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Two pop culture obsessives who cover film, television, and anything else which piques our geeky interests.
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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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Hollywood Headlines: Daytime TV’s Problems Extend Far Beyond Ellen
Tatiana Maslany will be Disney+'s She-Hulk. WandaVision is still officially on Disney+'s 2020 release calendar. Lovecraft Country's Jonathan Majors l anded the... Read more
Posted on 18 September 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Hollywood Headlines: The Return of Mando!
The west coast is on fire. The south is facing yet another hurricane. Some elected officials are actively advocating for civil war. One in six eating... Read more
Posted on 16 September 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Hollywood Headlines: #CancelNetflix and #BoycottMulan Explained
As I write this, my 13-year-old nephew and 8-year-old niece are virtual schooling one room over from me. The nephew is learning that virtual PE means doing... Read more
Posted on 14 September 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Hollywood Headlines: Netflix’s Big Shakeup, Wonder Woman’s Delay
The endless news cycle of 2020 is brutal. So, let's get straight to it. Here are some Hollywood headlines you might have missed. The Headlines 1. Netflix pushe... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
“Subscription Fatigue”: Here’s How Many Streaming Services I Use
The natural endpoint of the streaming wars seems inevitable: not every streaming service will survive, and many of those that are left will end up offered in... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Tenet Gives the Thrills and Puzzles We Expect from Christopher Nolan
After nearly twenty years behind the camera, Christopher Nolan has carved out his niche: He makes intelligent, complex, spectacle-laden blockbusters. He's an... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
If They Open It, Will You Come?: Tenet & Moviegoing in a Pandemic
Christopher Nolan's thrice-delayed blockbuster Tenet is finally playing in my local movie theater, and I can't quite believe it. (Frankly, I'm a little stunned... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Class Action Park: HBO Max’s Doc About “America’s Most Dangerous Amusement Park”
How bad did something in the 1980s have to be for even Donald Trump to walk away and say it was too risky? That's one potential hook for Class Action Park, a ne... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Armando Iannucci’s Personal History of David Copperfield Both Cherishes and...
It's taken nearly seven months, but Friday night I found myself reentering the welcoming embrace of a movie theater. Despite some initial anxiety, I felt... Read more
Posted on 31 August 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Amazon Prime Video Pick of the Week: Robert Altman’s The Long Goodbye
Amazon Prime Video, according to some reports, has around five times as many movies as Netflix, which is perhaps not all that shocking to anyone who's ever... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
HBO Max, What Even Are You? – An Update on the Streaming Wars
I spent way too much time yesterday figuring out how to get HBO Max, the new streaming service that asks, "What if we took everything HBO already has and added ... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Casino Royale: James Bond’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Spoof
The James Bond we know from those other movies, the Sean Connery Bond, exists but is not the real Bond. He's simply a successor who took the title when the... Read more
Posted on 26 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Dr. No: What Humble Beginnings
Dr. No - the first James Bond film, the one Variety backhandedly referred to as an "entertaining piece of tongue-in-cheek action hokum" - was one of my biggest... Read more
Posted on 22 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
De-Evolution of James Bond: From Russia with Love
So, here we are. The penultimate installment, and my final posting, in our ongoing Bond series. I'll give you a bit of background info. When Kelly and I first... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Goldfinger Proves James Bond Has the Midas Touch
There are certain James Bond movie titles that double as invitations for anyone to do their best impression of the iconic title song. So, I'm sorry but if you... Read more
Posted on 20 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
De-Evolution of James Bond: Thunderball
When I think of 1965's Thunderball, the primary image that pops into my head revolves around an endless series of underwater scenes in which discerning actual... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
You Only Live Twice: Turning Japanese
When you set out to watch every James Bond movie, there is something forever looming in the distance, threatening even, something you know you'll have to deal... Read more
Posted on 18 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
De-Evolution of James Bond: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service
In a post- Casino Royale world, the perception of On Her Majesty's Secret Service has shifted from interesting footnote to essential Bond film. Released in... Read more
Posted on 17 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
De-Evolution of James Bond: The Man with the Golden Gun
So, I knew a guy once who did a series of podcasts about pop culture that wasn't as feminist as it pretended to be and followed that with a podcast about toxic... Read more
Posted on 14 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
De-Evolution of James Bond: The Spy Who Loved Me
As the opening credits roll on 1977's The Spy Who Loved Me, Carly Simon croons that "nobody does it better." That might be a pretty tall order for the film to... Read more
Posted on 13 May 2020 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO