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Black Mirror is a show that we need right now. With technology taking more and more of a dominating role in our lives, there's no question that the way humans live is on the brink of some sort of drastic change - for good or ill. Black Mirror is not just an entertaining show, but a prophet which cautions us about the possible consequences of this reliance on technology, some of which have already come true. And having recently caught up on the show, I'm going to try my hand at ranking the five seasons we currently have. 5. Season 5 The latest season of Black Mirror has garnered a lot of criticism. It's extremely short compared to the other

What were once youthful hippies that celebrated life with music, drugs, and love are now, for the most part, retired senior citizens. Ask any of these elders about the 1960s and they are likely to respond with a wistful sigh and something along the lines of "Those were simpler times". To understand the world in which we live today, it's essential to study the events of the 1960s, and the news channel CNN produced a sublime 10-episode miniseries all about the decade back in 2014. I never skip the intro to each episode of The Sixties, because it's simply breathtaking. It's a tour of the images that define the sixties: a pensive John and Robert

The Grapes of Wrath, published in 1939, is not only John Steinbeck's masterpiece, but is often labeled one of the greatest American novels of all time. The book is the definitive fictionalized depiction of the Great Depression, based on documents and research that tell of the horrific experiences, in some cases worse than in the book, of real families during the Dust Bowl. While there has been backlash against the book's left-wing message, any reader can get sucked into the saga of the Joad family, their hardships, and the likeable people who make it up. It was so well-received that a film adapation was made the very next year, directed by Jo

Bad movies are like politicians. Some are just so crazy and out there, like Neo-Nazis and the Pirate Party, that you have to laugh, because nobody in their right mind supports them. This is The Room and Plan 9 from Outer Space. Others aren't as bonkers, but are a snore to listen to and instantly forgettable. Think After Earth or Man of Steel. Then there are those scumbags who deliver some of the most outrageous views you've ever heard, sugarcoating them by pandering to the crowd, manipulating emotion, citing cherry-picked and unreliable data, lying through their teeth, and committing a new logical fallacy every other breath. Yes, I'm talking

I make it a ritual that every time I see a film, I give it a rating on IMDb. At the moment I'm typing this, I have 336 films rated, so I have modest experience with the vast world of cinema. Because talking about movies is a passion of mine, I'm going to make a list of 20 movies I've seen that I simply love more than any other. This list will no doubt change in the future, but I won't edit this one, just to see how one's tastes evolve over time. Now, let's begin! 20. Apocalypse Now Without a doubt, the best movie about the Vietnam War. Francis Ford Coppola's movie doesn't cash in on hot-blooded patriotism (I'm looking at you, Green Berets),