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How Contagion portrays people through the lens of a global threat

Epidemics and pandemics of various viruses have plagued humanity throughout our existence, but before COVID-19, the only major pandemic was the HIV outbreak in 1980. This was a…

Contagion: A Documentry Style Critque of Human Nature

The natural, systematic storytelling of contagion mimics real documentaries’ slow revealing of a pandemic. The story not only follows the individuals affected by the disease, but the processes…

Prey, Masculinity, and Heroism

Prey revitalized the predator series through stripping the action genre down to the simple need to survive and protect your own. The story follows classic themes with no…