Movies

My Halloween 🎃👻 Movie: Frozen (2010) – Spoiler Alert

I chose the 2010 movie Frozen as my Halloween movie. I love Halloween and the dark, macabre themes that come with it. I was hoping the novel I’m writing would have been released in time for Halloween, but it is what it is. Spoiler alert The movie is a survival story, and—spoiler alert—the person who survives […]

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The Fifth Element

One of my favorite science fiction movies is (and probably still is) The Fifth Element. Why? – I loved Bruce Willis’s character. Sympathizing with the protagonist is essential to enjoying any work of literature or art. – The comedy in the movie was of very good taste. – The cinematography was stunning. – The plot

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9 reasons why some people hate dystopias

Last week, I was listening to Books and Authors podcast and one of the co-hostesses mentioned 1984 by George Orwell. She was saying that she didn’t like dystopias but that Orwell’s 1984 was read, back in the day, as a literary fiction, which is true. Although the term ‘dystopia’ was coined by John Stuart Mill in 1868, it became vastly used only in the past few decades.

So why people don’t like dystopias?

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