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Trying to change the world, one movie at a time (and other things)

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Trying to save the world, one movie at a time (and other things)

Speak Up, Ask, Answer

  • Writing/
    • Das Herz schlägt über und all!
    • Puls
  • Podcast/
    • Parents Guide Podcast
  • Writing About Movies/
    • 100 Movies of the 70s
    • 150 Movies of the 90s
  • Speak Up, Ask, Answer/
  • About Me/
    • Mission Statement
    • I love lists!
    • Film List
    • Theme Weeks
May 28, 2021

Army of the Dead (2021)

May 28, 2021/ David Turgay
Army of the Dead (2021)

Cue Rock Cover of Classic Song

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movies
movie review, movie, Zack Snyder, zombies, guns, death, black characters
April 23, 2021

Nobody (2021)

April 23, 2021/ David Turgay
Nobody (2021)

No body left alive.

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movies
movie review, movie, violence
December 17, 2019

Geostorm (2017)

December 17, 2019/ David Turgay
Geostorm (2017)

The Road to Global Warming Is Paved With Idiotic Intentions

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December 17, 2019/ David Turgay/ Comment
movies
movie review, climate, climate change, technology, humans are flawed, women, tough woman, future
October 19, 2019

Joker (2019)

October 19, 2019/ David Turgay
Joker (2019)

The joke’s on all of us

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October 19, 2019/ David Turgay/ 13 Comments
movies
movie review, movie, joker, comics, violence, psyche, mental illness
January 18, 2019

The Fallout of the Fallout

January 18, 2019/ David Turgay
The Fallout of the Fallout

Can you love movies even if they waste incredible amounts of money?

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January 18, 2019/ David Turgay/ 3 Comments
thoughts, movies
movies, money, excess, moremoremore
July 21, 2018

Cet Obscur Objet du Désir (That Obscure Object of Desire) (1977)

July 21, 2018/ David Turgay
Cet Obscur Objet du Désir (That Obscure Object of Desire) (1977)

Obscure Re-Launch! (?)

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movies
movie review, women, men, sexuality, terrorism, sex, culture, society
March 18, 2018

Black Panther (2018)

March 18, 2018/ David Turgay
Black Panther (2018)

Success and failure go hand in hand in Wakanda

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movies
movie review, black panther, black cinema, africa, culture, technology, revolution
January 17, 2018

The Fate of the Furious (2017)

January 17, 2018/ David Turgay
The Fate of the Furious (2017)

If you go all the way on everything, why not embrace the silliness on every level and call it F8 of the Furious?

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movies
movie review, franchise, cars, sexism, stereotypes, men, women, women in refrigerators, moremoremore, culture, death, destruction, racism
November 19, 2017

Justice League (2017)

November 19, 2017/ David Turgay
Justice League (2017)

Jesus and the Motherboxes

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movies
movie review, superhero, superman, batman, wonder woman, humans are flawed, humans, hope, hopelessness, normalization, father, saving the world, world, Zack Snyder, DC
September 11, 2017

Behind These Castle Walls, Part V: Bambi (1942)

September 11, 2017/ David Turgay
Behind These Castle Walls, Part V: Bambi (1942)

The abandonded prince's guide to matchmaking and being hunted by evil humans like you and you and you.

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movies
Behind These Castle Walls, Disney, Sexuality, Animals, Animal Rights, Trauma, Mother, Children, father, absent parents, humans, humans are flawed, monarchy, class system, speciesm, sexism
June 25, 2017

Wonder Woman (2017)

June 25, 2017/ David Turgay
Wonder Woman (2017)

When a blockbuster superhero action movie is more than a blockbuster superhero action movie

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June 25, 2017/ David Turgay/ Comment
movies
movie review, feminism, superhero, strong female character, damsel in distress, humans are flawed, culture, wonder woman, women
March 16, 2017

Kong: Skull Island (2017)

March 16, 2017/ David Turgay
Kong: Skull Island (2017)

No news from trope island.

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movies
movie review, animals, speciesism, stereotypes, female characters, indigenous people, black characters, culture
February 01, 2017

Nocturnal Animals / La La Land (2016)

February 01, 2017/ David Turgay
Nocturnal Animals / La La Land (2016)

Reality is catching up with me / Taking my inner child, I’m fighting for custody

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movies
movie review, reality, dreams, musical, revenge, superficiality, writing, weakness, manhood, laws, idealism, romance
January 03, 2017

Moana/Vaiana (2016)

January 03, 2017/ David Turgay
Moana/Vaiana (2016)

The Disney skeptic's heart is filled by the ocean and its awesome protagonist.

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movies
movie review, strong female character, disney, villain, indigenous people, culture, nature, materialism, surface, diversity, tradition, tribal societies
December 11, 2016

Arrival (2016)

December 11, 2016/ David Turgay
Arrival (2016)

One of this year's best movies

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December 11, 2016/ David Turgay/ 4 Comments
movies
movie review, science-fiction, aliens, language, culture, civilization, rules, science
November 03, 2016

The Invitation (2015)

November 03, 2016/ David Turgay
The Invitation (2015)

The dangers of the surface.

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movies
movie review, pretense, surface, warning sign, paranoia, truth
June 23, 2016

Demolition (2015)

June 23, 2016/ David Turgay
Demolition (2015)

From detachment to deconstruction.

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movies
movie review, detachment, emotions, tragedy, mourning, death, destruction, creation, relationships, money, culture, society, surface
June 04, 2016

The Raven (2012)

June 04, 2016/ David Turgay
The Raven (2012)

If you want to know how to portray women as inferior, The Raven is a very instructive movie. 

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movies
movie review, violence, women, women in refrigerators, men, edgar allan poe, misogyny, serial killer
May 24, 2016

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

May 24, 2016/ David Turgay
X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

X-Men: Apocalypse is a disappointment by relying on cultural tropes instead of its stellar cast

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May 24, 2016/ David Turgay/ 1 Comment
movies
movie review, comics, superhero, x-men, humans are flawed, apocalypse, female characters, human nature, women in refrigerators
May 07, 2016

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

May 07, 2016/ David Turgay
Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Captain America: Civil War is another entertaining Marvel movie that reinforces the studio's movie-making and universe-building qualities its competitors can only dream of.

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movies
movie review, marvel, diversity, strong female character, africa, black characters, women, villain, superhero, vengeance, stereotypes, good and evil
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Speak Up, Ask, Answer

A blog about saving the world by looking at movies, music, comics, books, school and anything else connected to society.

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David Turgay, teacher and writer from Germany, writing about things he thinks about too much, mostly movies, comics, books and school. And now this podcast.

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  • January 2023 (6)
  • January 2023
    • Jan 19, 2023 Introduction Jan 19, 2023
    • Jan 18, 2023 #001 - Airport (1970) Jan 18, 2023
    • Jan 17, 2023 Deep Dive: Disaster Films of the 1970s Jan 17, 2023
    • Jan 16, 2023 #002 - Deadlock (1970) Jan 16, 2023
    • Jan 15, 2023 #003 - Wanda (1970) Jan 15, 2023
    • Jan 14, 2023 Connections - From Airport (1970) to Airplane! (1980) Jan 14, 2023

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    Episode 10: Naked (1993) with Will Steele https://t.co/CBN4NDmipM
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