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As I’ve mentioned before, the best movie of the summer wasn’t a movie; it was an 8-part Netflix serial about kids hanging out in the ’80s, caught (unbeknownst to them) in the plot of a Steven Spielberg movie. In a…
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Destroy All Monsters: TIFF, Cinephiles, And The Entitled Fury Of Learning You’re Not The Audience Any More
I live in Toronto, and for most of my 20s and half of my 30s, the Toronto International Film Festival was one of the major milestones of my year – so much so that even today, the vast majority of…
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My So-Cast Life: Episode 16 – Resolutions
Very special announcement in today’s episode – we are doing a LIVE SHOW on October 22! Mark your calendars!
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Destroy All Monsters: We Need to Have a Long Look At Our WEINER
Elyse Sternberg and Josh Kriegman’s Weiner opens with a quote from Marshall McLuhan – “the name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers” – which we might just as well paraphrase to: may the gods…
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Destroy All Monsters: Was This The Worst Summer We’ve Ever Had At The Movies?
The summer is dwindling to a close and film folks are taking stock of the season, both financially and creatively. It’s looking tepid on both fronts. We’ll lose some franchises that shouldn’t have come as far as they have; and…
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Destroy All Monsters: As The DCEU Burns, The Studio’s Model Needs To Change
There are a few factors at play here. The first, obviously, is that regardless of what director is in charge, the team at Warner Brothers / DC clearly has no idea whatsoever what a good movie of one of their…
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My So-Cast Life: So-Called Angels
Christmas comes early on My So-Cast Life, as we have a look at the series Very Special Christmas Episode, with its angels, homeless kids, and Rickie Vasquez. Plus: white privilege!
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My So-Cast Life: Episode 14 – On The Wagon
Rayanne’s on the wagon, and we’re right there alongside her! And wondering if we might have misjudged Ms. Graff, and her mother Amber, in our previous dealings. Plus all-new diary entries from 1994!
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Destroy All Monsters: FIRST CONTACT Is When STAR TREK Sold Out
Look at them guns! That’s Patrick Stewart in 1996’s Star Trek: First Contact, a movie which had a lot of actual guns in it, too, arming the crew of the Starship Enterprise with their own skinny version of the pulse…
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Review: STAR TREK BEYOND
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