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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…
Fan Theory…

A Minor Fight Club Fan Theory About Life Insurance

20 Oct 201911 Sep 2022
Or: Does Life Insurance Pay Off Triple on a Business Trip, and Why Would the Narrator Care? It has been almost twenty years since the first time I saw Fight…
Fan Theories…

Is Captain America Ruining Grief Counseling?

6 Jul 201911 Nov 2022
A Very Minor Avengers Fan Theory About the Captain American Therapy Scene There is a lot to be said about the latest Avengers film.  To begin with: I liked it.…
Fan Theories…

Gregg Turkington, Tim Heidecker, Ant-Man & Metafiction

22 Feb 201912 Nov 2022
Or: Is the MCU a Meta Narrative Within the On Cinema at the Cinema Universe? Note: this article has been updated several times (most recently in November of 2022) to…
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…

Did The Departed’s Dignam Used to Be Nice

11 Jan 201911 Sep 2022
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 201711 Oct 2022
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 201731 Oct 2021
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…

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