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Determinism & No Country For Old Men
No Country for Old Men is not just a crime thriller or neo-Western; it’s a sparse, haunting meditation on determinism, morality, and the fragility of human order. Its themes have deepened in resonance as I’ve aged and witnessed increasing moral erosion and systemic absurdities.


The Spirituality of Spirited Away
Hayao Miyazaki’s film Spirited Away, in which Shinto beliefs and Japanese imagination animate a story of spirits, purification, and balance.


Toy Story is The Greatest Story Ever Told (and it’s a prohibited in our house)
Toy Story is a heartbreaking experience. At its core, it is about the death of a parent, attachment, acceptance, and letting go - but told through the eyes of a child, with imagination, fun, and humour.


Dune & Determinism vs Free Will
Dune positions free will not as an innate human right, but as a fragile illusion sustained by culture, belief, and ignorance of deeper systems at work.


Originality and Its Appropriators: The Goonies, Super 8, and Stranger Things
Originality is often mistaken for total invention, but in reality, the best stories are echoes — not replicas — of what came before.


The Spirituality of Annihilation
Annihilation is a film deeply imbued with spiritual undertones, exploring the human condition through themes of disconnection,


An Analysis of Edward Scissorhands
This analysis of the film, Edward Scissorhands, analyses the film's gothic fairytale genre, and its theme of conformity
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