Fan Theories… A Fan Theory on Chewbacca at the End of A New Hope 4 May 20199 Nov 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 2018 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 201717 Nov 2018 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…
#MoonLandingDay… 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)…
Batman… Sick of Reboots, Sequels, and Extended Universes? Blame Classic Literature 25 Jun 201725 Jun 2017 We find ourselves in the midst of another summer and with it, an endless brigade of sequels, prequels, reboots, requels, and the ongoing march of extended cinematic universes. A new…