Macaulay Culkin Revisits ‘Home Alone,’ Gets Very Dark Very Fast
Last weekend, I was at a small holiday shindig of thirty-somethings, the kind where there’s often a movie on in the background but few people are actually paying attention — there’s also music and...
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Way Too Many Jafar-Sympathizing Americans Want to Bomb Aladdin’s Fictional...
If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably tuned out most Election 2016 polling data. But a recent troll-tastic Public Policy Polling survey got my attention. Apparently 30% of Republicans want to...
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Make Any Story Epic With This Star Wars Intro Creator
Sometimes you have a really good night out, or your roommate’s friend who’s crashing on your couch tells a truly excellent off-color joke — but when it comes time to relay the tale to your surely eager...
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#WhereIsRey? She’s On Her Way, Says Hasbro
Star Wars: The Force Awakens revolves around the story of staff-wielding scavenger Rey. (That’s hardly a spoiler; she’s front-and-center in the movie poster, after all.) But in the world of Star Wars...
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2016 Oscars: The Snubs and Surprises That Are Making the Internet Angry
This morning at the ungodly hour of 5:30am, the Oscar nominations were unveiled. Last year, #OscarsSoWhite became a trending hashtag in the wake of all 20 actor contenders being white (the first time...
View ArticleJake Gyllenhaal and Other Famous Dudes Reenact a Scene from ‘Clueless’
There is no limit to my love of Clueless. I quote it incessantly. I watch it an average of four times a year. I think about Brittany Murphy way more than you. Etc. So I was stoked to see my beloved...
View ArticleNewly Surfaced ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Deleted Scenes Will Rip Your Heart Out
We tend to look back on Mrs. Doubtfire as a fun elderly drag romp. Remember the time Mrs. Doubtfire screamed “Helloooo!” with cream all over her face? Ha ha ha. Or that time she threw a citrus fruit...
View ArticleThese Scripts’ Female Character Intros All Have One Thing In Common
It’s hardly breaking news that female writers and directors are sorely underrepresented in Hollywood, nor that — despite magazine covers like this one — complex, three-dimensional parts for leading...
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Hollywood So White: Margaret Cho, Other Bay Area Locals on the ‘Epidemic of...
Anthony Lucero has too many trophies to carry at once. The writer-director’s first feature film, East Side Sushi, about a Latina woman who aspires to become a sushi chef, has been racking up awards...
View ArticleAcceptance Speeches 101: How Winners Could Make the Oscars Way Less Boring
Every year, I get excited about the Oscars. And, every year, about 7 minutes into the ceremony, a familiar realization comes flooding back: Oh, yeah! Award shows are super duper boring! The main...
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The Very Best Gifs from the 2016 Oscars
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a gif must be worth at least a million (math!). With the advent of this bite-sized animated wonder, award shows have become less about who won what and more...
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Ta-Nehisi Coates On The Fight Over ‘Nina Simone’s Face’
Lots of people are fuming about Nina, an upcoming biopic about legendary singer Nina Simone. According to its critics, the filmmakers butcher important parts of Simone’s biography (in part, by...
View ArticleA Jane Austen Expert on ‘Love and Friendship’ and How You Can Party Like It’s...
The comediennes of the modern era certainly have a lot to thank Jane Austen for. While her humor is much milder than the Schumers and Dunhams of this modern era, Austen was witty before women showing...
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HBO’s ‘Suited’ and the Search For the Perfect Fit
“Specificity is the soul of narrative” is a thing John Hodgman likes to say when he’s hearing cases on the smart and funny Judge John Hodgman podcast, and it’s applicable to documentary film, too....
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Just Keep Swimming: Quotes, Songs and Other Pop Culture Bits That Help During...
On the morning of December 14, 2012, I was getting ready to head off to my job as a kindergarten art aide when I first heard the news of the Sandy Hook tragedy. I cried all the way to school, as I...
View ArticleIf You Hate Music and Yourself, Definitely Listen to the New ‘Ghostbusters’...
In my heart of hearts, I knew this was coming. It was a few weeks ago now that I became vaguely aware, in that glazed-over internet osmosis way, of a new Ghostbusters theme that had a 100 percent...
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1984: The Year We Unwittingly Stopped Watching Movies and Started Watching...
Even if you are a serious person with adult responsibilities, you are likely aware that a new incarnation of Ghostbusters arrives in theaters this week. It stars four funny women and was co-written by...
View ArticleWhy Are We Treating the New ‘Ghostbusters’ Like a Cult Classic on Opening...
I saw Ghostbusters this weekend with one adult and two children: people born in 1983, 2007 and 2009, respectively. The under-10 set loved it — the silly jokes, the exploding ghosts, Thor playing a...
View ArticleWatch: The History of Robin Williams as The Genie in ‘Aladdin’
Robin Williams, beloved actor, comedian, philanthropist, and Bay Area resident, would have been 65 years old today. And if for some reason you’re not able to take the whole day off to watch a film...
View ArticleGet Excited: Wonder Woman and Captain Marvel Are About to Save the Day
A little over a year ago, comic book-loving women all over the country sat down to watch the first trailers for CBS’s brand-new Supergirl series, only to find themselves filled with what can only be...
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