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Editor/critic at ScreenCrush.com. Member, @nyfcc. Author of Opposable Thumbs and upcoming book on Hollywood comedies of the 2000s.
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In Praise of 'Death Proof,' One of Quentin Tarantino's Best Movies

In Praise of 'Death Proof,' One of Quentin Tarantino's Best Movies

blogs.indiewire.com — The following post contains SPOILERS for "Death Proof." Quentin Tarantino knows how to get people's attention. Out on the interview circuit promoting "Django Unchained ," he's already: -Slammed legendary Hollywood director John Ford. -Discussed a possible third installment in a revenge trilogy that includes his latest film and "Inglourious Basterds." -Declared 2007's "Death Proof" the worst movie he's ever made. In the midst of all this, "Django" just opened to the best grosses of Tarantino's career. So the guy's doing something right. He might not be right about "Death Proof," though -- on a few counts.
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The 50 Greatest Opening Title Sequences of All Time

The 50 Greatest Opening Title Sequences of All Time

www.ifc.com — Let's begin at the beginning. Opening titles do more than simply tell you who edited a film or designed its production. At their...
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The Poochie Legacy: Absence Makes the Franchise Grow Longer

The Poochie Legacy: Absence Makes the Franchise Grow Longer

blogs.indiewire.com — On February 9th, 1997, "The Simpsons" surpassed "The Flintstones" to become the longest running prime-time animated series in television history. To mark the occasion, the show cooked up a brilliantly timely episode about brand extension and obsolescence. In "The Itchy & Scratchie & Poochie Show," the ratings on the long-successful "Itchy & Scratchy" cartoon have fallen off a cliff. Searching for a way to revitalize its stale formula, executives create Poochie, a Frankenstein monster of test-marketed stupidity: a rapping surfer dog who's "a half Joe Camel, a third Fonzarelli."
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Did Spike Lee Make Two Movies This Year About Michael Jackson?

Did Spike Lee Make Two Movies This Year About Michael Jackson?

blogs.indiewire.com — The following post contains SPOILERS for "Red Hook Summer." There's this incredible montage near the end of "Bad 25" where director Spike Lee asks all of his interview subjects where they were when they heard the news that Michael Jackson had died. It's the only scene in the film that dwells on the details of Jackson's private life; "Bad 25" doesn't chronicle his childhood or talk about the Jackson 5 or why he struck out on his own to try a solo career. It simply traces the origin of the "Bad' project and then examines every single track on the record in chronological order (with one notable exception).
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Superfan Returns

Superfan Returns

Village Voice — Since 1938, Superman has defeated legions of evildoers, alien hordes, and various deities. But in Infinite Crisis, the recently completed DC Comics miniseries, Superman and the rest of the Justice League encounter a far more dangerous threat: the accumulated confusion of those 68 years of adventures and-even scarier-villains that act like comic-book nerds.
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The Nostalgia Fact-Check: "Total Recall"

The Nostalgia Fact-Check: "Total Recall"

Vulture — The Nostalgia Fact-Check is a recurring Vulture feature in which we revisit a seminal movie, TV show, or album that reflexively evinces an "Oh my God, that was the best ever!" response by a certain demographic, owing to it having been imprinted on them early. Now, years later, we will take a look at these classics in a more objective, unforgiving adult light: Are they really the best ever? How do they hold up now? We've already reconsidered a number of once-beloved entertainments. This week, we consider the original version of one of this Friday's big releases: Total Recall.
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Demolition Man

Demolition Man

www.avclub.com — If you ate in a Planet Hollywood restaurant at any point after 1993, you no doubt noticed a strange-looking prop hanging from the ceiling: a nearly nude mannequin of Sylvester Stallone contorted inside a clear plastic cylinder. According to the Demolition Man Blu-ray commentary track, Stallone not only insisted that the mannequins be anatomically correct (showing his "very strong masculine side," according to producer Joel Silver), he apparently loved the sight of himself as a butt-naked pretzel so much, he had dozens of copies of that prop made and installed in the rafters of Planet Hollywoods all over the world.
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