Life goals and objectives give us a sense of direction. When setting goals, people focus their efforts to reach them, with more or less success. This allows them to get a clear sense of what is important. Thus, goals cause obstacles to arise, but they also create the motivation to …
Read More »Sons Of Anarchy And The Culture Of Violence
Sons of Anarchy (also known as Sons of Anarchy in Portuguese) is an American series that tells the story of the motorcycle group SAMCRO* . They live in Charming, a small town in northern California that they dominate. In order to be able to carry out their illegal activities, they …
Read More »Dumbo: An Update From The Past
Dumbo’s new film was perhaps a failed opportunity to bring a much more serious and militant version to life. However, this lack finds its balance in a message that also appeals to our conscience. Disney has been releasing adaptations of its most famous classics for some years now and, apparently, …
Read More »The Addams Family: The Beauty Of The Macabre
The Addams family is one of the most iconic in television. His success is such that his stories have been adapted in countless ways over the decades. What are the keys to your success? Why do we like to laugh at terror? What is beautiful about the cult of death? …
Read More »The Twelve Monkeys: A Current Dystopia
‘The Twelve Monkeys’, released as a dystopia, couldn’t be more current. The film seemed to predict a future that reminds us a lot of our present. Reality always ends up trumping fiction. We would never have thought that this phrase would make as much sense as it does now, and …
Read More »Once Upon A Time… Hollywood: Quentin Tarantino’s Tale
Once Upon a Time… Hollywood is the latest film from acclaimed filmmaker Quentin Tarantino. Many, upon seeing the trailer, didn’t know what to expect in movie theaters, but the director managed to surprise us and offer a wonderful retelling of the past. In this article, we talk about some of …
Read More »The Nothingness: A Different Look At Childhood Depression Through “History Without End”
Almost all of us have several books or movies that we remember with immense affection and that somehow marked our childhood. In my case, “The Endless Story” is one of them. But when I read it again, as an adult, I understood that it is a book that reflects childhood …
Read More »The Awakening Of Conscience In The Movie ‘The Truman Show’
About to complete twenty years of filming, “The Truman Show” (1998, Peter Weir) continues to be a pedagogical reference for dealing with specific themes of philosophy and psychology. Using the media and symbols, this film clearly reflects a process as complex as the awakening of consciousness. consciousness and the world …
Read More »Peter Pan, The Story Of The Boy Who Didn’t Want To Grow Up
Peter Pan is a well-known British play by writer James M. Barrie. The work was aimed at a children’s audience and premiered in London in 1904. Before becoming a play, the character Peter Pan appeared in a novel by Barrie; in this first version, Peter lived in London and all …
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