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How to Properly Appreciate Giant Robots

February 25, 2015

The anime club at my alma mater is called, I kid you not, the Giant Robot Appreciation Society, or GRAS. (Yes, they routinely get people who think the acronym refers to something else. That’s half the joke.) I was not actually a member, though I have several friends who were. What’s more, I was a […]

Oscarpalooza Roundup, 2014 Edition

February 22, 2015

Being wrong about a lot of Oscar winners again.

Gillian’s Annual Oscarpalooza Predictions!

February 22, 2015

The Oscar predictions of someone who doesn't watch a lot of Oscar-nominated movies.

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There Are Many Movies in a Day

February 18, 2015

So why can some people watch movies all day and others not?

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Suspend What Now?

February 11, 2015

Belief can only be suspended so far, and the movies must do some of our lifting for us.

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Selective Acting

February 4, 2015

Certain people just do have a knack for phoning it in, don't they?

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Is There an Obligation to History?

January 28, 2015

Do the movies have any obligation to portray history accurately?

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Why I Oscarpalooza

January 21, 2015

There are reasons to care about the Oscars, and some of them are even good!

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A Raspberry to the Razzies

January 14, 2015

The Razzies aren't clever, and they aren't even all that aware of film.

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Screw You, Russell Crowe

January 7, 2015

The problem in Hollywood is not that women aren't willing to play characters their own age and never has been.