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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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January’s Box Office Pileup: Is This All Because of The Force Awakens?
The question of whether or not there are too many movies in theaters this month certainly qualifies as a first-world problem of the highest degree.... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Predictably Snarky Article About Monster Trucks
Ah, January. A time of crushingly cold weather, doomed New Years resolutions and truly terrible movies Hollywood dumps on us, behaving a bit like a TV network... Read more
Posted on 14 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
How Many of the Indie Film Pioneers of the 80s and 90s Are Still Making Movies?...
This past week brought two events which furthered the brain drain away from film and over to TV. On Tuesday, 70-year-old David Lynch made a surprise appearance... Read more
Posted on 12 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Box Office: Just How High Could La La Land Go?
It's good to be anyone connected to La La Land right about now. Awards bodies are falling over themselves to shower the film with trophies (a record-setting 7 a... Read more
Posted on 10 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Obligatory Golden Globes Reaction Post: Ga Ga Over La La
Isabelle Hubert, nominated for her French film Elle and widely considered to be an also-ran up against Natalie Portman and Amy Adams, actually winning Best... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Top 10 Episodes of the Vampire Diaries
It's always been easy to dismiss Vampire Diaries, CW's supernatural, soapy, teen romance. Early previews painted it as a Twilight ripoff centered around its... Read more
Posted on 09 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
My Favorite 15 Films of 2016: Somehow Arrival, Deadpool & Green Room Didn’t...
2016 was just the worst. Here are 15 films that made it a little better. Why 15 instead of the standard 10? Because I just had to be different, that's why.... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2017 TV & VIDEO -
Film Review: The Bleak Beauty of Manchester by the Sea
Manchester by the Sea, Kenneth Lonergan's bleak, moving portrayal of new grief piling itself upon deep-rooted anguish, exists in a perpetually cloudy and... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Film Review: Other People Hits Almost Too Close to Home For Me
Until my dad died from cancer last year I always felt like cancer was something that happened to other people, sometimes even people I (kind of) knew, but... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Film Review: The Romance and Realism of the Flawless La La Land
Sometimes you walk into a film that just feels like it was designed exclusively for you. Watching Damien Chazelle's exuberant, melancholy-tinged La La Land, it... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Box Office: There Are No Blockbusters Among This Year’s Likely Oscar Nominees. S...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts Sciences is in a tough spot. The ratings for the Oscars telecasts have been trending down in any year not hosted by Ellen... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Revisiting Doctor Strange, Trolls, Fantastic Beasts & Moana’s Box Office: How...
We focus so much on opening weekends and second weekends that we often forget about the full theatrical run, quick to move on to the next big thing,... Read more
Posted on 03 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Notable 2016 Movies You Can Stream Right Now
Looking to catch up with 2016 movies you might have missed but prefer to do so using some of the streaming apps you might already have? That's what I've been... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Doc Review: For the Love of Spock Is As Divided Between Two Poles As Its Title...
For the Love of Spock started as a collaboration between Leonard Nimoy and his son Adam, but life had other ideas, taking Leonard away due to complications... Read more
Posted on 02 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Revisiting My Favorite Films of 2015
As I ponder my favorite films of 2016, I realize I never made a list for 2015. Oh, that's exactly what everyone else is already doing, I remember thinking at th... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2017 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Christmas Break Binge Update: Travelers Better Get a Second Season
After finishing Travelers' first 3 episodes of Quantum-Leap-with-a-one-way-ticket-and-dystopian-twist earlier this week I moved on to other shows, not out of... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Film Review: I Am Not a Serial Killer Is Not What I Expected It To Be
My central problem with I Am Not a Serial Killer is I went into it expecting an entirely different kind of movie. Based upon a half-remembered conversation I ha... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Review: Army of One Wastes a Solid Premise on an Exceedingly Annoying Nicholas...
It's about this guy, a Colorado construction worker with failing kidneys, who repeatedly goes over to Pakistan with nothing but a sword and night vision... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
This HBO Documentary Is Going to Break Our Hearts All Over Again Next Year
2016 has now officially been the year written by George R.R. Martin. This year from hell has capped off its seemingly endless wave of devastating deaths of... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
8 Things I Learned About About Carrie Fisher From Wishful Drinking & Postcards...
Carrie Fisher is gone, yet I feel as if I'm just now getting to know her. Last night, I binge-watched her 2010 one woman show Wishful Drinking (2010) in which... Read more
Posted on 28 December 2016 ENTERTAINMENT