‘The Sex Lives of College Girls’: 5 More Popular Shows About Female Friend Groups
As it’s name would suggest, The Sex Lives of College Girls, follows four freshman girls as they navigate life, love, and academics at the...
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- Jan 6
- 4 min
Eat the Rich: 'The Menu' Delivers a Clever Satire in the Age of Mass Consumption
"Tonight, you get no bread." After months in the theater, director Mark Mloyds critically acclaimed dark comedy, The Menu, is available...
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- Dec 28, 2022
- 3 min
Bombs Away: How Will ‘Oppenheimer’ Usher Nuclear Discourse Into the 21st Century
“I don’t know if we can be trusted with such a weapon… but we have no choice.” After months of teasers and tight lips, the official...
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- Dec 19, 2022
- 4 min
5 Modern Christmas TV Shows & Specials To Binge Before The Holidays
Consider holiday specials a treat, a gift from show creators to fans in between seasons to spread some holiday cheer (or dismal). In...
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- Dec 2, 2022
- 3 min
Bad Bunny Crowned Spotify’s Most-Streamed Global Artist, Continues Breaking Records
The numbers are in for Spotify Wrapped 2022, and Bad Bunny is once again the most-streamed artist around the world. This marked three...
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- Jul 18, 2022
- 6 min
'Westworld' Season 4: The Illusion of Choice of Fidelity
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- Mar 22, 2021
- 6 min
To Be Stuck in WandaVision’s Grief-Stricken Suburbia
Wanda: It's just like this wave washing over me again and again. It knocks me down and when I try to stand up, it just comes for me...
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- Dec 28, 2020
- 5 min
Pixar's Soul: A Search for Meaning
I started Entertainmental as a means for exploring the concepts and themes of film as they relate to human nature. Like any other form of...
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- Nov 28, 2020
- 5 min
Fall TV Takes on COVID-19
Television is meant to provide a form of escapism for audiences, a way to immerse oneself in an alternate reality of storytelling beyond...
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- Oct 17, 2020
- 3 min
The 100: The Power of Youth to Rebuild Society
When the world seems doomed and the people lose faith in a continuous existence, the pressure often lies on the power of youth to...
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- Oct 9, 2020
- 8 min
The OA: A Conspiracy Post (*Spoilers*)
This blog entry is less of a review/analysis, but rather a conspiracy theory for one of my favorite TV shows - The OA. The series was one...
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- Sep 25, 2020
- 4 min
Nietzche & The Dark Knight
* HW for Film & Philosophy Course, GWU (2019) Nietzsche writes in Beyond Good and Evil, “In as much as in all ages, as long as mankind...
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- Sep 7, 2020
- 5 min
What Does it Mean to Be Human?
What truly defines the human experience? Is it our ability to think beyond means of survival, or the mechanisms through which we regulate...
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- Aug 29, 2020
- 3 min
What Can Plato Teach Us about Life of Pi?
* HW for Film and Philosophy Course, GWU Fall 2019 * Plato writes, “clearly, he said, he would first see the sun and then reason about...
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- Aug 5, 2020
- 4 min
How to Be an American Immigrant, as Told by Hulu’s Ramy
I'm going to start off this post by emphasizing that I am NOT a first generation immigrant. I do not know the firsthand struggles or...
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- Jul 26, 2020
- 4 min
Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist: Music as a Metaphor
When I first meet someone, I have the habit of placing them into the realm of television plots and characterization. It’s not...
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- Jul 21, 2020
- 3 min
How to 'Do the Right Thing' (According to Plato)
This post is from an Assignment from a Film and Philosophy course, GWU (2019) Plato Reading from the Republic (Plato) Plato writes, “I...
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- Jul 10, 2020
- 5 min
"Wilfred" and the Pursuit of the Self
I find myself talking to my dog a lot these days. I ask him why he continues to chew the grass in the backyard despite knowing he will...
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- Jul 4, 2020
- 3 min
Hamilton: The Musical & The Cultural Revolution of it All
On the eve of the Fourth of July, Hamilton: The Musical was released for audiences around the country and the world through Disney Plus...
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- Jun 26, 2020
- 3 min
'Devs' and the Recurring Myth
The cerebral series, Devs, was released on Hulu at the beginning of the quarantine and has filled my mind with thoughts of...
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