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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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Twitter Has Some Pretty Hilarious Titles for Star Wars: Episode 8...
George Lucas just paid those Star Wars prequel actors to be in the movies; he didn’t bother to tell them what the movies were actually going to be called, beyon... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Movie Awards Dates to Remember – 2016 Edition
It’s the time of year again when every other day brings news of yet another organization delivering their nominations for the best films of 2015. Yesterday, it... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Star Wars: Rogue One – Now That The Force Has Been Awakened, Why Is The Next...
Spoiler Warning for Star Wars: The Force Awakens Obvious question: Now that the force has been awakened, why is the next Star Wars movie – Rogue One, due out... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Downside of 2015’s Record-Setting Box Office
What a difference a new Star Wars, Jurassic Park and Avengers movie makes. In 2014, overall domestic box office hit its lowest level since 2011 and actual... Read more
Posted on 06 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Box Office Report: The Non-Star Wars Edition
Ever since Star Wars: The Force Awakens launched its ongoing campaign to trample every conceivable box office record in film history, it’s been easy to forget... Read more
Posted on 05 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Review: The Hateful Eight Is Full of Sound and Fury, But Not Much Else?
The Hateful Eight is tale told by a self-appointed genius, full of sound and fury, signifying…something? I add the question mark because after having... Read more
Posted on 04 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
A Binge-Watcher’s Guide: Should I Watch Happy Endings on Hulu?
To be honest, until a couple of days ago I had forgotten about Happy Endings, ABC’s Friends-esque sitcom about six late twenty-somethings living in Chicago. Read more
Posted on 03 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Stories Behind 4 More Amazing Movie Moments of 2015
When I think about individual scenes and moments from movies which really impacted me I want to know everything about it. I want to know what the director and... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Review: How the Discovery of a Lifetime Turned Into a Decade-Long Nightmare for...
On June 11, 1993, Jurassic Park was released, reminding the world of the terrifying might of the Tyrannosaurus Rex. On May 14, 1992, the world’s largest and mos... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
At the Height of Its Popularity, Gravity Falls Will End Because There’s No...
When is the next episode going to air? That’s the question Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch has been asked the most during the show’s two-season run, and the... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
4 Amazing Movie Moments of 2015
Maybe this is an indication that I have an alarmingly shortening attention span, but when I look back at the films of 2015 I gravitate toward individual scenes... Read more
Posted on 01 January 2016 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Anchorman Guy Made This?: Adam McKay Opens Up About Whether The Big Short...
The Big Short, an adaptation of Michael Lewsis’ sobering novel about how a handful of Wall Street outsiders saw the 2008 global economic collapse coming and... Read more
Posted on 30 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
6 Things I Just Found Out About Daddy’s Home
In Daddy’s Home, Will Ferrell plays Brad Whitaker, a successful, kind and overly sensitive new husband to a slightly younger woman (Linda Cardellini) and the... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Joy Review: David O. Russell’s Up There On Screen Still Trying to Figure Out Wha...
Joy, David O. Russell’s partially fictional biopic of miracle mop inventor Joy Mangano, is a strange movie. It is dedicated to the strong women of the world, ye... Read more
Posted on 29 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
How Hollywood Explains Wall Street
In the Futurama episode “Where No Fan Has Gone Before,” a Star Trek super-fan marvels at how the classic show always managed to make things easy to understand b... Read more
Posted on 28 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Review: The Big Short Is Not So Much a Movie As It Is a Piece of Film Activism
At one point in Adam McKay’s new comedy The Big Short, a young “investigator” who is about to expose massive fraud at the heart of the American financial... Read more
Posted on 27 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Film Review: Daddy’s Home Made Me Laugh, But Should I Have Been Offended Instead?
Watching Daddy’s Home is like having someone repeatedly punch you in the chest while someone else continually pokes your eyes with a needle. Read more
Posted on 26 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Regulate Commerce?: Gene Roddenberry’s Original Star Trek Opening Sounded Like...
Next year is Star Trek‘s 50th anniversary (yay!). To celebrate the occasion, Roddenberry Entertainment will use Facebook to release one never-before-seen... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
How An Inability to Work With Chevy Chase Led Chris Columbus to Home Alone
When Chris Columbus was hired to direct the first Harry Potter movie, one of the things he had going for him was the absolute wealth of experience he already ha... Read more
Posted on 25 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
I LOVE That Scene: Drew Barrymore Decides She Doesn’t Really Like Scary Movies
There are some movie scenes which force us to involuntarily exclaim “I LOVE That Scene!” when they are brought up in conversation. Read more
Posted on 24 December 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO