Tag: Jason Dias


Seeking a friend for the end of the world: A review

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Just in case you value such things, spoiler alert. Although what I have to say shouldn’t actually come as much of a surprise. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World is an end-of-the-world movie in which the world actually ends. There are actually a number of complicated love stories in this romantic comedy… Read more »

Dear Hollywoodãor How To Pick A University

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Birdman. Michael Keaton, some other people you might have heard of. The trailers make it look really interesting, the story of a washed-up superhero who was never more than second-rate being dragged out of retirement by popular demand. That could be funny. Only that has nothing whatsoever with the movie. It’s really about a washed-up… Read more »

Do Cats Know There Is a Future?

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Human cognition is increasingly recognized as not that special among our animal cousins. Numerous demonstrations of other mammals and even birds capable of tool use, of language use, of empathy, and of a sense of fairness permeate the literature. Anyone who spends any time at all with their household pets must wonder at times what… Read more »

Lying in Bed, Just Like Brian Wilson Did

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Photo by Richard King. I heard it again, I don’t remember where: isn’t amazing how the Beach Boys could make all that beautiful, harmonious, uplifting music while their front man was so depressed? Wilson’s mental illness is legendary. The Barenaked Ladies famously penned a song about his breakdown: three years in bed gaining weight and… Read more »