The reason big blockbusters these days feel bad is because studios are responding to a poisonous cultural movement and that is by design. To lose more personal entertainment is to lose another foothold in the fight against regressive attitudes and policies. Taking off my tin-foil hat now.

And you know what the talking heads seem to rarely use 'violent' to describe? The systemic destruction of families through ICE detentions and deportations. Breaking a window is framed *primarily* as violence, but taking a grandparent away from their kids or sending someone to a work camp isn't.

Time to take the plunge on "Alan Wake 2"!