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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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Trailer: The Coraline/ParaNorman People Made An Awesome-Looking Movie About a...
Laika, the animation house behind Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls, just unveiled the second trailer for its new movie Kubo and the Two Strings. Read more
Posted on 28 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Flash’s “The Reverse-Flash Returns” (S2,EP11) – Pay No Attention to the...
And “speed force bubble” for the win. If you’ve been confused this entire season why absolutely nothing had changed after Eobard Thawne was erased from existenc... Read more
Posted on 28 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
It’s Feels Like Its Old Self, But Is the New X-Files Wasting An Opportunity to D...
After two episodes, I am fully on-board with the new X-Files (read my review). However, io9’s Katharine Trendacosta made a fairly compelling argument yesterday... Read more
Posted on 27 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
TV Review: The New X-Files Needs Two Episodes to Make You a Believer Again
In one of Chuck Klosterman’s various books about pop culture, the former SPIN writer recounts the story of how Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy taught him about the... Read more
Posted on 27 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
TV Review: Lucifer is Like a Supernatural Californication With a Far More...
At first glance, Lucifer doesn’t even seem like an actual TV show. It’s more like a parody of a police procedural. The premise? Read more
Posted on 26 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Walk Review: Sure He Walked Between the Twin Towers, But Why?
There is a question which hangs over the entirety of Robert Zemeckis’ The Walk, and it’s not necessarily the most obvious one. Read more
Posted on 25 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
#OscarsSoWhite Round Two: The Academy’s Historic Changes Can Only Do So Much to...
Often accused of being too big and slow to react to controversy, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts Sciences just made sweeping changes with an almost... Read more
Posted on 23 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Film Review: Carol Is Either Too Gorgeous For Words Or Too Understated For Its...
The opening shot of Todd Haynes’ Carol is an extreme close-up of a metal gate of some sort. At first, you’re not exactly sure what you’re looking at. While... Read more
Posted on 23 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow Is Far From Legendary
If Arrow is the gritty vigilante show and The Flash is the warm-hearted, family-driven superhero show then DC’s Legends of Tomorrow is the crazy time travel... Read more
Posted on 22 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Hollywood Reacts To & Debates #OscarsSoWhite Round Two
Well that got out of hand quickly. In the week since the Academy snubbed any actors of color for an Oscar nomination for the second consecutive year we’ve had... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Arrow’s “Blood Debts” (S4,EP10): About That Flash-Forward
Quick. Re-watch “Blood Debts,” Arrow‘s mid-season premiere, and take a shot every time someone says either “blood lust” or some variation on “you should really... Read more
Posted on 21 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Flash’s “Potential Energy” (S2,EP10) – Been There, Done That
Finally – finally! – The Flash is back from winter hiatus, having gamely survived a rough stretch of bending over backwards to help set up the apparently... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Star Wars Movies Will Possibly Become An Annual Christmas Tradition Now That...
For the new era of Star Wars movies, what started out as an unfortunate compromise might turn into a new annual tradition. Disney didn’t exactly want to... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Deadpool & The Plight of the Parents Wanting a PG-13 Version to Go Along with th...
If you are someone who pays attention to these kinds of things, it feels like the internet has been begging Hollywood to make an R-rated major comic book movie... Read more
Posted on 20 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
CW Shows Might Soon Leave Netflix & Hulu Because Every Network Will Inevitably...
At a recent family reunion, I chatted with one of my cousins about our mutual appreciation for The CW’s Arrow and The Flash, but she warned me not to spoil... Read more
Posted on 18 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Revenant Probably Seems Awfully Familiar to Anyone Who’s Seen 1971’s Man in...
The Revenant, Leonardo DiCaprio’s Oscar-nominated fight for survival in the snow-packed mountains of 1820s America, is an adaptation of the frontier legend of... Read more
Posted on 17 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Sicario Review: Going Into the Land of Wolves With Emily Blunt
Sicario, Denis Villeneuve’s sobering reflection on the war on drugs, opens with text explaining the historical significance of the word “sicario” (it dates... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Review: Sleeping With Other People Wants to Be the When Harry Met Sally for the...
Sleeping With Other People has been jokingly summed up as starring Jason Sudeikis and Alison Brie as “two garbage people who fall in love. Read more
Posted on 15 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
#OscarsSoWhite Round Two: It’s Not Like the Academy Isn’t Trying To Fix This
In this, the second consecutive year of #OscarsSoWhite meaning no actors of color were nominated for an Oscar, pity Cheryl Boone Isaacs. Read more
Posted on 15 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Trailer: Sing Street Could Be the British Answer to School of Rock
I open this post with a reference to Kid Rock, of all people. Years ago, during a Storytellers-esque interview when Kid Rock was asked how he got his start in... Read more
Posted on 15 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO