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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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Marvel Rewatch, Day 2: The Incredible Hulk
Day 2: The Incredible Hulk (2008) When I first started talking about doing a Marvel recap, the only drawback I could see was that I would have to go back to... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Review: Elvis & Nixon Is An Amusing “Did You Know?” Factoid Parading As a Movie
On December 21, 1971, Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon posed together for a picture in the Oval Office, and the resulting photograph became the most requested... Read more
Posted on 26 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Marvel Rewatch, Day 1: Iron Man (2008)
In honor of the release of Captain America: Civil War, We Minored in Film’s Julianne Ramsey will examine the Marvel Cinematic Universe as it stands. Read more
Posted on 25 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Comparing Batman v Superman’s Box Office Decline to the Dark Knight Trilogy &...
There are those who would look at the cumulative box office totals for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and tell you the “results are fine; not a runaway... Read more
Posted on 25 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
4 Things I Didn’t Know About Prince’s Work on the 1989 Batman Soundtrack
Even if you’ve never purchased a Prince album or downloaded a single one of his songs on iTunes, if you’re a Batman fan you’ve experienced his music many times... Read more
Posted on 22 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Flash’s “Versus Zoom” (S2:E18): The Group Hang That Became the Epic Fight
The Flash’s “Versus Zoom” ran with the notion that Zoom/Hunter Zolomon is essentially a dark shadow version of Barry. When Hunter trods out his own version of... Read more
Posted on 21 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Why Marvel’s Whitewashing in Doctor Strange is Worse Than What They Did to The...
This is an argument I’ve been having with myself over the recent Doctor Strange whitewashing controversy: how is Tilda Swinton playing someone who resembles a... Read more
Posted on 20 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Jon Favreau & Joss Whedon Are Gravitating Back Toward the Marvel Cinematic...
It’s so nice when our parents make up after a big fight, or at least that’s what it feels like when you hear the news that both Joss Whedon and Jon Favreau are... Read more
Posted on 19 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Older Actors Are the True MVPs of the Greg Berlanti Superhero TV Universe –...
In a recent essay arguing that Calista Flockhart is Supergirl‘s true MVP, Vulture’s Abraham Riesman extended the argument to the wider Greg Berlanti superhero T... Read more
Posted on 19 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Jungle Book’s Four-Quadrant Box Office: Where Does It Rank Next to Disney’s...
“This is as balanced as I’ve ever seen on any of the Disney live-action films we’ve worked on,” said Dave Hollis, Disney’s distribution chief, while talking to... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Your Weekly Update on How Fast Batman v Superman is Falling at the Box Office
Ever since its opening weekend – it’s opening day, really – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice has pulled an Ike from South Park and plunged straight down in... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Film Review: Paying to See Criminal is a [wait for It] Criminal Waste of Time an...
I didn’t go to the theater yesterday to see Kevin Costner’s new action movie Criminal. I didn’t even really know what it was about beyond “generic Kevin... Read more
Posted on 17 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Trying to Review Midnight Special Without Actually Talking Too Much About...
“I had an idea of two guys driving in a very fast car down these dark, southern roads in the middle of the night,” is what writer-director Jeff Nichols told... Read more
Posted on 16 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Legends of Tomorrow’s “The Magnificent Eight”: Funny Ha-Ha
Near the halfway point of “The Magnificent Eight,” Sara Lance and Kendra Saunders pause to take in their surroundings as they ride horses in an open field... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Disney’s The Jungle Book Review: A Technological Triumph That Still Lacks a Bit...
Technology finally caught up with the story. That’s a common phrase you hear these days. For example, it’s the basic line director Peyton Reed gives in the... Read more
Posted on 15 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Latest Star Trek Rumor Is Another Example of Hollywood Looking for the...
If we are to be buried under an avalanche of film/TV remakes, reboots, revivals or, as THR called them “requels” Hollywood can at least have the courtesy of... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Latest Star Trek Rumor Is Another Example of Hollywood Looking for the...
If you look closely enough at most franchises you’ll often find some unexplained gap in the story which can be exploited for another movie or TV show. Read more
Posted on 14 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Where Will Peter Pan Rank Among Disney’s Live-Action Fairy Tales? [Infographic]
If I had written this article just 24 hours ago, the title would have been “Where Will The Jungle Book Rank Among Disney’s Live-Action Fairy Tales? Read more
Posted on 14 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
How Do You Re-Introduce Spider-Man Without His Origin Story?: The Captain...
There have been 5 Spider-Man movies since 2002, and they’ve grossed a combined $1.5 billion domestically and $3.96 billion worldwide. That’s more than the... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Trailer: Doctor Strange Looks Like Inception Meets the Matrix Meets Iron Man
To quote Jerry Maguire, “We live in a cynical world, a cynical world.” As such, it is easy to crap all over the release of yet another comic book movie trailer. Read more
Posted on 13 April 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO