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Christmas…

Are Christmas Movies in the Eye of the Beholder?

28 Dec 202028 Dec 2020
There are certain things you can count on for the internet to deliver on a regular basis. The “Die Hard is a Christmas movie” conversation has become a permanent fixture…
Fan Theories…

A Fan Theory on Chewbacca at the End of A New Hope

4 May 20198 Dec 2019
It's another Fan Theory Friday. Although this is a special one, on a Saturday, because today is Star Wars Day. Today's fan theory is in honor of Peter Mayhew, the…
Books…

The Harry Potter Fan Theory That Explains Hogwarts’ Finances

8 Mar 201928 Sep 2019
Just another Fan Theory Friday I finished reading the Harry Potter novels at the age of thirty. I read the first four books as they were released, starting the first…
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…
Fan Theories…

Did Tony Stark Disparage Bloggers to Dissuade Peter Parker’s Vlogging?

21 Dec 20183 Dec 2019
A Fan Theory of the MCU This post is part of a new series called Fan Theory Fridays, in which we share and explore a new fan theory about a…
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…
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…
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…
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Ten Ways to Celebrate #MoonLandingDay and Moon Landing Week 2017

16 Jul 2017
The big week is here: Moon Landing Week! Or at least, it eventually will be known as Moon Landing Week. For now, we know that this upcoming Thursday (July 20th)…

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