Category Archives: Movies

Killers and EvoPsych

Posted on 20 January 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Quick post. We spent all afternoon watching Killers of the Flower Moon — a very good film, worth the 3 1/2 hours — so I only have a moment to post something before dinner. \ Washington Post, Joel Achenbach, 20 … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Psychology | Leave a comment

Watching Movies in Theaters; UBI; Reality; Why Everyone Thinks They’re Losing; and Epistemology

Posted on 4 January 2024 by Mark R. Kelly

Items today: How watching movies in certain theaters (AMC) is a bloated experience; Why UBI studies are not making traction into political policy; A New Yorker graphic essay about how reality might exist only because we’re observing it; E.J. Dionne … Continue reading →

Posted in Epistemology, Movies, Politics, Psychology | Leave a comment

Correction to Earlier Oscar Post

Posted on 24 March 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

It turns out that a tune I liked, which I described as having “a relentless three note descending theme, underlying colorful violin lines,” in one of the Oscar nominated films, Triangle of Sadness, that I discussed in my post of … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Music | Leave a comment

Oscars 2023, 2

Posted on 14 March 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

My takes on the films released in 2022 that we saw, including 8 of the 10 Best Picture Oscar nominees.

Posted in Movies | Leave a comment

Oscars 2023, 1

Posted on 13 March 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Lots of items in the news media today about the Oscars, of course. Here’s a typical article about them, followed by some of my reactions, to the awards, and (tomorrow) to some of the individual films. Salon, Melanie McFarland, 13 … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies | Leave a comment

Religious Presumptions, Divine Plans, Hollywood’s Worst

Posted on 11 February 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Catching up on links not yet used from the past week or so. Jerry Coyne responds to Timothy Keller’s presumptions about the metaphysical truth of Christianity and the need for a revived Church; The obvious evidence for lack of a … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Religion | Leave a comment

Mysteries, Stories, and Science

Posted on 26 December 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

I like mysteries, once in a while, but I don’t trust them. They are too often contrived, “too clever by half” as the saying goes. Their narratives double back and re-interpret, like lawyers who revisit a set of testimony and … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, Narrative | Leave a comment

Assorted Links from Recent Weeks

Posted on 23 December 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

About George Santos’s fictional resume, Tucker Carlson’s year of being wrong, Avatar 2’s “ecological Indian” cliche, the hypocrisy of right-wing “free thinkers,” Thomas Frank on the lack of imagination of Democrats, DeSantis and vaccines, book banning, and two religious graphics.

Posted in Culture, Movies, Politics, Religion | Leave a comment

Denying the Denialists? and Bros

Posted on 20 October 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Just time for one Reading today, then some comments about seeing a movie in a movie theater for the first time in nearly 3 years.

Posted in Meaning, Movies, Politics | Leave a comment

Today’s Headlines, 8 Sept 2022

Posted on 8 September 2022 by Mark R. Kelly

Queen and empire; Religious employers against health care; Republicans making fun of sick people; Lebanon as America’s future under Trumpers; MAGA invokes 1st century BC; Another lame right-wing movie; Why American lives are getting shorter; The indefensible claims of “2,000 … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservative Resistance, Links & Comments, Movies, Politics, The Gays | Leave a comment