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We Minored In Film
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We are two pop culture obsessives whose passion and level of knowledge for all things pop culture outweighs our academic credentials, and We Minored In Film is our effort to cover all things near and dear to our geeky hearts. Regular Features on the site include discussions of particularly amazing scenes from films and episodes from television shows and transcribed conversations in which we debate the merits of a pop culture topic of our choosing. Plus, there are lists - lots of lists.
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Community: Age of Yahoo Is Almost Upon Us, But, Seriously, What the Heck Is Yaho...
If not for a 40-minute phone call between Kathy Savitt and Dan Harmon last June, what I am about to say would have never been possible: The new trailer for... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Box Office: Will Smith’s Focus & The Creeping Death of the Movie Star
There is a funny little thing actors sometimes have to do that I call the “Please like me again!” press tour. It’s that “No, seriously, this time’s it’s... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
About That One Time David Tennant Talked About Bears For One Minute On Public...
Derek Mears is nice. Maybe a little too nice. Although he physically fit the part given his 6’5” frame, some behind the scenes of the 2009 Friday the 13th remak... Read more
Posted on 02 March 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Leonard Nimoy: The Cosmic Ballet Goes On
It never occurred to me that there would be a time when Leonard Nimoy wasn’t alive. It’s not that I had conflated the man with the role and assumed Nimoy’s... Read more
Posted on 27 February 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Making Sense of the Arrow/Flash Spin-Off To Be Headlined By Brandon Routh,...
I don’t hold back on any Arrow/Flash spoilers in this article. So, if you’re not up to date on either show you’ve been warned. Read more
Posted on 27 February 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Real Life Fletchers, Live Drumming & Lost Girlfriends: The Story of the Making o...
Starring J.K. Simmons as the overbearing music school teacher Dr. Terence Fletcher mentoring an aspiring jazz drummer (Miles Teller), Whiplash takes on the... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Arrow’s “Nanda Parbat” (S3,EP15) & The Search for Oliver Queen’s Brain
In his review of “Nanda Parbat” for the AV Club, Alasdair Wilkins concludes, “If there were ever a time for Oliver to be tempted by Ra’s al Ghul’s offer, this... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Birdman’s One-Shot Concept, Subtitle, Ambiguous Ending & Proposed Johnny Deep...
It seems improbable that the Academy would go for a Black Swan-esque black comedy for Best Picture*, but that’s exactly what happened this weekend when Birdman... Read more
Posted on 26 February 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Do You Want Gossip Or Insight From Alex Gibney’s Scientology Documentary Going...
In the early 90s, two actors I liked– Kirstie Alley, John Travolta – came to my hometown of Wichita, Kansas. I wanted to go see them just so I could say I’d kin... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Box Office: The 7 Major Films With Bigger Second Weekend Drop-Offs Than 50 Shade...
At one point in Birdman, a particularly influential New York Times critic derides modern Hollywood for measuring its worth in single weekends, a reference to th... Read more
Posted on 24 February 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
And Now James Gunn Steps Forward to Defend Comic Book Movies From Birdman & Dan...
James Gunn just took to his Facebook page to defend comic book movies. As you’d expect from the man who made Guardians of the Galaxy, it’s kind of awesome. Read more
Posted on 24 February 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Everything Is Awesome – Why Do We Love Lego Movie’s Ode to Conformity?
Right around the time it really seemed like something different needed to happen to cut through the typical awards show monotony of the Academy Awards last... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Brutally Honest Oscars: How 7 Academy Members Decided Who To Vote For in 2015
Here’s how the Oscars work: Members from each individual branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts Sciences determine the votes for the nominees within... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Can One Picture Change Your Opinion About an Upcoming Movie? – Jason Momoa’s...
Can one picture change your opinion about an upcoming movie? That’s what I’ve been wondering ever since Zack Snyder dropped the first image of the new Jason... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
About That One Time Dustin Hoffman Used an Acceptance Speech to Tear Down the...
There is a moment near the end of the new Turner Classic Movies documentary And the Oscar Goes To… in which Benicio Del Toro and Helen Mirren discuss the... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Only Academy Awards Fun Facts Infograph You’ll Ever Need
Wow. Really. That’s the title I’m going with here – “The Only Academy Awards Fun Facts Infograph You’ll Ever Need”? Talk about setting something up to fail. We... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Arrow’s “The Return” (S3,EP14) & The Danger Of Rewriting Your Own History
“The Return” was a very engaging Arrow episode which appeared to make crucial progress on several fronts. Oliver told Thea that she killed Sara! Read more
Posted on 19 February 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Flash’s “Fallout” (S1,EP14) & Just Going With Comic Book Fun
Last week, I used the love triangle portion of The Flash’s “Nuclear Man” to springboard into a larger conversation about what exactly it means to be a CW show. ... Read more
Posted on 19 February 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Box Office: 50 Shades of Grey & How To React When Something You Don’t Like...
There is a moment in the Futurama episode “A Clockwork Origin” that always makes me laugh. Dr. Farnsworth has just learned that his latest discovery (the bone... Read more
Posted on 18 February 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Have We Forgotten How to Have Fun With Big Budget Movies?
There’s an odd thing about being an American sports fan: You never want the athletes to gain a sense of perspective (or at least you’re supposed to be worried... Read more
Posted on 17 February 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO