Author: The Bitter Script Reader
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Ten Years Later, ‘The Hoax’ is Even More Timely in the Trump Era
One of the most audacious cons in history is aided by the certainty that no one would tell a lie so obvious. A film about an…
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An Aggregated Oral History of 2009 Films Ruined By the Last WGA Strike
The last time Hollywood writers walked out seeking a better deal, there were consequences for several tentpoles and would-be franchises. Hollywood is facing the threat…
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Why Are We Compelled to Rank Movies in a Series with Each New Release?
It’s not enough to love films, we now must enumerate that love or hate relative to any similar films. It has become a familiar ritual — the latest…
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The Films of Frank Capra III, Ranked
As The Fate of The Furious enters theaters, a ranking of its 1st Assistant Director’s oeuvre. Friday brings us the release of The Fate of…
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A Brutally Honest Razzie Ballot
Robert De Niro’s “turn will come around again,” while it’s definitely Gerard Butler’s year and Megan Fox could get an award just for showing up. Saturday…
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The Passengers Dilemma
How do you get two passengers to a colony 89 years away within their lifespans? At the end of Passengers, Jim and Aurora (played respectively…
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7 Films That Could Be Headlined by Creepy Dead CGI Actors
Performances from the Uncanny Valley. If you saw Rogue One last weekend, you glimpsed what may be the future of posthumous performances. Despite the fact that…
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The Known Unknowns of Star Wars
Star Wars shows signs of being stuck in fan-fiction mode, exploring its own backyard. Over four years ago, as part of the announcement that he…
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How The Flash and Supergirl became my wife’s gateway drug to superhero fandom
And how an argument about time-travel almost threatened my marriage. Not to get all 21 Jump Street (the movie, not the TV show) on you,…