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Andrea’s Musings of a Future Librarian: “Looking to Literature for Answers”
http://bit.ly/2V1Xuxv Black history month always prompts me to reflect on the history that is responsible for my position in society. I strive to understand what it is that we are still seeking as...
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Steven’s Science in Cinema: The Andromeda Strain (1971)
https://imdb.to/2v9VLLW The Andromeda Strain (1971), directed by Robert Wise, can be found among almost every “must watch” sci-fi film list. Aside from its outstanding reviews in the sci-fi community,...
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Antonio’s The Rare Review: A Look at Sci-fi/Drama– Alter Your Mind With...
https://imdb.to/39Yi0TJ “There is only one god and his name is Death, and there is only one thing we say to Death. Not today.” This quote is from season one of Game of Thrones— while it is a completely...
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Henrietta Eghan’s Words for the Mind and Soul: “The Opposite of Loneliness”
http://bit.ly/39n612t Hello my dear JFR Readers, After finishing my first blog, I couldn’t help but wonder what it’d be like to do a blog that contrasted the blog about loneliness. Now, the question...
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Spangler’s From Sentence to Screen: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
https://imdb.to/2I6JzOV Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016) is a drama/fantasy film directed by Tim Burton and is rated PG-13. The movie begins with the protagonist Jacob Portman, played...
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Modern Cinema From Around the World: A Review of Mike Leigh’s “Naked”
https://imdb.to/3as8zwl Although this is considered my modern cinema series, I am still inclined to include a film from 26 years ago. The reason for Naked’s inclusion is simple: I enjoy the film very...
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Musings of a Future Librarian: “Their Eyes Were Watching God”
http://bit.ly/3csQxvp Last week I finished Zora Neale Hurston’ s Their Eyes Were Watching God, and have been thinking about the protagonist, Janie Crawford, ever since. In one, she’s a woman with two...
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Logging Lives with Lydia: The Revision Process- Preserving the Integrity of...
http://bit.ly/38iVJik Dear JFR Readers, Thank you for joining me for another blog dedicated to my oral history writing project: The Second Baptist Church Project. As I continue creating these 400-word...
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Antonio’s The Rare Review: A Look at Sci-Fi/Drama-The Outsider: Whodunnit...
https://imdb.to/3aDNoaz The name Stephen King is synonymous with horror, and for good reason. He is a master of suspense, world creation, and intricate plots. I am a huge fan of King’s novels, as well...
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Steven’s Science in Cinema: Skyfall (2012)
https://imdb.to/2HIF0Kr Skyfall (2012), directed by Sam Mendes, didn’t only feature the popular Adele song, Skyfall, but it also contained a controversial amount of scientific inaccuracies. The James...
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Eghan’s Words for the Mind and Soul: “Nothing but Guilt”
http://bit.ly/3d3uqfq Agoo JFR blog readers, This blog post features poetry that captures the emotional response of guilt. In a nutshell, guilt is a term which is frequently used to capture the feeling...
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Spangler’s From Sentence to Screen: The Birds
https://imdb.to/3d1n4Jt The Birds is a 1963 American horror-thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock. Actors, Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren play as the movie’s lead characters, Mitch and...
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Modern Cinema From Around the World: A Review of Michael Haneke’s “Funny Games”
https://imdb.to/3aZB6cQ *Spoilers ahead* Michael Haneke’s Austrian psychological thriller Funny Games (1997) begins with a family driving towards their vacation home. When they draw nearer to their...
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Musings of a Future Librarian: The Old South in William Faulkner’s, The Sound...
http://bit.ly/2U6xX44 “The first chapter is going to be hard, that’s the point, stick with it.” The Friday lecture before we were due to begin William Faulkner’s The Sound and The Fury (TSATF), my...
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Film Feature: Chris J. Patiño reviews Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation
I’m never going to a dinner party in the Hollywood Hills, no matter how good looking the people are. Subdued, meticulous and distinctive in tone, The Invitation is a film whose horrors lie in human...
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Film Feature: Katelynn Gleason reviews Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation
An Invitation to Remember **Warning: spoilers ahead** Karyn Kusama’s 2015 film The Invitation is worth watching but not for the reasons you might think. It is best to approach the film without grand...
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Spangler’s From Sentence to Screen: Room
https://imdb.to/2RaDLsP Room is a 2015 independent drama film directed by Lenny Abrahamson and stars Brie Larson, Jacob Trembly, Joan Allen and Sean Bridgers. The movie starts off with narration from...
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Meet the Bloggers: Antonio Rodriguez
Our new series “Meet the Bloggers” is a way for the community to learn about the people who make Jet Fuel Review whole. For our first addition of this new weekly series for this semester, we are...
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Modern Cinema From Around the World: A Review of Abbas Kiarostami’s “Close-Up...
https://imdb.to/2UMfGJM Abbas Kiarostami’s Close-Up (1990) is a docu-fiction film that is a rendering of real life events depicted by the actual people who went through these events. The film follows...
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Musings of a Future Librarian: The Truth We Hide–An Analysis of George David...
https://bit.ly/2WXutns Upon reading the title of George David Clark’s poem, “Washing Your Feet” my mind involuntarily brought forth images of Pope Francis in thick white linens, bowing his head to...
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