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Star Trek: First Contact is a meta movie about the creation of the Trek franchise
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December 1, 2021
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We asked Dan Aykroyd to explain the origins of Ghostbusters’ ghost lore
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November 20, 2021
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The Eternals is Marvel’s Superman movie
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Dave Schilling
November 16, 2021
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Suspiria was a perfect horror film not once but twice
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November 5, 2021
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Michael Myers is a stand-in for toxic something
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Dave Schilling
October 29, 2021
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David Lynch’s Dune bombed, but was actually foundational
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Dave Schilling
October 24, 2021
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Paul F. Tompkins helps us ask: Who should be the next James Bond?
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Dave Schilling
October 14, 2021
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What’s the deal with Seinfeld? It was all in Jerry’s mind.
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Dave Schilling
October 1, 2021
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The Lord of the Rings movies redefined ‘epic,’ but how long will the definition last?
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Dave Schilling
September 23, 2021
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Debating Y: The Last Man’s #girlboss world with The Bechdel Cast’s Jamie Loftus
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Dave Schilling
September 17, 2021
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Rethinking Shang-Chi’s problematic origins in the Marvel universe with Gene Luen Yang
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Dave Schilling
September 10, 2021
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Candyman is horror’s ultimate antihero
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Dave Schilling
September 7, 2021
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Kumail Nanjiani and the impossible-to-top satire of Idiocracy
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Dave Schilling
August 27, 2021
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Greg Miller on Free Guy and optimizing the video game film genre
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Dave Schilling
August 19, 2021
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Suicide Squad and hard-R movie food pairings
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Dave Schilling
August 13, 2021
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We played The Green Knight RPG and ... it might be even better than The Green Knight?
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Dave Schilling
August 5, 2021
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Sit down, Schwarzenegger, The Rock is the greatest action star of all time
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Dave Schilling
July 29, 2021
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We ask Adam Pally: Why did Space Jam 2 make us feel space sad?
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Dave Schilling
July 22, 2021
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Is Black Widow as close as we’ll ever get to a female James Bond?
By
Dave Schilling
July 16, 2021
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Austin Powers is a beta male simp (and we love him for it)
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Dave Schilling
July 8, 2021
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Wait, is Dom an actual angel in F9?
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Dave Schilling
July 1, 2021
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Loki reinvents every Marvel movie for the better
By
Dave Schilling
June 25, 2021
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The (real?) magic at the heart of the Lin-Manuel Mirandaverse
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Dave Schilling
June 17, 2021
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A Quiet Place Part II is really a movie about divorce, stepdads, and the ’burbs
By
Dave Schilling
June 3, 2021
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Cruella can be Disney and punk as hell
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Dave Schilling
May 27, 2021
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As our technology advances, so do our horror movies
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Dave Schilling
May 20, 2021
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Josie and the Pussycats is cinema’s greatest takedown of capitalism
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Dave Schilling
May 13, 2021
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Patton Oswalt helps us imagine the future of Star Wars
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Dave Schilling
May 12, 2021
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AEW’s Excalibur helps us grapple with the fantasy fights of Mortal Kombat
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Dave Schilling
April 29, 2021
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Disney’s Mighty Ducks show is ... basically a satire of a Mighty Ducks reboot
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Polygon Staff
April 27, 2021
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Is Zack Snyder’s Superman the best onscreen Superman?
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April 24, 2021
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Godzilla is a metaphor for everything in 2021
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April 22, 2021
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