Features
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Exploring the Twilight Zone: Week One Wrap-Up
We launched a brand new feature this week, but we didn’t do it on this site. Crazy, right? That’s just the way we roll in…
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Culture Warrior: Politics of Identity in ‘X-Men: First Class’
Themes of identity, difference, stigma, and othering are explicitly or implicitly present in much of the X-Men mythology, whether expressed through comics, television shows, or…
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Blood, Sweat and Latex: Bluffing My Way into Film School
by Shannon Shea Special effects master Shannon Shea continues his trip down memory lane in an attempt to find relevance in the 21st century world of…
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Rob Zombie Unleashes the Teats of Satan for ‘Salem’
“What the f**k is Wayne Toth working on now? More nasty business for Lords. And to answer your questions… YES! There will be a lot…
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Culture Warrior: Understanding the Past Through Summer Blockbusters
Movies have a strange relationship with history, that’s for certain. On the one hand, they have the ability to bring to life, in spectacular detail,…
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Blood, Sweat and Latex: Never Lay a Beard on a Drunk
by Shannon Shea For those of you new to this column, I’m revisiting important events in my life that made me what I am today: A…
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Old Ass Movies: Spend Memorial Day Weekend With ‘To Be or Not To Be’
Your weekly fix of great movies made before you were born that you should check out before you die. The persistent question in To Be or…
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Criterion Files #409: Beauty and Sadness await in the “Days of Heaven”
Some films represent to many the indefinable expression of a dream. Often times it’s nightmarish, as that’s what we can easily discern as being particularly…
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Culture Warrior: Comedy Stardom and the Problems of ‘The Office’
Episodes and seasons and weeks after its inspiration and its humor have peaked, I still continue to watch new episodes of The Office week in…