’s Dystopic Disillusionment and Punk
Solid set of gender blending punk rockers Protomartyr reviewed. [read on]
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Province: Post-Punk, Post-Apocalyptic Theatre
A play governed by personae looks at a world where plants and animals are morphing into beasts that ravage humans. [read on]
Festivals
A Tardy Fantasia Festival Review: On the White Planet
South Korean director Bum-wook Hur introduces a beautifully bleak animation film to the 2015 edition of Montreal’s Fantasia Festival. Set in a dystopia where everything is colorless and people have gone dementedly cruel, On the [read on]
Festivals
Black and White The Dawn of Justice Explodes… A Lot
Taiwanese action film has more explosions and death-defying escapes than most. [read on]
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Review of Insurgent : Action and Effects Take Center Stage
Second part of the YA-to-film franchise less about plot and more about explosion eye candy. [read on]
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Review : The Ambitions of Burning in Water, Drowning in Flame
Tuesday Night Cafe play explores meaty topics about the causes and effects of war. [read on]
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Photo Review by Michael Bakouch: Mascara & Popcorn Black Carpet Event
To be inside a horror movie with all possible most terrifying monsters from your worst nightmares, drag your corpse to the Mascara & Popcorn Film Festival. [read on]
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Freaky, Gory, and Deliciously Horrific: Mascara & Popcorn’s Festival of Short Films
Get ready for the gore, the horror, the weird, and the wild at Mascara and Popcorn’s annual festival of short films. Here’s what’s going down. [read on]
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Snowpiercer: A One-way Ticket to a Bloody Class Fight on a Slick Road
In the hands of a Korean director, dystopic graphic novel becomes a visual tour de force. [read on]
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Divergent: Review for a Hollywood Film with No Divergence
Beautiful to look at but lacking any depth, Divergent is best for filling the time between Hunger Games installments. [read on]
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Film Review: Jonze’s Her Probes Human Loneliness and its Technological Band-Aid
After a break up with his human partner, Thomas starts a romantic relationship with his phone’s operating system. Can the two wire crossed lovers bridge their differences? [read on]