Author: Adam Bellotto
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Don’t Worry, Hannibal Is Destined To Be Un-Cancelled
NBC Television Sad news: Hannibal has been cancelled. Happy news: probably not for very long. Don’t weep for that stone-eyed Lithuanian man-eater just yet (don’t weep…
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The Eerie Similarities Between Jurassic World and Die Hard
Universal Pictures/20th Century Fox Why is Jurassic World set at Christmastime, anyway? It’s a question I was asking myself through the entire movie. After introducing a…
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8 Jurassic World Plot Threads We’ll See in the Inevitable Sequel
Universal Pictures Outta nowhere, Jurassic World is now the number one box office opener of all time (in straight dollars, anyway ‐ adjust for inflation…
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The Bizarre History of Dinosaur Movies (And Why We’ll Always Want More)
Universal Pictures There simply aren’t enough dinosaur movies. Even with Jurassic World in theaters right now (and Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur just a few months…
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The Glorious Experience of Watching TV in a Movie Theater
I had never seen a TV show on a movie screen before. At least, not until two weeks ago. That’s when I attended a Mad…
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5 Horror Sequels That Completely Lost Sight of the Original
Focus Features Within every successful horror movie, there lurks a swarm of not-necessary-even-for-a-second sequels. Probably because most horror movies are dirt cheap, and the ones…
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How to Direct an Episode of Mad Men
Matthew Weiner asserted that he’d only do “one talk” dissecting that whole Mad Men finale situation. Although two sentences later, he also asserted that “you…
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To The Max: An Ode to Netflix’s Failed Recommendation Game
Netflix (Screenshot) See that box above? The one insinuating that you smell bad? That’s Max. Max is (or was) a kooky talking game show on…
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5 Other Disney Rides That Could Actually Make a Decent Movie
Walt Disney Pictures You wouldn’t think that theme park rides would translate so easily into major motion pictures, but apparently they do. Tomorrowland is Theme Park…