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Category: Reboots

Bale…

Why This Blog Isn’t About Christian Bale Anymore

16 Sep 20221 Nov 2022
I do not talk about myself on this website very often. I like using this website as a place to write about movies and, occasionally, promote things I’ve written that…
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…
Batman…

Sick of Reboots, Sequels, and Extended Universes? Blame Classic Literature

25 Jun 20173 Nov 2021
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…
2016…

The World Needs Bad Men: Bush, Trump, and the Anti-Hero

22 Jan 20174 Oct 2022
How the Bush Era Caused the Anti-Hero Wave that Gave Rise to Trump Toward the finale of the 2016 election, Mike Huckabee took to Fox News to give a defense…
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Will True Detective’s Second Season be to True Detective as Halloween 3 is to Halloween?

7 Jul 20168 Jul 2016
Matthew McConaughey recently stirred up some folks by saying that yes, he misses playing Rust Cohle and, yes, he would consider reprising that character, if given the right opportunity. “Would…
American Psycho…

What Should Mr. Robot Pay Homage to in Season Two?

1 Jul 20167 Jul 2016
The critically-acclaimed, award-winning cable series Mr. Robot is notable for a number of reasons, with a big twist: in the final two episodes, you realize you've been watching a ten hour…
Batman…

What Would F. Scott Fitzgerald Say About the Ghostbusters Reboot Controversy?

29 Jun 20167 Jul 2016
If you haven't noticed, there is a very heated and very strange argument occurring right now in certain circles of the internet. It's about Ghostbusters. There are two sides to…
indiana jones…

No Matter His Name (Or How Old He Gets), He’s Still Indy and They’re Not

8 Mar 20168 Mar 2016
Ever wondered what your grandpa would look like in a fedora? Well, Harrison Ford may give you a good idea. Believe it or not, another Indiana Jones movie is in…
Bale…

Please, No More Origin Stories of How Evil Villains Used to be Good Guys or Children

17 Oct 201517 Oct 2015
If you haven't heard, the latest complete failure at the box office was the flaccid reboot Pan, an attempt to create a franchise out of the Peter Pan story by starting…
fast and furious…

Why Vin Diesel Should Be the Next James Bond

26 Mar 201528 Mar 2015
We are close to the end of what is, quite possibly, the greatest franchise ever: The Fast and the Furious films.  While I initially disliked these movies, (referring to the…

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