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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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Why Is the CGI in Jurassic World/Terminator: Genisys Not as Effective as Jurassi...
When the Empire Film Magazine podcast crew recently got together to offer their candid, spoiler-filled opinion of Jurassic World they couldn’t stop talking abou... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
How a Love for Terminator Keeps Letting the Terminator Franchise Down: Rise of...
As a Vicodin-addicted Doctor once taught us, everybody lies. However, if you ignore that cynical assumption and take people for their word then everyone who mad... Read more
Posted on 04 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Creed Trailer Reaction: Will Rocky Successfully Pass the Baton Where Other...
A funny thing happened in 2006: Sylvester Stallone made a new Rocky movie, Rocky Balboa, and it didn’t suck. When we last saw the marble-mouthed Rocky in... Read more
Posted on 03 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Ant-Man Tracking for $65 Million Debut, But Marvel Studios Usually Beats...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, “Tracking services have [Ant-Man] debuting in the $55 million-$65 million range, but may believe it will come in on the hig... Read more
Posted on 03 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Read James Cameron’s 1992 Essay Detailing His Inspiration for the Terminator...
With the release of Terminator: Genisys finally upon us, I’ve been going through all of my old Terminator stuff, discovering that I still own The Terminator... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
What James Cameron Said About Terminator: Genisys Months Before Officially...
Paramount has had a remarkably rough go of it with their marketing campaign for Terminator: Genisys. From the moment the title was changed from “Genesis” to... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The T2: Judgement Day Deleted Scene That Clearly Left Terminator: Genisys Smiling
Wouldn’t it be funny if a Terminator tried to mimic humans by smiling but got it all wrong and looked positively demented? That joke clearly tickled... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
How a Real Life Serial Killer Inspired Kevin Williamson to Write the First Screa...
“What’s your favorite scary movie?” And with that line Kevin Williamson found one of the greatest hooks in modern horror movie history – a slasher film about... Read more
Posted on 01 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Box Office: Why Ted 2 Faltered & What It Means For The Summer’s Remaining R-Rate...
I missed the window on Seth MacFarlane’s Ted. I didn’t see the first one until it came out on DVD, and it only made me laugh a couple of times, mostly in the... Read more
Posted on 01 July 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Jurassic World Effect: 3 Movies That Might Happen Thanks to Jurassic’s...
As originally argued by film historian Kim Newman in Nightmare Movies, film production operates on the surfing principle: a maverick defies the odds and makes... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
6 Writers Who Got Their Foot in Hollywood’s Door Thanks to Star Trek’s Open...
Last weekend, Star Trek superfan Michael Gummelt took to the internet to announce that he had been invited to officially pitch his idea for a Star Trek TV show... Read more
Posted on 27 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Some Lady Parts, Sexist Casting Calls & Rose McGowan’s Jerry Maguire Moment
When Rose McGowan received a casting notice for an Adam Sandler movie she laughed so hard she had to Tweet about it. casting note that came w/script I got today... Read more
Posted on 26 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Sleeping With Other People & The Escalating Mean-Streak of Indie Rom-Coms
“We live in a cynical world. A cynical world. And we work in a business of tough competitors.” Go ahead. Finish the line. Don’t you recognize it? It’s from Jerr... Read more
Posted on 25 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Director’s Dilemma: Jon Watts, Ava DuVernay, Colin Trevorrow & Jumping From...
It’s happened again. An indie director with little feature-length film experience has been given the keys to a big budget movie. To some, it’s a case of “Anothe... Read more
Posted on 25 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Assuming They Can, Should Marvel Make a Standalone Hulk Movie?
Long story short: Marvel Studios can make a solo Hulk movie if they want to. During the Avengers: Age of Ultron press junket, Mark Ruffalo told Collider he... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Tom Holland is Spider-Man’s New “Hat” At A Time When I Wanted a Lisa Lionheart
These are strange, yet eventful times for Spider-Man. First, Gawker revealed that as of 2011 Marvel’s licensing rules for Sony insisted that Spider-Man be a... Read more
Posted on 24 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
What’s Going On With Channing Tatum’s “Guy-Centric” Ghostbusters Movie? Not Much...
So, Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostubsters just started filming in Boston, turning into the latest high-profile movie to have multiple pictures leak from the set... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Two Men and Their Friendship: Appreciating James Horner’s Musical Score for...
To some, a film’s musical score is simply background noise which is quickly forgotten, a viewpoint likely enhanced by the way musical scores are often used as... Read more
Posted on 23 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Box Office Importance of Pixar’s Inside Out: Branded Originality & A Female...
A month ago, Disney’s high profile gamble Tomorrowland suffered the worst Memorial Day debut for a big budget release since Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time... Read more
Posted on 22 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
A Deadly Adoption: Why Did Will Ferrell & Kristen Wiig Make a Lifetime Movie?
At some point in the past 31 years, the US cable station Lifetime went from being the place to watch old Unsolved Mysteries re-runs to the home of trashy... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO