Hollywood
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Tim Burton’s Flop-Less Career
As a director, he’s one of the most consistent moneymakers. It should come as no surprise to anyone that Tim Burton’s latest, Miss Peregrine’s Home…
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The Difficulty of Turning Kids Toys Into Kids Movies
Action figures are PG, but action movies are not. Imagine if the first Harry Potter movie had been rated R. Or even PG-13. As the series…
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How The Karate Kid Part II Fights for the Honor of Sequels
Miyagi is the hero we’ve been dreaming of. Any film you have ever watched is, like music, composed of beats. These beats are story elements that…
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The Bum Rap of Blair Witch
Exploring the unreasonably high expectations of trying to recreate the spectacle of The Blair Witch Project. Adam Wingard and Simon Barrett are the Batman & Robin…
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The Awards-Powered Illusion of Television Being Better Than Movies
How the Emmys and the Oscars help fuel a futile debate. As the Emmy Awards were honoring the best in television last night, the misguided claim…
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The Oscars Might Be Less White Next Year
The Oscar Race From Moonlight to Lion, fall film festivals introduce possible awards contenders with diverse casts.LionReady or not, the awards season is well underway, with the…
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Sully is a Box Office Hero for Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks
Box Office The 86-year-old filmmaker just had his best opening weekend ever. Clint Eastwood is making American movie-going great again. I don’t mean he’s pulling the…
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The Giphy Guide to the Fall Movies of 2016
Preview the season’s hottest releases through all the wrong GIFs. One of our favorite office pastimes here at FSR is the Giphy GIF generator in Slack.…
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The Public and Private Lives of Shia LaBeouf
Some Incomplete Musings on Celebrity Culture vs. Film Culture. I don’t watch as many documentaries as I should, so I’m constantly surprised by how much I…