Poe, Reanimated

October 31, 2015 Morphizm 0

Extraordinary Tales brings Poe’s harrowing stories to the screen for newer generations raised on boundless technologies and influences.

Happy Birthday, Bugs Bunny!

July 31, 2015 Morphizm 0

Whether he’s the destabilizing force of Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes’ glory days, or more centered in contemporary reboots that can’t measure up, Bugs Bunny remains a towering cartoon influence.

Cli-Fi: Director Tomm Moore’s Song of the Sea

January 3, 2015 Morphizm 0

Like his Oscar-nominated feature debut The Secret of Kells, his new stunner Song of the Sea is steeped in regional folklore but still a universal wonder. But it is a more personal epic, about the extinction of mythological seal people called Selkies, as explored through a lighthouse family riven by loss and misunderstanding but healed by history and magic.

Cli-Fi Is Real

October 29, 2014 Morphizm 0

Cli-fi is the cultural prism through which we monitor and experience ourselves as we bleed our planet dry while trying to become machines.

No One Wins the US China Solar War

August 22, 2014 Morphizm 0

We’re in the slow-motion throes of an environmental apocalypse whose existential ravages are terrifyingly “irreversible.” Now is not the time to be arguing over solar cash.

Terror and Terraformation: Alan Moore

November 20, 2013 Morphizm 0

“There’s something quaint about these attempts to control us today, in a period where we are boiling with information and complexity, both of which have reached levels that could be called fractal, if that wasn’t a polite way of saying chaotic.“

Here Comes the Sun Journo!

November 8, 2013 Morphizm 0

As I turned my back last year on writing about cultural, environmental, political, economic and other lofty concerns for money — because it wasn’t really paying any — I decided to plot another devious experiment.

Life To The Pixies!

September 16, 2013 Morphizm 0

Unbowed, the Pixies’ reconstructed band, and brand, now soldiers ahead with street and market cred to spare.