An ongoing exploration of the dark and gritty reboot
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 that I can’t get out of my head. It’s a scene that made headlines for a different reason, as it contains the first (openly) gay …
Continue reading Is Captain America Ruining Grief Counseling?
An exploration of how the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe might not be what we think. And how Gregg Turkington and Tim Heidecker fit in.
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 Dick Cheney. People are saying he deserves awards and he appears to be winning them and, sure, he deserves the awards. He deserves the praise, …
Continue reading Why Will Ferrell Should’ve Played George W. Bush in Vice
A fan theory about The Departed and whether or not Mark Wahlberg's character was once a nice guy.
A new fan theory suggesting John McClane is in a bad mood in Die Hard because of how much he loves Christmas.
Everyone knows that John Lennon's Christmas song is a Christmas song. But is it? And what even is a Christmas song?
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 Hard is, inarguably, a Christmas Movie. This is an accepted reality in our zeitgeist. Many have argued for it, with the majority of the arguments …
Continue reading Why Die Hard 2 is a Better Christmas Movie Than Die Hard
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 is cool, if that's the case (thanks!). Anyway, in honor of Moby-Dick's 166th birthday, here are nine reasons that you finally need to read it. …
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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 of David, it was the story of Lucifer, it had an awesome ending, it had the worst ending ever -- in short, Alien: Covenant was …
Continue reading No, the Alien Covenant Ending Was Not an Obvious Twist. It Was Dramatic Irony.
Don't blame Michael Bay or Marvel for all the sequels, reboots, and extended universes. Blame William Shakespeare, Alexandre Dumas, and Mark Twain.