Like a decent portion of the American public ($69.1 MILLION, and bringing with the news a slew of amazing Lego puns), I went and saw "The Lego Movie" this weekend, and it's one of the most amazing films I've ever seen, live action or otherwise, kids-centric or otherwise, whatever or whateverotherwise. There is nothing simple about this movie. What could've been a very, very … [Read more...] about Chasing the Unicorn: Block By Block
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One Nation Under Who?: You Vote Based On What You See
The Great Recession started in 2008 on Wall Street in one of the wealthiest parts of the United States. Wall Street, in the popular imagination, is filled with Ivy League elites who create money out of thin air and pocket the actual money. Fast-forward years later, and the economy has begun to crawl out of the Great Recession. In the years since, Wall Street has been … [Read more...] about One Nation Under Who?: You Vote Based On What You See
WEIRD SCIENCE: Robots in Healthcare
Robots are pretty awesome. Most people have an idea of robots formed by popular culture representations, but the direction the actual robotics world is traveling has less flash and more pragmatism. Science fiction has long focused on philosophical questions of the essence of humanity and the moral qualms involved in creating an automaton that can ‘feel.’ However, robotic … [Read more...] about WEIRD SCIENCE: Robots in Healthcare
Girls on Film: Behind the Scenes
Tonight, I was fortunate to sit in on a class at USC's cinema school entitled "Film Symposium." Each week a new film is screened in the class and guests who worked on the film come in and answer questions about the film. This week, "The Pretty One" was screened and the two guests were director, Jenèe LaMarque and director of photography, Polly Morgan. The reason why I want … [Read more...] about Girls on Film: Behind the Scenes
Daily Art: Who’s Your Favorite Artist? (Intro)
As a kid I hated books. Actually that’s not entirely true, I would flip through them looking for any kind of picture to look at. Once I got to middle school and people found out I liked art, the first and almost immediate question was “Who’s your favorite artist?” Since I was convinced at the time that the only true artists to ever exist were Van Gogh and Picasso, my … [Read more...] about Daily Art: Who’s Your Favorite Artist? (Intro)