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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 202128 Mar 2023
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Every Large Adult Son on Succession, Ranked

Who is Succession’s Number One Boy? (My Take on Every Succession Character Ranked.) This is my guide to two of…

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22Feb 201918 Mar 2023
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Gregg Turkington, Tim Heidecker, Ant-Man & Metafiction

Or: Is the MCU a Meta Narrative Within the On Cinema at the Cinema Universe? Note: this article has been…

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Questions People Also Ask About Christian Bale

7 May 202310 May 2023
As noted previously, this blog is not about Christian Bale anymore. But yes, this blog post is about Christian Bale. Sorta. I am currently having a contest with the machines.…
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Every Westerosi Wedding, Ranked by Dothraki Standards

5 Mar 202320 Apr 2023
"A Dothraki wedding without at least three deaths is considered a dull affair." This is one of those articles where I thought of the name of it first, and then…
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Stop Saying the Book is Better Than the Movie

20 Sep 202228 Feb 2023
(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 202214 Mar 2023
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…
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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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Mad Men and The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit

17 May 202014 Apr 2023
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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