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Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)
Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (2019)
2019 | Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Animated kids movie, starring what might-as-well-be Aardman Animation's new mascot Shaun the Sheep (who has seemingly eclipsed Wallace and Gromit ever since first appearing in 'A Close Shave'), in which Shaun must escort a small Alien back to his spacecraft, that has crash-landed near Mossy Bottom Farm.

Taking it's cue from the silent movies of yore, there is no dialogue in this - with, of those who can talk, everyone talking in gibberish - while there are also plenty of sneaky sci-fi references peppered throughout its runtime,
  
The Mushroom at the End of the World
The Mushroom at the End of the World
Anna Tsing | 2021 | Science & Mathematics
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"I’m currently reading this book, which follows a matsutake mushroom, which is one of the most valuable mushrooms in the world and grows in the destruction and ruins of human disturbance. I’d been talking with my friend Bella about the power of mushrooms, then I saw this in a bookshop in New York and it caught my eye. It’s an anthropological and environmental study, but it’s almost written like a novel. It explores questions about how humans are going to survive in capitalist destruction, through collaborative survival and multi-species landscapes."

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The Breakfast Club (1985)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
1985 | Comedy, Drama

"Oh, John Hughes…(sigh). A producer friend of mine was recently talking about his teenage daughter and said “You know, the problem is, she’s never seen a real film because they don’t make real movies for kids anymore.” Looking back at The Breakfast Club (which I must’ve watched 40 times by the time I was in the 6th grade), Sixteen Candles, St. Elmo’s Fire, et al — these were real movies. And Jesus, could we relate to them. Many still hold up — if you can ignore the acid-wash and the hair mousse."

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