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20Aug 202217 Oct 2022
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Nathan Fielder’s The Rehearsal & an Investigation into Halloween’s Satanic Origins

Let’s start with one thing: I am a Nathan Fielder fan. I watch Nathan For You continuously, always returning to…

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16Oct 202112 Nov 2022
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Every Large Adult Son on Succession, Ranked

Who is Succession’s Number One Boy? My favorite current television show returns tomorrow: Succession. I don’t know that I realized…

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19Feb 20161 Nov 2022
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Everything I Know About Grateful Dead and George R. R. Martin

Exploring the connections between the Grateful Dead, Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire Update 2022: parts…

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Stop Saying the Book is Better Than the Movie

20 Sep 20228 Nov 2022
(Except for when The Book is Better.) One of the cheapest, easiest opinions a person can have is the broad statement “the book is always better than the movie” or,…
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Why This Blog Isn’t About Christian Bale Anymore

16 Sep 20221 Nov 2022
I do not talk about myself on this website very often. I like using this website as a place to write about movies and, occasionally, promote things I’ve written that…
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What is a Real Estate Novelist—and Does Billy Joel Know What a Novel Is?

10 Apr 20221 Dec 2022
Hey Billy. What's a real estate novelist? I don’t remember the first time I heard Billy Joel’s “Piano Man.” I don’t know if anyone my age does. I do recall…
Corrective Sequels…

Understanding Sequels Through the Lens of Halloween

28 Oct 202115 Oct 2022
Updated in 2022 because there are even more sequels now. There are so many things a sequel can be these days. Reboot and requel are common descriptions accompanying many latest…
007…

James Bond, Fan Theories, and the Fragile Online Fan

26 Sep 202126 Sep 2021
I’ve lost track of three things: how many times I’ve seen Skyfall, how many times I’ve seen someone reference my James Bond fan theory on the internet, and how many…
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What Would Vonnegut Say About Cryptocurrency?

20 Feb 202121 Feb 2021
Or: God Bless You, Mr. Musk This is a question I keep asking myself: what would Kurt Vonnegut think of Bitcoin? Would he prefer Ethereum? Would he see the humor…
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Are Christmas Movies in the Eye of the Beholder?

28 Dec 20202 Dec 2022
An Attempt to Define and Categorize "Christmas Movie" There are certain things you can count on for the internet to deliver on a regular basis. The “Die Hard is a…
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Regarding Mad Men and Gray Flannel Suits

17 May 20201 Nov 2022
Today is the fifth anniversary of the last episode of Mad Men. I've been working my way through a slow re-watch in recent months. Perhaps I will have something more…
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How Spectre Reaffirmed the Brainwashed Bond Fan Theory

31 Jan 202017 May 2020
Thanks for reading another installment of Fan Theory Friday! They’re not every Friday—and they’re not always on Fridays—but they are on some Fridays, sometimes. I come to bury Spectre, not…
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Why Does Obi-Wan Kenobi Lie to Luke Skywalker So Much?

9 Nov 20191 Nov 2022
A new fan theory about an old question My favorite fan theories are those that seek to answer the unanswered question. There are many unanswered questions in the Star Wars…

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