Some scenes are significant in ways that go beyond their place in the story. Some have consequences that reverberate in sequels and have special symbolism that is lost on most people. That is why we are going to cover these significant scenes in detail:
May 9, 2023 – Why Data Is the Best Star Trek: The Next Generation Character
April 11, 2023 – Clever Foreshadowing in The Dark Knight
April 4, 2023 – We All Need a Pat on the Back Sometimes
March 21, 2023 – And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad
March 14, 2023 – My Hands Look Like an Old Movie Right Now
February 21, 2023 – The Man Upstairs
February 14, 2023 – I’ve Been Living Like Lightning McQueen for Too Long
December 25, 2022 – In God We Trust
November 15, 2022 – George McFly Makes a Good Point
September 6, 2022 – My Favorite Scene in Alien
August 2, 2022 – The Hasty Rewrite of My Last Article
July 26, 2022 – A Wonderful Detail I Never Noticed Before in The Parent Trap (1998)
July 19, 2022 – This Film Scene Sums Up Elon Musk and Twitter Right Now
May 10, 2022 – Flight of the Navigator Predicted Modern Discourse in a Few Lines
February 1, 2022 – Do We Have to Lose Things to Truly Appreciate Them?
January 18, 2021 – How the Kobayashi Maru Test Demonstrates Character
December 14, 2021 – Back to the Future Predicted the Cellphone
August 31, 2021 – Doc’s Advice to Marty at the Start of Back to the Future Part II Was Prescient
August 24, 2021 – 10 Spectacular Action Sequences That Have Little or No Music
August 10, 2021 – I Struggle to Sit Through Frustrating Film Scenes Like These
June 22, 2021 – A Young Frankenstein Gag Becomes a Reality
March 2, 2021 – My Favorite Moment in Speed Isn’t What You’d Expect
February 23, 2021 – Social Distancing in The Silence of the Lambs
February 16, 2021 – This Is What I Aspire to Do with Movies
January 5, 2021 – Social Distancing in Young Frankenstein
December 29, 2020 – Asking a Simple Question: Does It Make Any Sense
December 15, 2020 – 3 Superb Indiana Jones Standoffs
December 8, 2020 – 10 Great Standoffs in Movies
November 17, 2020 – What Makes Superman Super
November 3, 2020 – Movies That Force Heroes to Make an Impossible Choice
October 27, 2020 – I’ve Never Found Cruelty Funny
August 18, 2020 – Jim Carrey at His Finest
August 11, 2020 – Get Smart’s Cone of Silence Is a Metaphor for Modern Communication
June 16, 2020 – Swallowing My Pride
May 5, 2020 – What Happens When We Fail to Heed Sir Thomas More’s Warning
April 21, 2020 – Our Bray-ve New World
April 14, 2020 – The Deep Message Buried in TMNT 2: The Secret of the Ooze
April 7, 2020 – It’s All Right When Everything Goes Wrong
March 31, 2020 – General Beringer Shows How to Trade Insults Like a Boss
March 24, 2020 – Wreck-It Ralph Sums Up My Feelings on Modern TV Shows
March 3, 2020 – It Took Me 33 Years to Get This Subtle Spaceballs Joke
February 18, 2020 – The Strict Morality of James Cameron’s Action Sequences
January 7, 2020 – How to End a Lightsaber Duel
December 17, 2019 – What Makes Rock Biter Such a Memorable Character?
December 3, 2019 – The Loneliness at the Top
October 15, 2019 – My Marlin Moment
October 8, 2019 – The Mechanic‘s Ending Blows Away the Rest of the Film
October 1, 2019 – How My Mom Taught Me Not to Fear Scary Movies
September 10, 2019 – 10 Creative Uses of Pens in Movies
August 20, 2019 – Sgt. Bilko Is an Underrated Comedy
August 6, 2019 – Overcoming the Fear of Name-Calling
July 9, 2019 – Is ‘Hasta La Vista, Baby’ a Bait-and-Switch?
July 2, 2019 – How to Earn People’s Respect
June 11, 2019 – Mr. Baseball and the Fear of Failure
May 7, 2019 – The End of The Ten Commandments (1956) Is the End of the World
March 26, 2019 – The Beast Died of a Broken Heart
February 26, 2019 – The Best Cycling Scene of All Time
January 22, 2019 – Ultimate Suffering in Film
December 18, 2018 – A Big Lesson in Money Management
November 13, 2018 – 10 Great Storyteller Scenes
May 1, 2018 – My Prediction for the Opening Scene of the Next Avengers Film
March 27, 2018 – What Makes the RoboCop vs. ED-209 Fight So Memorable?
March 20, 2018 – This Is My 2nd Favorite Robot Fight in a Film
February 27, 2018 – The Subtle Meaning of the Scene Where Two-Face Meets the Riddler
February 20, 2018 – A Joke from Top Secret! (1984) Becomes Reality
February 6, 2018 – This Scene in Groundhog Day Is What Most Sequels Feel Like
November 28, 2017 – My Favorite Scene in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
November 29, 2016 – The ‘Leaving Spacedock’ Scene Is a Microcosm of Most Star Trek Films
November 15, 2016 – Why This Is My Favorite Scene in Any Superman Film