Polygon: All Posts by Sean T. Collinshttps://cdn.vox-cdn.com/community_logos/42931/favicon.ico2021-05-21T09:13:42-04:00https://www.polygon.com/authors/sean-t-collins/rss2021-05-21T09:13:42-04:002021-05-21T09:13:42-04:00In Speed Racer’s fossil-fuel-free future, speed is freedom
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<p>The Wachowskis’ endlessly watchable 2008 blockbuster imagines a more ideal world</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/movies/22446139/speed-racer-movie-cars-fossil-fuel-commentarySean T. Collins2020-08-12T11:45:00-04:002020-08-12T11:45:00-04:00The carnivorous capitalism embedded in Jurassic Park’s DNA
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<p>Money is the real monster of Steven Spielberg’s creature feature</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2020/8/12/21362915/jurassic-park-review-where-to-watch-characters-covid-pandemic-parallelsSean T. Collins2019-10-02T13:44:48-04:002019-10-02T13:44:48-04:00The Wicker Man and the horrors of denialism
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<figcaption>British Lion Film Corporation</figcaption>
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<p>The 1973 horror movie remains as timely as ever</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2019/10/2/20893847/the-wicker-man-horror-movie-politics-denialismSean T. Collins2019-09-30T11:23:57-04:002019-09-30T11:23:57-04:00Robert de Niro already starred in a near-perfect Joker movie
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<figcaption>Silver Screen Collection/Moviepix/Getty Images via James Bareham/Polygon</figcaption>
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<p>Before Joaquin Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck, there was Rupert Pupkin</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2018/10/1/17902540/joker-movie-the-king-of-comedy-scorseseSean T. Collins2019-07-31T12:00:10-04:002019-07-31T12:00:10-04:00The Master takes on new meaning in the age of the Intellectual Dark Web
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<figcaption>The Weinstein Company</figcaption>
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<p>A story of troubled men takes a new shape under the political veil of 2019</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2019/7/31/20746952/the-master-movie-paul-thomas-anderson-meaning-explained-politics-trump-dark-webSean T. Collins2019-01-03T20:47:48-05:002019-01-03T20:47:48-05:00‘I literally have nightmares and put them on screen’
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<figcaption>Channel Zero: The Dream Door | SYFY</figcaption>
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<p>The creator of SYFY’s creepypasta series digs into every season and the potential for more</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2019/1/3/18164746/channel-zero-nick-antosca-interview-syfy-horror-showSean T. Collins2018-07-18T16:17:32-04:002018-07-18T16:17:32-04:00Watching the world burn: The incongruous politics of The Dark Knight
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<p>Despite an obsession with ethics, Christopher Nolan’s superhero smash never gets it right</p>
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https://www.polygon.com/2018/7/18/17584336/the-dark-knight-ending-politics-batman-joker-harvey-dentSean T. Collins