All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See is an adaptation of Anthony Doerr's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Set during World War II,...
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Mitch Blatt
Mar 14 min read
Sponges and Monsters: autism in Come Play
Jacob Chase’s 2020 movie Come Play stars Azhy Robertson as non- verbal autistic boy named Oliver. Robertson may not be autistic himself,...
Mitch Blatt
Jul 26, 20233 min read
10 Tips to Fight Negative Thinking
Picture this: you’re sitting at home, minding your own business, when suddenly some negative thought pops into your head. You ignore it,...
Mitch Blatt
Dec 1, 20224 min read
The Banker: a Bank Heist for Social Justice
Inspired by true events and with a caper flair straight out of Argo or Now You See Me , George Nolfi’s 2020 film The Banker tells the...
Mitch Blatt
Nov 23, 20226 min read
Kung Fu & Karate, Jackets & Chores
In 1984, John G Avildsen’s The Karate Kid got a lot of people interested in karate and taught a generation things like discipline,...
Mitch Blatt
Aug 2, 20224 min read
Media Warfare: the Mockingjay and the Thought Leader
Francis Lawrence’s 2014 movie The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - part 1 focuses on the use of media to sway public opinions and back or...
Mitch Blatt
Jun 1, 20224 min read
Unlikely Pairing Has Enriching Upside
Neil Burger’s 2017 comedy-drama film The Upside stars Bryan Cranston as wealthy quadraplegic Phillip Lacasse, and Kevin Hart as Dell...
Mitch Blatt
Jan 1, 20227 min read
Putting Malignant Under the Microscope
James Wan’s 2021 horror movie Malignant has been jokingly described online as “a film about siblings who have each other’s backs,” but...
Mitch Blatt
Oct 8, 20217 min read
Fear of Rain, Fear of Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia seems like a ripe plot device for horror or thriller movies, since the protagonist can see or hear things other characters...
Scott Hatley
Aug 3, 20212 min read
A Beautiful Mind vs The Theory of Everything
The prevalence of Hollywood movies with protagonists experiencing a disability or significant barrier has risen exponentially in the past...
Mitch Blatt
Jan 1, 20213 min read
TNT’s Perception has an “Obsession” with Schizophrenia
In the TNT drama Perception , Daniel Pierce (Eric McCormack) is a professor of neuroscience at Chicago Lake Michigan University who...
Mitch Blatt
Dec 30, 20203 min read
Frozen II’s Enchanted Forest Transforms Mental & Emotional Health Stigmas
by Mitch Blatt Media can do a lot to shape how people think of a thing. Kids’ cartoons have relatively ham-fisted morals to try and...
The Understanding
May 1, 20202 min read
Mental Health Awareness Month
I don’t know about you, but one of the first things I think of in association with “mental health” is “stigma”
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