Author: G.L. Ford

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Down, Down and ‘Away’

September 17, 2020September 17, 2020 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Away, Hilary Swank, Josh Charles, Mark Ivanir, Vivian Lu

Netflix show trades the thrill of a Mars expedition for soapy backstory

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‘Cursed’ is a Feminist Arthurian Jumble

August 6, 2020August 5, 2020 G.L. Ford 1 Comment Cursed, Excalibur, Frank Miller, Katherine Langford, Tom Wheeler

Netflix show imagines what would have happened if the Lady Of The Lake wielded Excalibur

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The Defiling of Miguel de Cervantes

June 22, 2020July 7, 2020 G.L. Ford 25 Comments 1984, Antifa, Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes, Ulysses S. Grant

Vandals in San Francisco desecrate a monument to the creator of the modern novel

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‘Homecoming’ Forgets the Reason it Exists

May 29, 2020June 3, 2020 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Chris Cooper, Homecoming, Hong Chau, Janelle Monae, Joan Cusack, Julia Roberts, Stephan James

Janelle Monáe is here, though she doesn’t remember why

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‘Tales from the Loop’ Humanizes Sci-Fi

April 29, 2020May 5, 2020 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Abby Ryder Fortson, Ato Essandoh, Devs, Jonathan Pryce, Philip Glass, Rebecca Hall, Tales From The Loop, The Twilight Zone, Westworld

A hopeful vision for a hopeless age

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CREATORS Remembrance 

Tomie dePaola, RIP

March 31, 2020April 2, 2020 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Tomie dePaola

Beloved children’s author dies at 85

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The Good Place’s Suicide Solution

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 G.L. Ford 6 Comments David Lynch, Eraserhead, The Atlantic, The Good Place, The Pixies, Vulture

In Heaven, Apparently, Everything is Fine

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CREATORS Remembrance 

Christopher Tolkien, 1924-2020

January 17, 2020January 17, 2020 G.L. Ford 1 Comment C.S. Lewis, Christopher Tolkien, J.R.R Tolkien, Middle-earth, The Inklings, The Lord Of The Rings, The Silmarillion

Keeper of Middle-earth’s Legacy

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Axis of Evil

December 2, 2019December 2, 2019 G.L. Ford 1 Comment Alexa Davalos, Rufus Sewell, Stephen Root, The Man In The High Castle

‘The Man In The High Castle’ Outrageously Gives the Holocaust a Happy Ending

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What is ‘The OA’ About, Anyway?

May 6, 2019May 6, 2019 G.L. Ford 0 Comments Brit Marling, The OA

Tell Us, O Great Psychic Octopus!

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