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Did Rorschach Agree with White Supremacists or Just Inspire Them?
HBO’s Watchmen debuted to rave reviews, but there has been some pushback. There is a gulf of more than 50 percent between the ...
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Terminator: Dark Fate Cynically Undoes Judgment Day
This article contains spoilers for Terminator: Dark Fate. The tagline to The Terminator promises audiences, “The thing that won’t die, in the nightmare ...
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Ringu Is a Gothic Horror Story for the Information Age
Ringu has become a cultural touchstone in the two decades since its original release. The film was a breakout hit, paving the way ...
Opinion
Disney Has Weaponized Spoiler Culture into a Marketing Strategy
Last week, the New York Times revealed that The Mandalorian will feature “a dramatic Star Wars-universe spoiler in the first episode.” This announcement ...
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The Shining’s Haunting Is Both Too Vast and Too Intimate to Escape
The Shining remains the quintessential haunted house movie. The Overlook Hotel, the remote and isolated establishment at the heart of Stanley Kubrick’s film, ...
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The Rise of Skywalker Can Correct Return of the Jedi’s Failings
The trailers for The Rise of Skywalker suggest that the Star Wars franchise is still grappling with the legacy of Return of the ...
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Batman Beyond Charted Batman’s Future and Redefined Its Mythos
The DC Animated Universe stands as one of the minor miracles of comic book adaptations. Running from the launch of Batman: The Animated ...
In the Frame
Zack Snyder’s Watchmen Shows the Limits of Faithful Adaptations
Watchmen was always going to be a challenge to adapt to another medium. Author Alan Moore conceded, “I tend to think it’s unfilmable, ...
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Undone Changes the Rules of Coming-of-Age and Time Travel Stories
It is something of a cliché for coming-of-age stories to focus on the death of a parent. Many such narratives place their emphasis ...
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‘Mission to the Unknown’ Resurrects a Lost Piece of Doctor Who History
One of the paradoxes of Doctor Who, a show about an eccentric wanderer who travels through time in a big blue police box, ...
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Gemini Man Depicts the War Between Hollywood’s Past and Future
Ang Lee’s Gemini Man displays a tension between past and present that goes beyond the obvious face-off between Will Smith and his younger, ...
In the Frame
El Camino & Deadwood: The Movie Give Fans the Endings They Actually Deserve
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie and Deadwood: The Movie illustrate the current state of television. Both are codas to shows that ended ...
