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The real-life Bourne legacy
The Bourne Identity is one of those movies that was so massively influential it gets taken for granted. On the eve of the franchise’s second attempt at rebooting, let’s look back at the movie that shifted action on its axis. Going … Continue reading
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Tagged #batman begins, #casino royale, #daredevil, #die another day, #mission: impossible, #quantom of solace, #star wars, #the matrix, Jason Bourne, Mission: Impossible II, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Legacy, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, The Green Zone, The Phantom Menace, The Raid, The World is Not Enough
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A word about commodifying homosexuality
Representation of minorities and women have always been important, and they’ve become increasingly important to the public over the past few years. For political reasons both flimsy and painfully real — the Black Lives Matter movement and all the death … Continue reading
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Tagged #black lives matter, #blacklivesmatter, #matt damon, #oscarssowhite, #simon pegg, #star trek beyond, Black Captain America, gay representation in film, Gay Sulu, Gay sulu is tokenism, George Takei, Ghostbusters is an exploitation film, Hikaru Sulu, James Bond is pansexual, lady Thor, minority representation in film, representation of women in film, silencing minority voices, Social justice warriors
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On Darkseid and the actual value of Easter eggs in movies
There’s an idea that’s been developing for the past few years in comedy around reference humor or call-out humor. Comedians — or film or television — will, in place of a joke, simply call out a title and hope that’s … Continue reading
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Tagged #Batfleck, #Batman, #batman v superman, #Ben Affleck, #civil war, #dane cook, #darkseid, #Dawn of Justice, #DC, #deadpool, #ezra miller, #henry cavill, #jesse eisenberg, #lex luthor, #memes, #sad batman, #steppenwolf, #superman, #zack snyder, Captain America, Marvel
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2016 Academy Awards fallout
#Oscarssowhite dominates the ceremony The Academy Awards are normally awful, but this year, they traded in the usual tedium for a three-hour apology for #oscarssowhite that managed to cast a pall over the entire ceremony. It’s easy to see why … Continue reading
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Tagged #affirmative action, #alejandro inarritu, #annie hall, #argo, #birdman, #chariots of fire, #cheryl boone isaacs, #chris rock, #drive, #eddie murphy, #ex machina, #Fantastic Four, #forsest gump, #fury road, #george miller, #heaven's gate, #it follows, #its on us, #joe biden, #lady gaga, #leonardo dicaprio, #mad max, #michael fassbender, #morgan freeman, #oscars, #oscarssowhite, #pulp fiction, #raiders of the lost arc, #ride along 2, #sam smith, #samuel l jackson, #sicario, #spotlight, #star wars, #suicide squad, #the artist, #the revenant, #tom hardy, Transformers
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If Oscar nominated films were presidential candidates
Ex Machina — The Ted Cruz campaign IMDB * Rotten Tomatoes * our review Nominated for Best Original Screenplay (Alex Garland) and Best Visual Effects Were not made in America. Aren’t entirely sure women aren’t sadistic, artificially intelligent sex toys waiting … Continue reading
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Tagged #ben carson, #bernie sanders, #bobby jindal, #bridge of spies, #brooklyn, #carly fiorina, #carol, #chris christie, #donald trump, #ex machina, #feel the bern, #fury road, #hillary clinton, #house of cards, #inside out, #jeb!, #joe biden, #john kasich, #mad max, #make america great again, #marco rubio, #martin omalley, #rand paul, #rick santorum, #ron paul, #room, #sicario, #spotlight, #star wars, #steve jobs, #ted cruz, #the big short, #the danish girl, #the force awakens, #the hateful eight, #the martian, #the revenant
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