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Walker Percy and the 98%
Early in The Moviegoer, Binx Bolling starts talking about “the search” that he finds himself on when he is not too “sunk” into reality. Soon after that initial talk of the search (which I mentioned here), Bolling continues: What do … Continue reading
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Friendship or Community
I’ve spent the last few days thinking about this post by Rod Dreher and the comments that it inspired. The post, which consists almost entirely of a letter written by one of Dreher’s readers, was intended to be a kind … Continue reading
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The Music That Catches You
It’s been nice having a season of The Flash that hasn’t centered on a villainous speedster. The unfolding story of the Thinker has brought a nice twist to some familiar tropes of the superhero television genre. The through-line of the … Continue reading
War through Time?
The CW is putting Supergirl on hiatus for a few weeks so that DC’s Legends of Tomorrow can have a solid Monday night run. Here’s the trailer for this next Monday’s return of our time-correcting team.
Ten Years and Closing
Listen for the comment made by Hemsworth about ten years and things coming to an end . . . I think we have every reason to believe that Avengers 3 and 4 will be complete game-changers for the Marvel Cinematic … Continue reading
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Anticipating the Fallout
Okay. Only one . . . maybe two . . . more movie trailers for the week. As much as I’d like to think that my taste in movies transcends franchises and sequels, there is something wonderfully comfortable about a … Continue reading
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Best in the Galaxy Far, Far Away?
Well, the full trailer is much better than the teaser played during the first commercial break of the Super Bowl. Even still, the jury will be out for a while on this one. The struggle I foresee this movie having … Continue reading
No Place Like Home?
Friday night saw the “wrap” of the Agents of SHIELD lost-in-the-future saga. It will probably go down as one of the best arcs of the show’s run. Now we’ve got a month to wait before the second half of the … Continue reading
What We Owe to Each Other
This last part of the second season of The Good Place has seen the “existential quartet” confront “the Judge” to plead their case as changed people. Last week we say each member face a challenge, a test, to see how … Continue reading
Describing Generation Z
One of the things that we talk about in our classroom discussions about ethics is the category of ethics known as “descriptive ethics.” It really is as simple as the term itself: descriptive ethics is concerned with communicating what is … Continue reading
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Space Enough, and Time 