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The Great Is the Enemy of Remembering the Bad

April 29, 2015

Even in 1939, a lot of really bad movies came out.

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Beyond the Idiot Plot

April 22, 2015

There are some tropes that shouldn't exist in a world with our pop culture.

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In Defense of a Shaggy Dog Story

April 22, 2015

Disney's run from 1950 to 1991 is the best of any studio, even if it isn't all classics.

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Teaching By Bad Example

April 15, 2015

Sin has to be balanced by punishment if you're going to make a point about it.

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The Hollywood Calendar

March 25, 2015

Hollywood knows what you're going to watch before you do.

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Regular Quoting or BQ?

March 18, 2015

Movies of a certain era are eminently quotable, and movie fans of a certain age are constantly quoting.

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Hollywood Crazy Person Syndrome

March 11, 2015

Mental illness in the movies is not often like mental illness in real life.

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My Two Cents on Age Appropriate

March 4, 2015

When I was four, I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark at the drive-in. My parents figured my older sister (then six) and I would just fall asleep. We didn’t. This may or may not be why I still won’t watch the face-melting bits, but I don’t remember any nightmares. My daughter was perhaps nine […]

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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.