PSYCHEFLIX
In-depth psychological analyses of TV and movie characters on PSYCHEFLIX, blending insights from neuroscience, psychiatry, and behavioral science to explore complex personalities and relationships.
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Why one act in Black Mirror’s "The National Anthem (S1E1)" divides us between gag reflex and admiration.
Tyler Perry’s Straw follows a single mother’s day from crisis to catastrophe, unpacking the science of stress, the psychology of scarcity, and the systems that push people to the brink.
How a crew of MIT card-counters turned probability into profit—and why their biggest gamble was trusting each other.
How an aging war vet’s self-destruction fits an ancient survival playbook shaped by genes, groups, and a deep need to matter.
A drive-by tour of brain chemistry, loneliness, and lawn maintenance that turns late-life grousing into a science lesson.
A playful, brain-savvy stroll through red balloons, evolutionary alarms, and the sticky grin of Pennywise.
Bong Joon‐ho’s clone‐comedy asks how many times a man can die before his meaning does.
Exploring how isolation, fear, and exhaustion can trick the brain into believing falsehoods.
An exploration of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and the science that makes its fiction so resonant.
Exploring Landor’s chilling insight—“it takes away a man’s will, fences him with rules, and deprives him of reason”—and the psychological power behind a uniform.
How an emotional true-crime drama exposes the tension between our feelings and facts in the pursuit of justice.
How AMC’s The Terror turns a doomed Arctic voyage into a haunting study of existential isolation, psychological horror, and the loneliness in extreme environments that pushes men to the edge.
