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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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Once Upon a Deadpool Is a Lesser Version of Deadpool 2, But It’s One Your Kids...
Once Upon a Deadpool is an almost completely unprecedented experiment and quite possibly a trial balloon for how the Merc with a Mouth and his new corporate... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Why Losing Kevin Hart Might Have Been the Best Thing For the Oscars
Everyone pays extra special attention to the Oscars when they screw up. Potentially being forced to go without a host after Kevin Hart-gate qualifies as a prett... Read more
Posted on 12 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Old Man and the Gun Is Robert Redford’s Lovely Swan Song (For Now)
From the moment Robert Redford announced The Old Man and the Gun would be his final film role, the skeptics have been out in force. Sure, Redford is 82. Maybe h... Read more
Posted on 11 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Some Advice For Anyone Considering Seeing The Possession of Hannah Grace
Don't do it. That's my advice for anyone considering seeing The Possession of Hannah Grace. Granted, given the film's anemic box office thus far, most anyone wh... Read more
Posted on 09 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Shudder’s You Might Be the Killer Might Have Some Laughs for You
We are not exactly lacking for slasher deconstructions these days. The new Halloween shows us what a final girl would look like decades after her fateful... Read more
Posted on 08 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Bold, Diverse Future of Superhero Cinema After Avengers: Endgame
So, they finally did it. Marvel released an Avengers 4 trailer. Not only that, they also gave us an actual title: Avengers: Endgame. So, yes, officially switch... Read more
Posted on 07 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Shape of the Awards Race, Post-Golden Globe Nominations
It's December 6th. The Oscar nominations are over a month away, and the general public still has yet to see major contenders like Vice and Mary Poppins Returns... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Why Netflix Is Delivering Its Own Snappening to the Daredevil Universe
Daredevil. Iron Fist. Luke Cage. All gone, newly canceled due to Netflix's preference to only greenlight shows it actually owns. Jessica Jones and The Punisher... Read more
Posted on 30 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Green Book Is a Good Version of an Outdated Kind of Movie
For years, the film industry has operated on an assumption of a straight, white male audience. Thanks to the Great Awokening, that assumption is slipping away,... Read more
Posted on 29 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Boy Erased: It’s An Undeniable Good That This Movie Exists
Boy Erased is Oscar bait with a larger, entirely admirable social goal in mind. But, does it go too far in forgiving parents led astray by their faith and not... Read more
Posted on 27 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Front Runner Doesn’t Live Up To Its Title
Are we still talking about Gary Hart here? At no point in Jason Reitman's disappointing drama The Front Runner do any of the characters ask the above question,... Read more
Posted on 24 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Ralph Breaks the Internet Breaks the Disney Sequel Curse
Is it just another cash grab? At this point in the Disney Animation/Pixar world, that's what we've been trained to ask every time yet another sequel arrives.... Read more
Posted on 23 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Creed II Can’t Find Its Reason to Fight
Repeatedly throughout Creed II, Adonis (Michael B. Jordan) is directly asked by Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) why he has to fight. To continue spiritually... Read more
Posted on 21 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Netflix Review: Cam Flawlessly Shows Us the Ghost in the Webcam Machine
Remember The Net? It's an early career Sandra Bullock thriller about an internet security expert who telecommutes from home and has very few actual... Read more
Posted on 20 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Steve McQueen & Damien Chazelle Crash Back to Earth
Widows, Steve McQueen's mid-budget prestige thriller, was supposed to open to $20m this weekend. It made just $12m. First Man, Damien Chazelle's understated Nei... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Widows Kindly Asks That You Let Go of Whatever You Think It’s Going to Be
After winning Best Picture and Best Director for 12 Years a Slave, Steve McQueen could have done just about anything he wanted to with his next project. Not onl... Read more
Posted on 19 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Think of The Ballad of Buster Scruggs as Twilight Zone: The Western
What does it all mean? What are they really trying to say? What's being subverted/deconstructed here? I spent far too much time exploring those questions while... Read more
Posted on 18 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
How Chilling Adventures of Sabrina Turned Its Greatest Weakness Into a Strength
When Netflix unveiled the first full trailer for The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, prospective viewers were treated to a smorgasbord of imagery suggesting,... Read more
Posted on 18 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Instant Family: A Well-Intentioned PSA for the Foster Care System
If you think this is the movie about two rich, white people adopting three Hispanic kids, ranging in age from 15 to Spongebob-watching years, and having almost... Read more
Posted on 17 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Netflix Review: Outlaw King Repairs Some of Braveheart’s Damage to the Historica...
"In the year of our Lord 1314, patriots of Scotland charged the fields of Bannockburn. They fought like warrior poets. They fought like Scotsman. And won their... Read more
Posted on 17 November 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO