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Nobody Wants Another ‘Catwoman,’ But…
How disconnected will we accept characters to be from their comic book universes?Remember when Felicity jones was in a Spider-Man movie?Sony recently announced that Venom, Black Cat, and Silver Sable —...
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The Mirror Imagery of ‘Rogue One’ and the Original ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy
A comparative supercut.This latest batch of Star Wars films — J.J. Abrams’ Episode VII: The Force Awakens and Gareth Edwards’ Rogue One — have so far done an excellent job adhering to the narrative and...
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Annette Bening Is the Warm and Witty Heart of ‘20th Century Women’
This Week in Home VideoPlus 12 more new releases to watch at home this week on Blu-ray/DVD.Welcome to this week in home video! Click the title to buy a Blu-ray/DVD from Amazon and help support FSR in...
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Dreams Within Dreams: The Recurring Images of HBO’s ‘Westworld’
A new supercut reveals the discomfort of familiarity.One of the most brilliantly unsettling aspects of the HBO series Westworld, I think, is how it toys with familiarity, making almost a menace of what...
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‘Goblin Queen’ is a Fantasy Short ‘Narnia’-Lovers Will Adore
Short of the DayWhen the figments of a child’s imagination aren’t imaginary.I’m not much of a fantasy fan, but even I was beguiled by this selection for Short of the Day, Goblin Queen, written and...
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An Emergency Discussion About The ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’ Trailer
Is this a team-up movie?This week, Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures released its big, full trailer for ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming.’ This means we need to do another Emergency Pod. To talk all things...
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Godard on Godard Biopic: ‘Stupid, Stupid Idea.’ But the Show Goes On
From Michel Hazanavicius, director of ‘The Artist.’Jean-Luc Godard is no less than one of the five most influential filmmakers in the history of the medium. He’s best known as the figurehead of the...
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How ‘The Force Awakens’ and ‘Rogue One’ Brought One Grumpy Film Critic To The...
A Star Wars Story.One of the quirks of my cinephile upbringing was that, despite Star Wars coming out the year before I was born, I didn’t see it until I was eighteen. At the time I was preparing to...
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6 Filmmaking Tips from Richard Kelly
The ‘Donnie Darko’ director imparts important Hollywood lessons.Richard Kelly on the set of ‘Southland Tales’It only takes one movie to make you a notable filmmaker, as we’ve seen with Richard Kelly....
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Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman Want to Laugh at Your Crafts
Will Hipsters Finally Get Their ‘American Idol’?Reality-TV historians rightly remember Antiques Roadshow as one of the genre’s formative forebears. One of the earliest updates of the storied traveling...
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The Perfect Shots of ‘Mad Max: Fury Road’
A companion piece to this week’s Shot by Shot podcast.For this week’s episode of Shot by Shot, the official cinematography podcast of One Perfect Shot and Film School Rejects, OPS founder Geoff Todd...
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Beware The Beast (Man)
Approaching the Apocalypse as an essential self deprecating act of survival in ‘The Girl With All The Gifts’ and ‘Planet of the Apes.’Curiosity killed the cat. But what about Schrodinger’s feline? In...
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The Masterful Sound Design of Fritz Lang’s ‘M’
How what you hear can tell a story as sure as what you see.In the 1920s, sound started creeping in to motion pictures, first via shorts then later making its feature debut in 1927’s The Jazz Singer. In...
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37 Things We Learned from John Waters’ ‘Multiple Maniacs’ Commentary
Commentary Commentary“Now this is especially hideous. There’s no possible reason that this shot is in the movie.”Multiple Maniacs (1970)Commentator: John Waters (director, writer, producer,...
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Stephen King’s ‘IT’ Wins Us Over With Creepy As Hell First Trailer
We could be looking at the best King adaptation since ‘The Mist.’If you’re like me, well first off congratulations, but more relevantly, the announcement of a feature film adaptation of Stephen King’s...
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‘Von Doom’ is the Unofficial Film the Doctor Deserves
Short of the DayForget the Four, This Villainous Film is Fantastic.For my money, there really isn’t a Marvel villain as classically iconic as Dr. Doom. He looks like a villain, talks like a villain,...
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Michael Keaton’s Vulture Could Fix Marvel’s Villain Problem
Just be happy it’s not another portal.You know about Marvel movies by now, let’s not be coy. It’s hard to avoid them considering there’re toy, TV (streaming and traditional), comic, snack, amusement...
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Happy Holidays from PT Anderson: The Director’s New Film Drops Christmas Day
Anytime Paul Thomas Anderson releases a new movie is cause for celebration, but this year doubly so.Via Jeff Sneider, EIC of The Tracking Board, it was announced yesterday at the Focus Features...
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‘Legion’ Concludes Its First Season an Open (Comic) Book
Last night’s finale literally drove off into the unknown.It’s not the best comic book adaptation of all time, nor is it a perfect superhero screen story, but Legion might be the greatest attempt to...
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The Straw Feminism of Lady Lands in Classic Sci-Fi
Worlds where powerful women rule just to be dethroned.In classic sci-fi from the 1950s and 60s, there’s a very specific subgenre that deals with alien planets or hidden worlds populated entirely by...
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