David Nurenberg·Dec 30, 2021Jagged Red Pill — A review of Matrix: ResurrectionThe Matrix Resurrections is the latest entry in the recent spate of flamboyantly self-aware re-treads of classic 80s, 90s (and now, it…
David Nurenberg·Jun 30, 2020The Banality of AutocracyWhat Orwell got right, and wrong, about power in the Age of Trump
David Nurenberg·May 10, 2020What superheroes can teach us about Donald TrumpFor the past four years, liberals have struggled to understand Donald J. Trump’s consistently strong appeal to (if polls are accurate)…
David Nurenberg·May 5, 2020Why science is losing the warIt’s not surprising that the Trumpian “war on science” has gained so much traction, and that empirical, rational thought continues to lose…
David Nurenberg·Mar 29, 2020In the Time of the ButterfliesThoughts on the season finale of Star Trek: Picard
David Nurenberg·Mar 5, 2020Waking up in the middle of some hard Trekking — my review of Star Trek: PicardWAKING UP THE MIDDLE OF SOME HARD TREKKING
David Nurenberg·Dec 20, 2019Star Wars: The saga ends with a whimper (despite a screen full of bangs)(aka Star Wars: Rise of the Jump Cuts)
David Nurenberg·Dec 14, 2019Jar Jar Binks and the crisis in Western DemocracyBoris Johnson’s sweeping victory in England made me think, hardly for the first time, that the only purpose in being a liberal/globalist…
David Nurenberg·Dec 2, 2019Frozen 2: The thinking person’s Disney filmA film about the challenges of time’s passage, self-actualization, and coming to grips with national history. Plus flaming salamanders.
David Nurenberg·Jul 16, 2019“Stranger Things” in a Strange Land (Season 3 Review — spoilers)“Stranger Things” in a Strange Land : Review of Season 3
