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The Game is a completely different movie now that I've lived a little
Every so often, a meme goes around social media, asking people to name movies they’ve seen more than X times, and without fail, I’ll see someone say…
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Susan Arendt
I'm doing Marvel's dirty work and I'm not happy about it.
But I'm going to keep doing it, anyway.
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Strange New Worlds is a hug from across the galaxy (a Christopher Pike appreciation post)
I had high hopes for Strange New Worlds, the new Star Trek show set in the pre-Kirk era.
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The thing that made the Saw franchise popular is also what ruined it
I find the Saw franchise to be absolutely fascinating.
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"Background television" and the crucial service it serves for a modern viewing audience
In reading coverage of the WGA/SAG-AFTRA strike, I stumbled across the term “background television,” which was being used to describe a specific kind of…
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Ok, but are you really sure you don't like it? (a horror movie post)
I was talking to a friend of mine recently (hey, Cricket, wassup?) who mentioned in passing that she doesn’t watch horror movies.
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Could we maybe...not? (A Doctor Who appreciation post)
There was a bit of a rumor going around a week or two ago that Hugh Grant might be the new Doctor once Jodie Whittaker hands over the keys to the…
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The Olympics and Nic Cage (a National Treasure post)
Look, I’m not going to pretend that National Treasure, the 2004 movie in which Nic Cage steals the Declaration of Independence because it has an…
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Watch List: The Best Episode from Each Season of Stargate SG-1
Despite not generally being thought of as one of the “big” sci-fi franchises, Stargate is nonetheless a constant presence in the thoughts and minds of…
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"Wild Blue Yonder" did the most important thing Doctor Who can do
Before I get into why “Wild Blue Yonder,” aka part 2 of the Doctor Who 60th Anniversary special, is so incredibly important, please allow me to present…
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The octopus was maybe a bridge too far (A The Boys post)
This post includes spoilers for Season 3 of The Boys.
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Runnin' up that hill to be the Master of Puppets (a Stranger Things Season 5 prediction post)
This post is going to have spoilers for Stranger Things Season 4.
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