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“Eliminate PG-13”: A Conversation On Violence in Media
Noah Gittell: Here we are again. It’s worth noting that I first pitched the idea of a published discussion on gun violence and the movies back in July, after a gunman killed two people during a screening of Trainwreck in Lafayette, La. Scheduling conflicts kep...
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“Total Recall” at 25
Paul Verhoeven proved his sci-fi chops with the 1987 cyberpunk masterpiece RoboCop, but that film’s grimy location shoots and dilapidated effects scarcely offered evidence that he could mount a film on the level of Total Recall. Based on Philip K. Dick’s story...
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Jupiter Ascending: Or the Opposite Direction
Way back at the turn of the century, The Wachowskis created a little science-fiction film entitled The Matrix. The film featured spectacular effects, incredible choreography, and an intriguing story. The film would inspire a mega franchise including two sequel...
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Crybercrimes and Misdemeanors: The Best Hacker Films
Hackers, as Hollywood has proven over the years, make for very interesting subjects in film. Stereotypically young and anarchic in nature, it was conceptually easy to fabricate a world full of teenage cyber terrorists fighting against rogue capitalists or gove...
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“They Live” and Apocalyptic Tech Noir
Editor's note: Today we're proud to present readers with an exclusive passage from Peter Labuza's upcoming book Approaching the End: Imagining Apocalypse in American Film. Be sure to pick up the book up when it comes out next week, October 14, from The Critica...
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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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10 Films Mishandled by the MPAA
Firstly, you’ll notice that I am not Scott Nye. He has moved on to bigger and better things, so I hope I can bring half as much insight and fun to these lists as he did.
The ratings board for the Motion Picture Association of America is a fickle organization...
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Melbourne Top 5 (3/8/13-3/14/13)
The cultural capital of Australia, Melbourne is inarguably the premiere location for film fans down under (no matter what anyone from Sydney tells you). These weekly posts will take you beyond the multiplex and highlight the Top 5 movie alternatives worth chec...
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