Maxwell Jenkins, Nicolas Cage, and Jaeden Martell in Arcadian.
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Arcadian manages to be both highly derivative and also quite unusual. It is part thriller, part creature feature and part horror.
A furry friend, Goodyear the dog, makes a safe human home in the post-apocalyptic ‘Finch.’
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‘Finch’ can be seen in a larger tradition of science fiction that explores the nature of being human through the human-dog relationship.
Lights from police vehicles illuminate Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., in the evening following the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 2021.
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The popularity of zombie apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic narratives has emerged from some of the same economic and cultural currents that gave rise to Trump’s presidency.