Evan Engel
Writing media criticism and analysis because Star Wars isn't nerdy enough. My other medium is video. Let’s talk.
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You Hate Black Mirror’s Best Episodes
Black Mirror is enjoying a resurgence ahead of its long-awaited return this week, and with good reason. The show offers rich critiques of social changes wrought by technology, a rarity in popular cinema. No show (besides Mr. Robot) even comes close to Black…
To Win, Hillary Must Eat a Garbage Plate
2016 has been a campaign like no other. Outsiders have upended the established order, party stalwarts have decried their own nominees, and Scott Walker briefly mattered. Today, after a year of uncertainty, political diviners project a victory for Hillary… but…
No One Should Play James Bond
There’s a wonderful moment in the opening of GoldenEye, the 1995 Bond film that brought Pierce Brosnan into the series. The scene finds James Bond, the gentleman spy, in the midst of a sabotage-mission-gone-awry, hiding behind a tank of chemical weapons with nothing but an…