Scott Pilgrim vs. the World vs. Reality
2010 was a really strange year for me. Back then I was in high school and while my time there was definitely mixed ...
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Fauxclusive: Middle school AV club devastated to be preemptively barred from ever winning an Academy Award
In an effort to curb outcry against snubs like Adam Sandler and Jennifer Lopez in this year’s Academy Awards nominations, The Academy of ...
Jeph Loeb seemed done at NYCC 2019, and now Kevin Feige is his boss
While walking around the Marvel area of New York Comic-Con 2019, I didn’t see anything that particularly surprised me. Everything was telling of ...
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Do Joker and Watchmen set a dangerous precedent?
If I can step away from my platform as a film critic for just a second, I want to acknowledge that America today ...
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The clash between Steven Spielberg, the Academy, and Netflix raises questions about the future of streaming
Steven Spielberg has jumped into the industry battle between traditional theatrical distribution and streaming platforms. According to a spokesperson from Spielberg’s production company ...
Deep Analysis: Jackie Brown
There are two distinct opening scenes in Quentin Tarantino’s overlooked film Jackie Brown. The first is the opening credits sequence, a pseudo-homage to ...
If Sam van der Meer’s top five films of 2018 were sandwiches, these are what they’d be
Sometimes you find yourself with a collection and cannot help but see it as symbolic of something greater. Sometimes you have a list ...
I’m happy John Lasseter is leaving Disney
I’ve always had very conflicting feelings about Disney’s former Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter. This was even before the frequent sexual harassment claims, which led ...
In defense of jump scares in movies
There’s nothing worse than a horror movie that isn’t scary. When the entire purpose of your movie is to scare people and you ...
Kathleen Kennedy will remain Lucasfilm president for three more years, for better or worse
George Lucas may be the father of Star Wars, but Kathleen Kennedy is currently the captain of the franchise ship. THR reports that Kennedy, the current ...
Having a Best Popular Movie category at the Oscars is actually a really nice idea
Earlier in the week, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, or the Academy, announced that they were changing up some of their ...