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FILM | ‘Don’t Look Up’: Apocalypse, again
‘Don’t Look Up’ is apocalyptic science fiction, but it’s also biting satire. By Jonah Raskin | The Rag Blog | January 6, 2022 I had heard about Don’t Look Up (Netflix, 2 h 18 m) the new apocalyptic science fiction … Continue reading
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Tagged Don't Look Up, Film, Jonah Raskin, Rag Bloggers, Science Fiction
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FILM | Scarlett Johansson gets ‘Under the Skin’ (Ouch!)
What a muddled mess this movie is. It gives you the same feeling you might get while watching a drunk trying to cross an icy street. By Bob Simmons | The Rag Blog | May 14, 2014 I’m not sure … Continue reading
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Tagged Bob Simmons, Film, Jonathan Glazer, Nudity, Rag Bloggers, Scarlett Johansson, Science Fiction, Under the Skin
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Thomas McKelvey Cleaver : Remembering Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury in 1982. Photo by Lennox McLendon / AP / Washington Post.Ray Bradbury remembered:The librarian told my dadhe was asking for trouble “Ray Bradbury, a boundlessly imaginative novelist who wrote some of the most popular science-fiction books of all … Continue reading
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Tagged Authors, Deaths, Fantasy, Literature, Ray Bradbury, Science Fiction, Thomas Cleaver
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BOOKS / Rabbi Arthur Waskow : Marge Piercy: Science Fiction as Prophetic Vision
Marge Piercy’s ‘He, She and It’:Science fiction as prophetic vision By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / November 7, 2010 [He, She and It by Marge Piercy (Knopf, 1991); Hardcover; 446 pp.] Marge Piercy’s novel He, She and … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Future, Judaism, Kabbalah, Marge Piercy, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Science Fiction
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Rabbi Arthur Waskow on ‘Avatar’ : Celebrating the Tree of Life
Avatar and Tu B’Shvat:Celebrating the Great Tree of Life Avatar is extraordinary. Not only for the superficial but powerful technology… but most of all for its spiritually-rooted progressive politics. By Rabbi Arthur Waskow / The Rag Blog / January 15, … Continue reading
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Tagged Avatar, Film, Imperialism, Rabbi Arthur Waskow, Religion, Science Fiction, Spirituality
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Avatar : Contradictions of Cameron’s Animation Masterpiece
The contradictions of capital-intensive history:James Cameron’s animation masterpiece The stunning experience of nature, culture, and politics does achieve an important spiritual reversal of the Cowboys and Indians plot. By Greg Moses / The Rag Blog / December 28, 2009 “I’ll … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Entertainment, Fantasy, Film, Green Technology, Greg Moses, Imperialism, Mythology, Science Fiction
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FILM / Cheap Thrills? ‘Avatar’ Kicks Butt
Avatar is shallow, predictableAnd totally awesome! By Pollyanna O’Possum / The Rag Blog / December 24, 2009 Avatar, the new, multi-million dollar James Cameron’s 3-D sci-fi flick, opened to mixed reviews on Dec. 18, with some criticizing the film’s length … Continue reading
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Tagged Criticism, Film, Pollyanna O'Possum, Popular Culture, Science Fiction
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BOOKS / Speak English! by Mike Palecek
Sci-fi, conspiracy theories and politics merge:Speak English! is a wild journey By Joan Wile / The Rag Blog / October 10, 2009 [Speak English! by Mike Palecek. Trade paperback, 322 pp. Published by CWG Press; to be released November, 2009.] … Continue reading
Star Trek and the ‘Prime Directive’ : We’re Still Meddling
Star Trek’s post-cold war, multi-ethnic, multi-gender and multi-specie crew: early imperialist warriors or noble seekers?Aboard the Imperial Star Ship Ameriprise…Heading for the Final Frontier By William Astore / March 27, 2009 I grew up in the 1970s on reruns of … Continue reading
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Tagged Diversity, Imperialism, Popular Culture, Science Fiction, Star Trek, Television
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