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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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Film Review: Martin Freeman Shines in Spooky, But Imperfect Ghost Stories
Effective with its spooks and nicely tied together by its framing device, horror anthology Ghost Stories still falls short of greatness. It leaves you with the... Read more
Posted on 29 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Needful Things at 25: Reflecting on Castle Rock’s “Final” Story
Hulu's Castle Rock is currently giving the infamous fictional Maine town that previously only existed in Stephen King's mind the methodical, multi-episode... Read more
Posted on 26 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Amazon Prime Horror Fest: Burnt Offerings, Evils of the Night, Prom Night II &...
Amazon has literally thousands of movies available for free to Prime users. Survey after survey indicates most people don't watch them or even know they're... Read more
Posted on 23 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Netflix Review: Us and Them Is a Home Invasion Thriller Tarantino Could Call...
It's virtually impossible to watch Us and Them, a 2017 UK indie which recently found its way to Netflix, and not think of Quentin Tarantino. Or Edgar Wright.... Read more
Posted on 21 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
From Moment to Movement: Hollywood Diversity After Wonder Woman, Black Panther...
Over the past 18 months, we've enjoyed our fair share of cultural moments and firsts at the movies. Wonder Woman, Black Panther,and now Crazy Rich Asians prove... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Netflix Review: Disenchantment is a Lesser Futurama Until It Turns Into Somethin...
Netflix's new animated series Disenchantment is a comedy which didn't make me laugh a single time throughout its entire 10 episodes. I smirked a handful of... Read more
Posted on 20 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Shudder Review: Anthony Hopkins Loses Himself in William Goldman’s Magic
"If you had told me, that 1978 November day when Magic opened, that it would be nine years before my next picture appeared, I doubt I would have known what... Read more
Posted on 17 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Now Seems Like a Good Time to Remember Just How Shady MoviePass’ Parent Company...
Another week, another MoviePass story. Gee, do you think that just maybe something's not right with this group of grifters? The latest is this: MoviePass' new... Read more
Posted on 15 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Young Guns at 30: Reflecting on the Film That Revived the Western & Still Gets N...
The western, which used to be as common in Hollywood as superhero movies are now, enjoyed a surprising revival in popularity in the late 1980s into the 90s.... Read more
Posted on 14 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Film Review: BlacKkKlansman is Spike Lee’s Cinematic Revenge
It's been a while since I've seen a Spike Lee joint. Based on the meager ticket sales for his recent movies, the same is probably true for everyone. As a result... Read more
Posted on 13 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Film Review: The Meg Plays It Way Too Straight
Halfway through Jason Statham's giant shark movie The Meg, Rainn Wilson, playing the comic relief tech billionaire who has bankrolled a naval research station... Read more
Posted on 12 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Is Paramount Right? Has Star Trek Hit Its Financial Ceiling as a Film Franchise?
Star Trek, in the Shatner years, was a hit franchise in the States. The Motion Picture, The Voyage Home, Wrath of Khan, and Search for Spock easily solid ticket... Read more
Posted on 11 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Disney Will Release Whatever Fox Has Finished Or In Production & That Might...
"Disney will release all of Fox's movies that are complete or in production at the time of the acquisition, said a person with knowledge of its plans. It's... Read more
Posted on 11 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Netflix Review: Emelie is a Wonderfully Twisted Showcase for Sarah Bolger
File this under horror movie premises that fall apart if just one of the parents in the story bothered to check Facebook. It's date night. Correction:... Read more
Posted on 11 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Revisiting Disney’s Tricky Fahrenheit 9/11 Accounting
Michael Moore has a new documentary. Wait! Don't swipe or click away yet. I know Moore is a divisive figure these days. His high profile, both in the body of... Read more
Posted on 10 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The MoviePass End Game: Survive Long Enough to Sell to a Bigger Company
MoviePass ran out of money. Then it raised its prices and eliminated most new movies for at least their first two weeks. Just as quickly, they changed their... Read more
Posted on 09 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Academy is Adding a Most Popular Film Category to the Oscars, Capping a...
The Academy has been trying to fix a problem with the increasingly ratings-challenged Oscars telecast for a decade. Their latest attempt at a solution - a Most... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Fox Searchlight to Hulu? $100 Million Budgets? No R-Rated Movies? – Assessing...
Before yesterday's earnings calls with Disney CEO Bob Iger, here's what we knew or at least believed to be true about the Mouse House's forthcoming streaming... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Eighth Grade Deserves to Be Seen By Actual Eighth Graders, Not Just Fawned Over...
Eighth Grade is a coming-age-of-story about what it's like to be a young girl in 2018. Naturally, as a man in my 30s I feel qualified to weigh in on... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Forgotten Part of The Fugitive’s Legacy: Saving China’s Flailing Movie...
This week marks the 25th anniversary of the release of the Harrison Ford-Tommy Lee Jones 1993 classic The Fugitive, and the retrospectives have been flowing... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2018 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO