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09 Sep

Steve from Blue’s Clues Reminds Us Why Children’s TV Matters

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What makes a great children’s TV show?  Is it the colorful aesthetic of the world on-screen? Is it the funny voices of the cartoons and the playful interactions they have with one another? It’s all that but it’s also more. Good children’s shows understand that young ones are intelligent enough to grapple with concepts like right and wrong, friendship, family, and what it means to be creative. Kids are far more shrewd than adults give them credit for, therefore making a program for an age group that we have been out of touch with for decades presents a myriad of…
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31 Jan

The Little Things Reminds Us Why We’re Drawn to Charismatic Serial Killers

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This The Little Things analysis contains spoilers. Read our spoiler-free review here. The Little Things can be seen as a tainted police procedural with its murky ambiguity and troubling ending. But it’s also the story of a man for whom the allure of a charismatic serial killer goes too far. After all, serial killers make up less than one percent of homicides but they average a double-digit percentage of Hollywood crime films, and probably a majority of prison fan mail. What is it about these one-percenters we love so much? Directed by John Lee Hancock, the supposed sociopath in The…
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23 Dec

Robert Rodriguez on We Can Be Heroes and How Pedro Pascal Reminds Him of Harrison Ford

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Robert Rodriguez is a man of many hats – in every sense of the word. While he has been known to rock a fedora or two down the years, the idiom is more a reflection of his “one-man film crew” approach to movie-making, with Rodriguez known for not only writing, and directing but also doing everything from editing to operating the camera. It’s also a reflection of his ability to turn his hand to disparate genres and movies aimed and markedly different audiences.  Having made his name with movies like El Mariachi and From Dusk till Dawn, the new millennium…
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14 Nov

The Mandalorian: Titus Welliver Cameo Reminds Us of Lost’s Man in Black

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This Star Wars: The Mandalorian article contains spoilers. The Mandalorian season 2 continues its streak of entertaining episodes with “The Heiress,” which brings in elements from The Clone Wars as well as gives us a clear sign of where the show is headed. Along the way, we’re treated to even more guest appearances, including Battlestar Galactica legend Katee Sackhoff, who brings Mandalorian warrior Bo-Katan Kryze to live-action for the first time, as well as Mercedes Varnado (better known as the WWE wrestler Sasha Banks), who portrays the gun-toting Nite Owl soldier Koska Reeves. Two major cameos in one episode is…
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