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Film Feature: Megan O’Brien reviews Karyn Kusama’s The Invitation
The Invitation **Warning: spoilers ahead** Welcome to yet another dinner party from hell, which could very well be the tagline for Karyn Kusama’s 2015 film The Invitation. This film is the definition...
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Steven’s Science In Cinema: Osmosis Jones (2001)
https://imdb.to/33bkMCZ Showing movies in class to replace a lecture has always been a student’s dream, and it never hurts for the teacher to show it if the movie is an educational one. In biology...
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Antonio’s The Rare Review: A Look at Sci-Fi/Drama-Corruption and Collusion at...
https://imdb.to/2xFDTJV You may have noticed by now that I am a fan of Netflix. That is partially because a number of years ago I cut the cord and realized paying $100 a month for cable that I mostly...
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Jesse’s There is Power in a Rant: Up by Your Bootstraps- Hillbilly Elegy and...
J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy, a #1 New York Times Bestseller https://nyti.ms/2wT7zDl Between the years 1931 and 1939, 5 people were killed, several were arrested, and many went without pay and food...
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Meet the Bloggers: Jesse Drake
For our next entry of this new weekly series, we are introducing Jesse Drake. Drake is one of our new political bloggers under his title, There is Power in a Rant. Jesse Drake Jesse’s Bio: Jesse is a...
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Steven’s Science in Cinema: Contagion and Outbreak and the Science of...
https://imdb.to/2vWN3kv In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, many people are interested in the films Contagion (2011), directed by Steven Soderbergh, and Outbreak (1995), directed by Wolfgang Petersen....
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Logging Lives With Lydia: Oral Histories in the Time of the Pandemic
Hello JFR Blog Readers, https://n.pr/39QraRI Welcome back to another blog about my oral history writing endeavors. I hope you are all finding yourselves productive in your home offices while...
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Henrietta Eghan’s Words for the Mind and Soul: Quarantine
Hello Jet Fuel Blog Readers, It has been a while and I am sure like me, you have been impacted by Coronovirus and self-isolation. Whether it is through muscle atrophy, emotional fluctuations, or the...
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Antonio’s The Rare Review: A Look at Sci-Fi/Drama- Messiah Makes You Question...
https://imdb.to/3b75GBG What would happen if Jesus Christ returned to earth today? It is a philosophical question that some people may ponder as an interesting hypothetical debate, but Netflix’s new...
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Spangler’s From Sentence to Screen: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
https://imdb.to/3eqGk3U The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a 2012 American coming-of-age drama film written and directed by Stephen Chbosky and stars Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, and Ezra Miller. The...
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Musings of a Future Librarian: The beast in “Bestiary” by Julio Cortazar.
https://bit.ly/2VmxZp7 Bestiary: a collection of descriptions or representations of real or imaginary animals. Last week in my creative writing lecture, my peers and I were assigned, “Bestiary” by...
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Modern Cinema From Around the World: A Review of Andrey Zvyagintsev’s...
https://imdb.to/2Xq8Zjm *Spoilers Ahead* The 2014 drama film Leviathan, directed and written by Andrey Zvyagintsev, brings a Russian landscape to life in a bureaucratic battle between a fisherman and...
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Antonio’s The Rare Review: A Look at Sci-fi/Drama–Hostiles: A Western for the...
https://imdb.to/3ano1cq For many of us growing up in today’s world, we are children of concrete jungles. We are more familiar with subways, skyscrapers, strip malls, and carefully manicured suburban...
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Meet the Bloggers: Steven Zeko
For our final “Meet the Bloggers” of the semester we are introducing our Science/Film blogger Steven Zeko. Zeko uses his blog to evaluate the science accuracy in a variety of films such as Outbreak,...
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Antonio’s The Rare Review: A Look at Sci-fi/Drama–Waco: A Relevant Tragedy in...
https://imdb.to/3byrMNK In the current pandemic crisis, tensions are running high. This is true in a general sense as people deal with cabin fever and economic hardship, but relations are especially...
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Banner Art by Christy Lee Rogers!
Christy Lee Rogers’ work will be appearing in Jet Fuel Review’s Issue #19, which is coming soon! Evolution by Christy Lee Rogers Christy Lee Rogers is a visual artist from Kailua, Hawaii. Her obsession...
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Spangler’s From Sentence to Screen: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone
https://imdb.to/2KDKCY2 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (2001) is a fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus and is rated PG. The film stars Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, and Emma Watson who...
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Musings of a Future Librarian: A Lesson In Truth: Tim O’Brien’s “How to Tell...
Snapshot of O’Brien in Vietnam.https://bit.ly/2yN3wsu “One doesn’t lie for the sake of lying; one does not invent merely for the sake of inventing. One does it for a particular purpose and that...
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Modern Cinema From Around the World: A Review of Mathieu Kassovitz’s “La Haine”
https://imdb.to/2yOj5R2 La Haine follows three friends, Vinz, Hubert, and Saïd through their wanderings in and around Paris. The film begins in the aftermath of a riot, where police arrest and injure...
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Antonio’s The Rare Review: Freedom and Tradition Clash in Netflix’s Unorthodox
https://imdb.to/2yTl3Q6 Being a hero does not always mean wearing a cape or fighting off foes with superhuman strength. For some individuals they become the heroes of their own stories simply by...
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