Better Call Saul was a profound meditation on time
Better Call Saul was a profound meditation on time
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How Generation X ruined Star Wars
How Generation X ruined Star Wars
The Lord of the Rings trilogy helped us get through 9/11
The Lord of the Rings trilogy helped us get through 9/11
Why Kristen Stewart is a queer icon
As Pride Month continues, we celebrate Kristen Stewart, an important contemporary icon.
From the Bleachers to Cheer Captain: The Devolution of Taylor Swift
Whereas universality and populism mark Taylor Swift's early years, with her recent LP 1989 she has become the cheer captain she once railed against.
From Tyler Durden to Cliff Booth: Brad Pitt's coolest roles
From Tyler Durden to Cliff Booth: Brad Pitt's coolest roles
Who is the best James Bond?
A favorite pastime of a certain subset of cinephiles is to theorize, speculate, and even wager on who will become the next James Bond.
Los Angeles Cinema and the Utopia of La La Land
Few movies have represented LA with such fawning reverence and nostalgia as La La Land. There is little traffic (after the opening scene), no crime (other than Ryan Gosling’s singing), no industrialism, no poverty, no homelessness, and very little cultural or geographical diversity.
The Last Jedi is the most faithful Star Wars story
The movies themes of sacrifice and non-violent resistance are consistent with those of the original SW trilogy.
The Replicant Singularity in Blade Runner 2049
While other sci-fi movies dramatize the singularity as occurring through a transcendence away from the biological, Blade Runner 2049 shows AIs achieving the singularity by becoming more biological.
