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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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31 Days of Halloween: Sugar Hill (1974)
In 1974, theater owners were sent a pressbook for a unique little movie called Sugar Hill. Filmed in Houston and timed to cash in on the post- Blacula... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: Candyman
Is Candyman real? Well, no. Obviously. He's a movie character. However, within the context of his own movies is he actually real - some kind of dream... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: In Fabric
Thanks to the Tallgrass Film Festival, I had the chance to take in Peter Strickland's In Fabric, an instant cult classic which hit UK theaters earlier this... Read more
Posted on 22 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: Blood and Black Lace
After taking in a modern, feminist slasher like The Furies, I wanted to go back to the source and visit the slasher's cinematic roots. That journey ultimately... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: The Furies
We're a little under two weeks away from Halloween now. Give me a good scary movie to watch. Make it something new, something clever, something with throwback... Read more
Posted on 20 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: Zombieland 2: Double Tap
Have you ever heard of Dead Snow? It's a Norwegian comedy about students fending off Nazi zombies. For a good couple of months back in 2009, it made some big... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: Mimic: The Director’s Cut
If you were a horror fan in the 90s and into the early 2000s, there were three constants in your life: Dimension Films, meta slashers, and endless box covers... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: Bong Joon-ho’s The Host (2006)
Bong Joon-ho is about to break out in a very big way. His new movie - a satirical thriller literalizing an upstairs vs. downstairs situation with a rich vs. poo... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: Bone Tomahawk & My Tribute to Sid Haig
When I first walked past Sid Haig's booth at Kansas City Crypticon in July, I didn't see Captain Spaulding or any of the other characters he played in Rob Zombi... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: John Carl Buechler’s Cellar Dweller
If you were a horror fan in the 80s, you might not have known John Carl Buechler's name, but his films - Troll, Ghoulies, and Friday the 13th Part VII, to name ... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: Larry Cohen’s The Stuff
Larry Cohen died earlier this year. He was 82-years-old and enjoyed a career which stretched from the earliest days of television and straight into the rough an... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: Rare Exports
For today's 31 Days of Halloween entry, I stretched the definition a little. Rare Exports is most definitely a horror movie - er, horror-fantasy-comedy - but... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: Little Monsters
Literally just minutes after I finished Hulu's new zombie comedy Little Monsters, my sister-in-law stopped by to ask a favor. My niece - the adorable little... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: Anna and the Apocalypse
The genre mash-up is having a bit of a moment. We see it happening all across film, music, and TV. R B beats are powering country songs now. TV shows which clai... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: Near Dark
The vampire has undergone periodic recreations through the history of cinema. Some eras attempt to reframe the vampire as a monstrous entity, others emphasize... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: Thirst (1979)
In Not Quite Hollywood: The Wild, Untold Story of Ozploitation, producer Anthony I. Ginnane is referred to as the "Australian Roger Corman," a title he wears... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: Creepshow (2019)
To this point in my 31 Days of Halloween series, I've covered nothing but horror movies. However, I love horror TV, and it just so happens there is a new show... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: In the Tall Grass
The Stephen King-aissance continues with another Netflix original, In the Tall Grass. Adapted from a 2012 novella co-written by King and his son Joe Hill, this... Read more
Posted on 07 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: The Black Cat (1981)
Take an Edgar Allan Poe story. Give it to two different Italian directors who came up in the 1960s and truly made their mark in the 70s. Tell them they have to... Read more
Posted on 06 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
31 Days of Halloween: Your Vice Is a Locked Room and Only I Have the Key
Stephen King once said of Edgar Allan Poe that, "He wasn't just a mystery/suspense writer. He was the first. He was the first writer to write about main... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2019 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO