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Carla Baratta: The BFG Interview

September 24, 2026September 28, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Adelita, Book and Film Globe, Carla Baratta, Carlos Moreno, Colombian television, Fernanda del Carpio, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, interview, Latin American cinema, Laura Mora, Laura Taylor, Macondo, magical realism, Margarita Rosa de Francisco, Mayans M.C., Netflix, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Sons of Anarchy, Venezuelan actress

The Venezuelan model turned star of ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ talks Macondo

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Raygun: the Kangaroo That Got Judged

September 11, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 1 Comment Australia, breakdancing, breaking, Chapman Way, dance, documentary, hip hop culture, Internet culture, interview, Maclain Way, memes, Netflix, Olympic breaking, Olympics, Paris Olympics, Rachael Gunn, Raygun, Rocky, Sammy Free, Untold, Untold: Raygun: Breaking Badly, viral media

‘Untold: Raygun: Breaking Badly’ gets behind the scenes of Australia’s most hated Olympian

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The BFG Raygun Interview

September 11, 2026September 14, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Australia, Book and Film Globe, breakdancing, breaking, Chapman Way, dance, documentary, hip hop culture, Internet culture, interview, Maclain Way, memes, Netflix, Olympic breaking, Olympics, Paris Olympics, Rachael Gunn, Raygun, Sammy Free, Untold, Untold: Raygun: Breaking Badly, viral media

Australia’s most famous breakdancer talks about the Olympics and ‘Untold: Raygun: Breaking Badly’

‘The Whisper Man’ Deserves this Review

September 4, 2026September 4, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 14 Comments Adam Scott, Alex North, book adaptation, child abduction, crime thriller, film review, James Ashcroft, Michael Keaton, Michelle Monaghan, movie review, mystery thriller, Netflix, Netflix movies, psychological thriller, Robert De Niro, Rory Kennedy, Serial Killer, streaming movies, The Silence of the Lambs, The Whisper Man, Thrillers, True Detective

Despite Michael Keaton, Robert de Niro and Michelle Monaghan, this film is already spoiled

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Is ‘Badly in Love’ Terrible Television or Brilliant Satire?

August 19, 2026August 23, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Awich, Badly in Love, Badly in Love Season 2, dating reality show, dating show, Japan, Japanese culture, Japanese television, Love, MEGUMI, Nagano, Netflix, Okinawa, reality television, Reality TV, Romance, Television Review, yakuza, yankii

The Japanese reality dating show throws punks together to teach them romantic love

Streaming TELEVISION

Netflix’s ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ Is a Cinematic Miracle

August 13, 2026August 13, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 3 Comments Ángela Cano, book adaptation, Carla Baratta, Claudio Cataño, Colombia, Dynamo, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Julián Román, Latin American cinema, Laura Mora, Laura Taylor, Licinia Alzate, Macondo, magical realism, Marleyda Soto, Netflix, One Hundred Years of Solitude, Streaming, Television Review

Magical Macondo comes to life even as Colombia suffers tragedy

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Extras: An Obituary

July 22, 2026July 30, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 1 Comment AI, Alex Garland, animatronics, Arab Legion, Avengers: Endgame, background actors, Battle of Aqaba, blockbusters, Book and Film Globe, CGI, Christopher Nolan, Christopher Nolan films, CIvil War, D Day, David Lean, David Lean films, digital crowds, Dunkirk, epic cinema, Extras, film history, film production, Greece, Hollywood, Jordan, King Hussein, King Hussein of Jordan, Lawrence of Arabia, Lawrence of Arabia battle scene, Matt Damon, Messenia, Normandy, Oppenheimer, Peter Jackson, practical effects, puppetry, Ray Mendoza, SAG-AFTRA, Saving Private Ryan, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Steven Spielberg, T.E. Lawrence, Tenet, The Hobbit, The Lord Of The Rings, The Odyssey, union actors, visual effects, William Tecumseh Sherman

AI sounds the death knell for living crowds of people on film

Slavoj Žižek Can’t Name the Monster Anymore

July 13, 2026July 12, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 4 Comments algorithmic politics, algorithms, attention economy, authoritarianism, Bloomsbury, Book Review, contemporary politics, critical theory, Donald Trump, dopamine politics, Elysium, fascism, Friedrich Nietzsche, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, Giorgia Meloni, Hegel, Hollywood, Jacques Lacan, Javier Milei, Jean Baudrillard, Liberal Fascisms, liberalism, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Marxism, Michel Foucault, Narendra Modi, Nayib Bukele, Nonfiction, philosophy, political philosophy, political theory, populism, Slavoj Žižek, social media, Star Wars, The Hunger Games, The Matrix

‘Liberal Fascisms’ is the latest of the viral Slovenian philosophers collected essays

Spain is Going Crazy for ‘Torrente, Presidente’!

April 10, 2026April 11, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Alec Baldwin, comedy films, controversial films, European cinema, far-right politics, film franchise, film satire, Francisco Franco, Illuminati satire, independent film, José Luis Torrente, Kevin Spacey, political satire, Sacha Baron Cohen, Santiago Segura, Spain politics, Spanish cinema, Torrente Presidente, Torrente series, Vox party satire

In the sixth instalment of his box-office breaking series, Santiago Segura takes on politics

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Houston, We Have Engagement!

April 8, 2026April 11, 2026 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen, Amy Farrah Fowler, Artemis II, Buzz Aldrin, Christina Koch, Gayle King, Howard Wolowitz, Illuminati, Jeff Bezos, Jeremy Hansen, Joe Rogan, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flyn, Lauren Sánchez, Leonard Hofstadter, NASA, Neil Armstrong, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Netflix, Pedro Almodóvar, Pink Floyd, Raj Koothrappali, Reality TV, Reid Wiseman, Trekkies, Victor Glover

Netflix streams Artmeis II as a NASA reality show

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From Bat-Biting Rocker to Brow-Beaten Dad Who Changed TV

July 23, 2025July 24, 2025 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Black Sabbath, Kelly Osbourne, Ozzy Ozbourne, Sharon Osbourne, The Sopranos, The Wire, Tony Soprano

Appreciating the cultural influence of Ozzy Osbourne

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The Somewhat Triumphant Return of Lena Dunham

July 22, 2025July 22, 2025 Dr. Carlos Flores 0 Comments Alix Earle, Andrew Scott, Jake Shane, Jessica Alba, Lena Dunham, Leo Reich, megan stalter, Michael Zegen, Naomi Watts, Owen Thiele, Rhea Perlman, Richard E. Grant, Rita Ora, Stephen Fry, Too Much, Will Sharpe

Does ‘Too Much’ have too much for a successful rom-com?

Secrets We Keep

‘Secrets We Keep’: Rich Danish White People Problems

June 12, 2025June 18, 2025 Dr. Carlos Flores 1 Comment Danica Curcic, Ingeborg Topsøe, Marie Bach Hansen, Secrets We Keep

A gritty, effective piece of Nordic Noir on Netflix

Nonnas

‘Nonnas’: Netflix Movie As Comfort Food

June 3, 2025June 8, 2025 Dr. Carlos Flores 1 Comment Brenda Vaccaro, Drea de Matteo, Lorraine Bracco, Michael Rispoli;, Nonnas, Steven Chbosky, Susan Sarandon, Talia Shire, Vince Vaughn

The film the guy from ‘The Bear’ should see

The Soap Operas that Saved a Nation

May 22, 2025May 28, 2025 Dr. Carlos Flores 7 Comments Hugo Chavez, Kassandra, President Bill Clinton, Telenovela, Venezuela

Venezuelan telenovelas were full of strong women, romance and hope

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