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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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Netflix Review: The Keeping Hours Uses a Ghost Story to Heal Emotional Wounds
Lee Pace in Halt and Catch Fire Joe MacMillan mode? Carrie Coon channeling some of that Leftovers grieving parent drama? I'm sold. Roll the movie, Netflix... Read more
Posted on 17 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Predator Review: At Least the Music Sounds Great
Um... You know how... [Say something nice!] I guess... [Just think of something. Anything. The Predator is one of your favorite action films of all time. You ow... Read more
Posted on 16 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
White Boy Rick Review: A Smaller Scale 80s True Crime Story With a Wonderful...
White Boy Rick is at first a familiar true crime story about the mid-1980s drug trade in Detroit, but then it takes a surprise turn in its final moments toward... Read more
Posted on 15 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Forever Review: Amazon Delivers a Masterful Reflection on Life, Marriage, and...
Amazon's Forever reinvents itself multiples times within just its first 2 episodes. Where it ends is drastically different than where it begins. That makes it... Read more
Posted on 14 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Netflix Review: Next Gen Gives Us a Broken Girl & Her Broken Robot
Apple's latest product announcement made all the headlines yesterday. What if it had been made in a ginormous stadium, not a mere auditorium? What if they had... Read more
Posted on 13 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Castle Rock Review: Was the Payoff Worth It? And Are They About to Do a Shining...
Castle Rock is the most successful inaugural season of any Hulu Original. That is, if you go by things like social media engagement, streaming completion, and... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
A Lament for the Potentially Good Superman Movie Henry Cavill Never Got to Make
Warner Bros. went to Henry Cavill to discuss filming a Superman cameo for Shazam. They left with no cameo and, in fact, no Superman. That's the gist of the stor... Read more
Posted on 12 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Netflix Review: The Most Assassinated Woman in the World Falters Whenever It...
The Most Assassinated Woman in the World is a film about a place, people, and art form stuck in transition. It's also a modern Giallo homage (even though it's... Read more
Posted on 11 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Iron Fist Is Trying to Transition Into Something Better. The Process Is Not...
Yesterday, I offered my spoiler-lite thoughts on the first half of Iron Fist's second season. Today, here's my spoiler-filled take on the entire season. In a... Read more
Posted on 10 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
I Just Reached the Halfway Point of Iron Fist’s Second Season. I Have Some...
After a rocky first season, Iron Fist returns with a new showrunner, shortened episode total, and tonal course correction. After five episodes, I'm rather... Read more
Posted on 09 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
What Stanley Kubrick Thought of Stephen King’s The Shining
Stephen King famously hates Stanley Kubrick's film version of The Shining. But, how did Kubrick feel about King's original novel? "That's what's wrong with... Read more
Posted on 08 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Wynonna Earp is Scratching the Buffy Itch I Didn’t Know Needed Scratching
Last week's episode of Wynonna Earp did something risky with its narrative. It took the season's most overtly comedic episode and ended it with a gut punch of... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Nun Review: Schlockier Than Usual for The Conjuring Universe
The Conjuring universe has mostly traded in respectability. These are the classy throwbacks to the haunted house classics of old. Apart from the first Annabelle... Read more
Posted on 07 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
My Burt Reynolds Story Involves a Complete Misreading of Best Little Whorehouse...
Burt Reynolds died today. Here's my story about the one film of his I've seen more than any other and how long it took me to realize what exactly all those... Read more
Posted on 06 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Trailer Reaction: Halloween Brings the Steadicam and Jump Scares
Every time I've seen the trailer for The Nun in a crowded theater the terrified jumps followed by cathartic laughs have been guaranteed. Every one kind of... Read more
Posted on 05 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Little Strangers, Netflix’s The Lodgers & How We Talk About Gothic Horror...
I'll get to my specific thoughts about The Lodgers in a second. But, first this: Slow-burn. Atmospheric. Gothic. Gloomy. Moody. Sophisticated. These are but som... Read more
Posted on 04 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Here’s Every Movie to Have a Bigger Labor Day Weekend Than Crazy Rich Asians....
The Sixth Sense and Halloween. That's it. Those are the only two movies to beat the $28 million Crazy Rich Asians is estimated to have just made over this... Read more
Posted on 03 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Searching Review: A Wildly Successful Proof-of-Concept, in More Ways Than One
Searching, which is filmed entirely from the point-of-view of computer screens and stars John Cho as a father performing some next-level internet sleuthing whil... Read more
Posted on 02 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
“Kidding” Review: Pop Culture Reaches Peak Mr. Rogers Nostalgia with Showtime’s...
Kidding, Jim Carrey and Showtime's new half-hour black comedy about a kids TV show host suffering a mental breakdown doesn't officially premiere for another... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Juliet, Naked Review: Feels Like an Understated High Fidelity from the...
Juliet, Naked, Nick Hornby's spiritual sequel to High Fidelity, has now been adapted into a big-hearted, but somewhat flat rom-com starring Rose Byrne, Ethan... Read more
Posted on 01 September 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO