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Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters and the Problem With First Trailers
So, the first trailer for Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters…remake? reboot? reimagining? – whatever – was released today and the responses on social media were a mixed…
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How Batman v Superman Might Earn That R-Rating
Yesterday the world of Film Twitter was all aflutter with news that the MPAA has rated a version of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice…
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The Year I Lost Faith in Movie Romances
caption id=”attachment_268265" align=”alignnone” width=”680"] Columbia Pictures[/caption As a child of divorce, I looked to the movies for a model of romance. For a while, they…
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What to Watch Before You See Any Movies in 2016
It’s a new year, filled with a ton of new movies. Some of these new movies, however, are based on old movies. Yes, in 2016…
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2016: The Year of the Post-Superhero Superhero Movie
“The comic book movie bubble is going to burst soon.” We’ve all heard that prediction uttered by one of our decidedly non-geeky friends, probably multiple times…
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In Batman v Superman, The Man of Steel is The Boogeyman
https://medium.com/media/6d43d43b27ba90b5660048dc21ec4f95/href In anticipation of a new Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice trailer dropping on Wednesday evening (it will air during The Jimmy Kimmel Show),…
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Welcome to the Era of the Fanboy Filmmaker
In April of 1989, The New York Times ran a multi-page profile of a young director about to make his first tentpole production in Hollywood.…
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The Case For More Lying in Hollywood
HBO A few days ago, as part of the general sadness over the loss of The Dissolve, my Twitter pal Larry Wright made a joke…
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The Magnificent History of Lex Luthor’s Terrible Hair
I can’t take luscious, goldilocked Lex Luthor seriously. I’m sorry. I genuinely tried (for a solid ten seconds, I really did), but it’s just not…