By There is something to be said about the cycle of sci-fi films made in the late 1960s and early ‘70s. While the decades to come would be defined by Star Wars pew-pews, for a little while there, the genre was fixated almost wholly on grim cynicism, downbeat endings, and unadulterated
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The streaming wars are a very real thing. Buoyed by some sort of crazy feeling that potential subscriber growth was limitless, everyone wanted a streaming service. The number exploded. This meant the act of cutting your chord and going streaming only could, if you wanted a decent selection, end up
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Looks like licensing deals are back on the menu, boys, and the DCEU / Snyderverse is off to a new home. It was always one of Hollywood’s more idiotic decisions, in a town of idiotic decisions. To basically turn off a free source of major, repeating income to focus on
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The post Saltburn: Now Let’s Have Some Fun, by Scott Nye appeared first on Battleship Pretension. I sometimes find it necessary to clarify with people – and, honestly, sometimes with myself – that I don’t engage in the loose avocation of film criticism to employ what might be termed “better
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The post The One Where I Met Your Mother: Season Six, Episode Seven: “The One Where Phoebe Runs”/”Canning Randy” appeared first on Battleship Pretension. Natalie and David mess up the apartment with Chandler in “The One Where Phoebe Runs” and mess up Marshall’s office with Randy in “Canning Randy.” Friends
