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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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Paul Feig: Rebooting Ghostbusters Is Simply Easier Than Making a Sequel
Director Paul Feig is currently on the promotional tour for his new Melissa McCarthy action-comedy Spy, but a little over a year from now it’ll be... Read more
Posted on 05 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Tom Rothman’s Strategy to Save Sony Pictures: “What’s Going to Galvanize...
In Variety’s recent profile of Sony Picture Entertainment’s new chairman Tom Rothman, we learn that the studio has basically mirrored the way sports teams... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Video: The 1968 Odd Couple Recut As A Drama
Every now and again, I get contacted by people requesting that I cover their film or post their video on this site. Earlier this week, that happened when YouTub... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
She’s a Royals Fan? Now I’m Officially In Love With Hayley Atwell
Last year, shortly after Major League Baseball’s Kansas City Royals won their first American League Pennant since 1985 local-boy-turned-celebrity Paul Rudd was... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Box Office: The Psychology of Disaster Movies, Or Why San Andreas Sold So Many...
When Dwayne Johnson appeared on The Graham Norton Show to promote San Andreas, the avuncular British host tossed the muscle-bound star a seemingly obvious... Read more
Posted on 03 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Cameron Crowe Apologizes for Casting Emma Stone in Aloha, Explains Her...
In Aloha, freckled-faced Emma Stone, with her alabaster skin, strawberry blond hair and green eyes, plays Allison Ng, an optimistic Air Force pilot who’s a... Read more
Posted on 03 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
How Much Do You Actually Want to Know About Movies While They’re Still Being...
Firing off 700-1,000 words about next to nothing is a talent many writers on the internet gladly utilize. ScreenRant, in particular, is remarkably adept at... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
10 Things I Like About Cameron Crowe’s Aloha
Aloha is the story of a defense contractor (Bill Murray) working for a billionaire (Bill Murray) who dispatches him to Hawaii where he runs into an ex-lover... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Dear Game of Thrones: Thank You For Giving Us That Amazing Battle with the...
We are trained as viewers to know when certain things are supposed to happen in film and TV shows. Main characters aren’t supposed to die in the middle of the... Read more
Posted on 01 June 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Could That Really Happen?: A Seismologist Explores the Scientific Accuracy of Sa...
My mind was blown the first time I heard that there is an active supervolcano underneath Yellowstone National Park. Wait, supervolcano? Volcanoes are already... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
LEGO DC Comics Super Heroes – Justice League: Attack of the Legion of Doom!...
I was a little bitter the first time I saw the trailer for Lego Batman: The Movie – DC Super Heroes Unite, a direct-to-video animated movie which pulls the... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Would a William Shatner Cameo In Star Trek 3 Make Up For Kirk’s Weak Death in...
Do you remember all that talk about William Shatner having some kind of role in Star Trek 3? Sure, it was confusing, what with Shatner being 84-years-old and... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
A Timeline of George Miller’s Justice League: Mortal & What It Tells Us About...
Once upon a time, high profile comic book movies which ultimately did not get made were mostly relegated to footnotes on Wikipedia pages, deep dive... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
About That One Time David Bowie’s Wife Almost Made a Black Widow/Daredevil TV...
Wouldn’t it be great if Marvel Studios made a solo movie for Scarlet Johansson’s Black Widow? At least that would force Disney to actually make some Black... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Box Office: Original Movies Are a Tough Sell, But That’s Not The Only Thing...
How do you spin Tomorrowland’s lack-luster box office into a positive? The Brad Bird-directed action adventure flick starring George Clooney as a cynical... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Supergirl Pilot Discussion: If You’ve Seen the Trailer, You’ve Seen the Pilot
Have you noticed all the debate about the Supergirl trailer? By some measures, CBS and Warner Bros.-Televisions’ Supergirl is the no. 1 most digitally... Read more
Posted on 27 May 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
How Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom Changed America’s Film Ratings System...
Two years ago, Grantland’s Bryan Curtis went in search of the answer to the following question: Why is the second Indiana Jones movie so dark? Read more
Posted on 24 May 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
“The Trouble With Her Is the Noise”: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom’s...
To honor Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom‘s 31st anniversary, I wrote this: In the video game Lego Indiana Jones, you get to play through shortened... Read more
Posted on 24 May 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
Sleeping With the Closet Door Closed & Other Irrational Behaviors Inspired By th...
In honor of the new Poltergiest re-boot opening in theaters, I thought I’d look back at the original Poltergeist and use an old academic journal article along... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO -
The Flash’s “Fast Enough” (S1,EP23): Wibbly Wobbly, Timey Wimey Still Made Me Cry
So, has your head exploded yet? Because The Flash just dropped some major time travel paradoxes on us. In the show’s emotionally gut-wrenching first season... Read more
Posted on 21 May 2015 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES, TV & VIDEO