Fan Theory… A Minor Fight Club Fan Theory About Life Insurance 20 Oct 201920 Oct 2019 It has been almost twenty years since the first time I saw Fight Club. I read the book a few months after first seeing the book. I think I was…
Fan Theories… Is Captain America Ruining Grief Counseling? 6 Jul 201927 Sep 2019 A Very Minor Avengers Fan Theory There is a lot to be said about the latest Avengers film. To begin with: I liked it. A lot. However, there’s one scene…
Fan Theories… Is the MCU a Meta Narrative Within the On Cinema Universe? 22 Feb 20199 Nov 2019 Another installment of Fan Theory Fridays The film-within-a-film trope has existed for a long time. Since before film, truthfully. Examples of this narrative style—in which one fictional narrative exists nestled…
Bale… Why Will Ferrell Should’ve Played George W. Bush in Vice 10 Feb 20199 Nov 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,…
Christmas… Is John McClane in a Bad Mood Because He Loves Christmas? 31 Dec 20186 Dec 2020 A minor Die Hard fan theory This post is part of Fan Theory Fridays, in which we share and explore a new fan theory about a film, television series, book,…
Christmas… Is Lennon’s “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” a Christmas Song? 8 Dec 20182 Dec 2019 Every year, a few conversations begin to occur simultaneously before, on, and after Thanksgiving and continue through the new year. There are things you can expect to talk about with…
Christmas… Why Die Hard 2 is a Better Christmas Movie Than Die Hard 24 Dec 201723 Dec 2020 It's the season of Die Hard. The season of "Die Hard is the best Christmas movie." Or, at the very least, "did you know Die Hard is a Christmas movie." Die…
Books… 9 Reasons to Start Reading Moby-Dick on its 166th Birthday 14 Nov 201714 Nov 2017 It's no secret that I'm a pretty big Moby-Dick fan. Or, if it was a secret to you, then this might be the first thing you've read by me. Which…
Alien… No, the Alien Covenant Ending Was Not an Obvious Twist. It Was Dramatic Irony. 11 Aug 201715 Mar 2018 It was the best of Alien films, it was the worst of Alien films, it was the sequel to Prometheus, it was the prequel to Alien, it was the story…