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What Makes Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki So Singular?

By Jesse LabDecember 17, 2023

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Why I Never Cared About Attack on Titan

November 20, 2023

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Kang the Conqueror Is the Most Recastable Character in Comic Book Movie History

November 6, 2023

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Invincible Captures the Traumatic Reality of Superheroes

November 3, 2023

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The Streaming Wars Are Lost

November 1, 2023

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The Boy and the Heron reveals cast list

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What Makes Studio Ghibli’s Hayao Miyazaki So Singular?

By Jesse LabDecember 17, 2023

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Why I Never Cared About Attack on Titan

By Jesse LabNovember 20, 2023

Right now, Disney faces an incredibly easy problem with a very simple solution: just recast Kang the Conqueror.

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Kang the Conqueror Is the Most Recastable Character in Comic Book Movie History

By Darren MooneyNovember 6, 2023

Invincible is back this week on Amazon Prime. The show is a glorious and gleeful celebration of comic tropes, but it is also layered with compelling human drama.

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Invincible Captures the Traumatic Reality of Superheroes

By Darren MooneyNovember 3, 2023

The streaming wars are coming to an end. As the survivors stumble dazed through the wreckage of what remains, it’s hard not to wonder if the struggle has irreparably damaged what they claimed to be fighting over.

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The Streaming Wars Are Lost

By Darren MooneyNovember 1, 2023

Quentin Tarantino wants to retire after ten films. Martin Scorsese's career argues that Tarantino can keep making great films.

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Martin Scorsese Is a Counterargument to Quentin Tarantino’s Retirement Plans

By Darren MooneyOctober 30, 2023

Five Nights at Freddy's is reheated chain restaurant horror, that squanders the mysteries of the game series.

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The Dull Familiarity of Five Nights at Freddy’s

By Darren MooneyOctober 27, 2023

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Happy Sugar Life Is The Most Disturbing Anime You Haven’t Seen

By Jesse LabOctober 26, 2023

John Carpenter's Christine, celebrating its 40th anniversary, is a film about a killer car. It is also about repression and nerdy masculinity in crisis.

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John Carpenter’s Christine is Revenge of the Nerds as a Horror Film

By Darren MooneyOctober 25, 2023

Bodies, the new Netflix miniseries, is a show less about a time traveling murder mystery and more about the soul of London.

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Netflix’s Bodies is a Time-Travel Thriller About the Soul of London

By Darren MooneyOctober 23, 2023

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Killers of the Flower Moon Confronts Where White Supremacy Meets Masculinity

By Darren MooneyOctober 20, 2023

Martin Scorsese's Casino is a crime movie, but it also exists at a crossroads of the old western and religion.

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Martin Scorsese’s Casino is a Western and a Religious Parable

By Darren MooneyOctober 18, 2023

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