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Dissecting Slender Man

Earlier today, IGN debuted a teaser poster for the upcoming theatrical film based on the Slender Man mythos. And honestly, judging it on...

MoviePassing On

So let me tell you about my day so far. Before I went to bed last night (by which I mean around 1:30 AM), I perused the MoviePass app to...

Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore: A Eulogy

As I type this, it is sixteen degrees Fahrenheit outside (an improvement over the past few days, but a long way from the warm weather I...

Fish Story: One Song Can Save the World

One song can save the world. At least, that’s the thesis statement of Yoshihiro Nakamura’s Fish Story, a film in which an obscure punk...

The Beauty of Silence

Last night, Jean Dujardin took home the Best Actor Oscar for his work as George Valentin in The Artist—an almost entirely silent role....

The Art of the Antagonist: Looper

In any good story, the protagonist must face and overcome a number of challenges: his fellow man, society, even the darkness within. But...

The Reconstruction of the Hero

“Why not just stay dead?” As I sat through my second viewing of Skyfall earlier this afternoon, that single line of dialogue leaped off...

The Cinematic Superhero Arms Race

I knew that The Avengers would inevitably change how both the moviegoing public and Big Executives perceived the superhero sub-genre; no...

Film as a Weapon: Inglourious Basterds

When Nazi propagandist Fritz Hippler wrote his article “Film as a Weapon,” he was referring not to the medium’s capacity to destroy, but...

Redefining Horror: The Blind Menace

We all know the popular archetypes. The jock. The stoner. The virgin. Maybe a wheelchair-bound youth for some extra variety/pathos. Like...

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