Bale… Why Will Ferrell Should’ve Played George W. Bush in Vice 10 Feb 201916 Feb 2019 A sort of (but not really) film review Let’s get something out of the way: yes, Christian Bale is great in Vice. He crushes it. He destroys it. He is…
Bale… The Departed Fan Theory: Mark Wahlberg’s Dignam Used to Be Nice 11 Jan 201912 Jan 2019 Another edition of Fan Theory Fridays This post is part of Fan Theory Fridays, in which we share and explore a new fan theory about a film, television series, book,…
Bale… Home Alone is a Dickensian, Supernatural Test of the McCallisters 14 Dec 201816 Dec 2018 A Fan Theory This post is the first in a new series called Fan Theory Fridays, in which we will share and explore a new fan theory about a film,…
Alien… The Homage is Not Enough: on the Limits of Nostalgia-First Narratives 13 Mar 201814 Mar 2018 In the summer of 2016 everyone started telling me that I had to watch a show called Stranger Things. I was reluctant. The reluctance came from the way it was…
Bale… Some takes on 2017, before it ends 30 Dec 201731 Dec 2017 The end of 2017 is nigh. And with it, the top ten lists, the retrospectives, the predictions. Rather than the Top Books Published in 2017 or the Best Films of…
A Game of Thrones… Why That Game of Thrones Fan Theory Is Not a Game of Thrones Fan Theory 26 Aug 201726 Aug 2017 The internet loves a good fan theory. The trouble is, the phrase "fan theory" has started to go the way of words like content or hipster or artisan or any…
Bale From Short Films to the Big Screen: The Parallel Journey of Batman and Christopher Nolan 3 Mar 2017 The following was written by WWBD columnist Intern-iana Jones. Enjoy! The inexplicable fascination behind the Batman film franchise reflects the mystery of its main character, as well as the brilliance…
2016 Election… No More Gritty Reboots: Why Lego Batman and Legion Are the Future of Superheroes 12 Feb 201731 May 2017 Yes, this blog is dedicated to "an ongoing exploration of the dark and gritty reboot." But, as written about in the previous post on this blog, The World Needs Bad…
2016… The True Theme of 2016: Never Meet Your Heroes 28 Dec 201611 Apr 2019 Hating 2016 and wishing for it to end has perhaps been the meme of 2016. It has been called a dumpster fire and was declared to "even sucked for Kim Kardashian." Beginning…
Bale… The 10 Best Moby-Dick Homages, Adaptations, and Celebrations 14 Nov 20167 May 2018 Happy Birthday, Moby-Dick! Not the whale, but the book. 165 years ago today, Herman Melville's epic novel was published in America for the first time. (A different version of it…