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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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The Secret Life of Pets & The Search for the Ever Elusive Pixar Moment – A Review
"Awwwww. That's just like [insert pet name]," is a phrase I heard whispered several times by the random people around me at a sold out screening of The Secret... Read more
Posted on 11 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates & The Year of Women Behaving Badly – A Review
Men have been behaving badly in comedies for decades now. It's time for women to have their turn. That's been one of the themes of 2016, starting with Tina Fey... Read more
Posted on 10 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
A List of the Year’s Remaining Animated Movies
Illumination Entertainment's The Secret Life of Pets is the 7th animated movie to receive a wide theatrical release this year. That means we've basically been... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
A Geek’s Reaction to Dallas & The Week That Was
"It's easy to be in a cocoon as a white dude." That's what podcaster Al Kennedy tweeted yesterday. He was speaking specifically about race relations in... Read more
Posted on 09 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Star Trek: The Next Generation Almost Had Two Gay Characters
It's the type of headline you can't quite believe: " John Cho's Sulu Confirmed as Gay, A First for the Star Trek Franchise." That can't be right, can it? Not th... Read more
Posted on 08 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Forget the Politics. Mykelti Williamson Is the Real Reason to See The Purge:...
When asked beforehand, I couldn't quite articulate why I wanted to see The Purge: Election Year. I've never seen the first two Purge movies, and based on the... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Review: The Legend of Tarzan Is One of the Better Superhero Movies of 2016
Here's a very brief history of the superhero: Through literature (The Scarlet Pimpernel, Tarzan, John Carter of Mars), pulp novels (Zorro, Doc Savage, Buck... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Box Office: From Back to the Future to Tarzan, The New Movies Released Over the...
A long, long time ago in a pre- Star Wars Hollywood, the crown jewel of the summer movie season was the Fourth of July. The studios regularly put out some of... Read more
Posted on 04 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Blockbuster Flashback: 5 Lessons Hollywood Learned From the Summer of 1996
"More than one-third of all movie tickets through the course of a year are sold in the summer, but with the summer Olympics and not that many sequels coming up... Read more
Posted on 03 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Review: The BFG Is a Movie Full of Magical Moments Which Don’t Quite Add Up in...
Watching Steven Spielberg's The BFG as an adult is the cinematic equivalent of reading a cute, but somewhat unremarkable bedtime story to your child (or niece o... Read more
Posted on 01 July 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Feeling Conflicted About Wreck-It Ralph 2
Director Rich Moore and writer Phil Johnston were joined by John C. Reilly on Facebook Live this morning to announce Wreck-It Ralph 2, which will hit theaters... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Pilot Report: Dead of Summer Zigs When You Expect It to Zag
Dead of Summer is just the latest in an increasingly long line of TV shows most people will never find the time to watch. It airs on a network with a... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Box Office: How White House Down Might Have Saved Us From an Independence Day 3
The verdict is in: Independence Day: Resurgence 's opening weekend was very not good. From Forbes (updated by me with the actual figures instead of... Read more
Posted on 28 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Shallows Vs. The Martian – When Is A Thematically Relevant Backstory...
Spoiler alert for The Shallows, The Martian, Gravity, Cast Away Steven Spielberg once said that in the best movies someone "loses control [of his/her life] an... Read more
Posted on 28 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Watching Independence Day: Resurgence Through the Eyes of a 15-Year-Old – A...
Let me tell you a story about a bubbly, outgoing 15-year-old girl. Insert obligatory Woody Allen joke or some other such reference to how weird it is that I'm... Read more
Posted on 26 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Nostalgia Buster: 5 Things I Learned From Re-Watching Once Bitten, Aka, The Jim...
I first saw Once Bitten in 1995 when I was home from school with a fever and an upset stomach. I first-rewatched Once Bitten three nights ago when it came on... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
5 Takeaways from the Justice League Set Reports
Uproxx, io9 and various other publications visited Justice League 's London set last week, and here are 5 key takeaways I took from reading their reports: 1.... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Film Review: Finding Dory is Pixar’s Uplifting Story About a Special Needs Family
Last month, ABC received plenty of positive notices over its decision to pick up Speechless, the latest in its ongoing line of diversity-oriented family... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Box Office: Putting Finding Dory’s Record-Opening In Context
As predicted, Finding Dory set a pretty big record this weekend, but does it pass the inflation test? The Box Office Report (from THR): Some 13 years after... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Film Review: Central Intelligence is Low on Intelligence, High on Charm
Central Intelligence is not the type of movie you go to for a good story. A week after you see it you'll have already forgotten the specifics of the plot -... Read more
Posted on 19 June 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO