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Cine-Math: 5 Film Equations
Let it be known that I exist purely to subvert all of the Asian stereotypes: I quit karate, I can't speak a lick of Chinese, a quit violin, and, much to the chagrin of others', I can't do math for the life of me. So, what have I left other than the movies? Cin...
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Another Year: What We’re Looking Forward to in 2015
Well, 2014 has come and gone, but calendar years are social constructs anyways. That doesn't mean that we don't have a lot to look forward to cinematically in 2015! From new films from Jeff Nichols, David O. Russell, and Todd Haynes to the return of many a fra...
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Mousterpiece Cinema, Episode 173: ‘Make Mine Music’
With the holidays right around the corner, we hope you're in a musical mood this week, because that's ostensibly the theme of the new episode of Mousterpiece Cinema. Josh and Gabe get in rhythm to talk about the 1946 package film Make Mine Music, which offers ...
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7 Movies With the Exact Same Villain
Sometime around 2003, movies hit critical mass for a particular kind of adversary. Beyond a few simple shared traits, and even a reasonable number of examples, a mold began to emerge of extreme specificity of onscreen villainy. Far from revealing some screen...
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Beyond Blaxploitation: A Few Words About James Earl Jones
In the latest installment of our series about black cinema in the '70s, we examine the career of one of our most esteemed black actors, which runs deeper than you may think.
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Why “Star Wars” Needs a Chinese Director
With Rian Johnson set to direct Star Wars Episode VIII, Internet response seems united in praise. He joins fellow “superfans” Gareth Edwards and Josh Trank, both attached to unspecified "Star Wars" spinoffs. It’s impossible to judge sequels to unmade sequels. ...
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Rian Johnson to Write & Direct “Star Wars: Episode VIII”
After a long week like the one I've had, it's great to cap it off with wonderful news about one of my favorite working filmmakers. Variety reports that Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper) is on board to write and direct Star Wars: Episode VIII, and as for Episode IX,...
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“Star Wars VII” Cast Expands with Lupita Nyong’o and Gwendoline Christie
It seems that even with production under way on JJ Abrams installation into the Star Wars universe is still underway. Deadline reports today that both Oscar-Winner Lupita Nyong'o and Game of Thrones star Gwendoline Christie have joined the cast. No details on ...
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Criticism in the Youtube age: The Video Essay in Conversation
“Sometimes you have to look at the postmodern set of circumstances we live in and conclude that the way we review things hasn't changed nearly to the same degree that art has changed.”
Though this quote from Winston Rowntree's recent piece for Cracked isn...
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“Too Dumb to Notice”: The Lie About Movies For Kids
Due for release less than a year after the first film, Planes: Fire & Rescue will hit theatres on July 18. The animated sequel again has the voice of Dane Cook as Dusty Crophopper, an air racer that must now turn to wildfire air control. The sequel also st...
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