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Mad Max: Fury Road Reinvents Homeric Myth for Modern Audiences
Critics and fans regularly hail Mad Max: Fury Road as the greatest action movie of all time. Yet almost no one mentions how ...
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The Myth of Small-Town Virtues in Big-Country Politics
Once, years ago, I was sitting on a plane next to someone from Los Angeles, making conversation, when they asked where I was ...
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No Ghostbusters Movie Is Complete Without Dan Aykroyd’s Crazy
Recently, fans were treated to the first trailer for Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the decades-long-awaited sequel to 1989’s Ghostbusters II. Directed by Jason Reitman, son ...
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Unlimited Power!: Why Emperor Palpatine Is Such an Enduring Villain
This article does not discuss Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. There are no spoilers here, Emperor Palpatine fans! Nefariously evil villains get ...
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How Mad Max: Fury Road’s Soundtrack Helps Us Empathize with Its Characters
As this decade ends, there’s perhaps no greater storytelling achievement in the action genre than Mad Max: Fury Road. It’s a Homeric epic. ...
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Mandalorians Have Always Lived at the Gritty Edge of Star Wars
It’s 2019, and there is suddenly value in knowing what the heck a Mandalorian is. For fans of the Star Wars Expanded Universe, ...
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Crisis on Infinite Earths Will Succeed by Embracing the Absurdity of the Arrowverse
This fall, the CW is undertaking a crossover event beyond anything ever attempted on television. For an adaptation of the classic DC Comics ...
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How the Space Western Evolved from Star Trek to The Outer Worlds
Space Western: A pernicious form of used furniture where every Martian or Jovian town looks and sounds like Dodge City. – author Lewis ...
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Studio Ghibli’s Movies Are Going Digital Just When We Need Them Most
I think I’ve been lucky because I’ve been able to participate in the last era when we can make films with paper, pencils, ...
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Clark Kent and Lois Lane Are Terrible Journalists
This past week, a man boarded a United Airlines plane wearing a T-shirt that read: “Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some assembly required.” Another passenger ...
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The Joker Writes His Own Origin Story
This story contains spoilers for Joker. The Joker is Batman’s most iconic villain. Batman and the Joker are always intertwined; when one shows up, ...
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Resident Evil 7’s Focus on Family Made Its Horror Personal
Resident Evil 7: Biohazard marked a radical departure from the series’ past titles, innovating the gameplay with a first person perspective and telling ...