Transparent: Does it Meet the Mark?

Transparent: Does it Meet the Mark?

Even the most economically challenged of households has no less than two television sets or electronic devices for streaming television and media. Media is vital to the spread of information.  However, media is entertainment, and just because it is popular doesn’t...
Happy Accidents: David Cronenberg’s Crash

Happy Accidents: David Cronenberg’s Crash

Crash isn’t David Cronenberg’s first psycho-sexual cringe masterpiece, but it’s up there with his best. Cronenberg’s stories often center around the collision of the physical with the virtual; for example,  in Videodrome (1983) a mysterious and sexually arousing TV...
Deep Space Sirens: Review

Deep Space Sirens: Review

  As I mentioned in my last article, I like sirens (by “sirens,” I of course mean the Greek mermaid-like creatures who lured sailors to their deaths with their voices and beauty, not the “I’d better pull over” type of sirens). So when...