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The Symmetry of the Alien Trilogy
Last week I published an article showing that Alien and Alien3 mirror each other quite well. For the sake of completeness, I now present the chiasmus of the entire Alien Trilogy, including Aliens in the middle. I had previously published … Continue reading
Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus
Tagged action movies, alien, chiasmus, films, horror, movie review, movies, science fiction, sequels
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Alien and Alien3 Mirror Each Other
I didn’t come up with this Cinematic Chiasmus. It is the brainchild of Max Collins, who emailed me about it back in October 2020. He said he was inspired by my Aliens Cinematic Chiasmus article to see for himself whether … Continue reading
Posted in Cinematic Chiasmus
Tagged alien, alien3, films, horror, movie review, movies, science fiction, sequels
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Social Distancing in Young Frankenstein
Remember when social distancing was the stuff of comedy, not intended to be real-life drama? Just take this scene near the start of 1974’s Young Frankenstein. In it, Dr. Frankenstein is bidding a tender farewell to his love, but she … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Scenes, Videos
Tagged comedy, covid-19, films, funny, humor, mel brooks, movies, relationships, videos, young frankenstein
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Asking a Simple Question: Does It Make Any Sense?
Have you ever seen a lie so big and audacious that is repeated so many times, you actually started to believe it? It seems impossible that anyone would be so brazen as to lie to your face to get you … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Scenes, Videos
Tagged 1980s, cold war, films, movie review, movies, videos, wargames
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3 Superb Indiana Jones Standoffs
I realized immediately after writing last week’s article about great movie standoffs that I had missed three of the very best ones. And they come from three of the best action movies ever made: Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Scenes
Tagged 1980s, action movies, films, indiana jones, movie review, movies, raiders of the lost ark, sequels
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What Makes Superman Super
What makes Superman super? Is it his superpowers? Is it his heroics? Is it the red S on his chest? All of those are elements of it, but they’re not the whole answer. The real answer to this question is … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Scenes, Videos
Tagged comic books, films, movie review, movies, movies based on books, relationships, romance, science fiction, superman, videos
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Wouldn’t It Make More Sense for the 2 Schumacher Batman Film Titles to Be Transposed?
As we all know, the four Batman films that came out from 1989 to 1997 are called Batman, Batman Returns, Batman Forever, and Batman & Robin. Those first two Tim Burton titles are fine. Batman appears on the scene and … Continue reading
Posted in Movie Matchups
Tagged action movies, batman, batman and robin, batman forever, comic books, films, joel schumacher, movie review, movies, movies based on books, puns, sequels
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Movies That Force Heroes to Make an Impossible Choice
Great movies force their protagonists to make hard choices that help us understand their true character traits and motivations. Sometimes those choices are extremely difficult, messy, and uncomfortable while others only have the appearance of being like that while they … Continue reading
Posted in Significant Scenes, Videos
Tagged action movies, avengers, batman forever, comic books, empire strikes back, films, heroes, Marvel cinematic universe, movies, sequels, spiderman, superman, the dark knight, the matrix, videos
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Will Hollywood Survive? And Should It?
I’d much prefer to talk about positive things instead of dwelling on the negative, but sometimes we have to face hard truths. This year might go down in history as the beginning of the end of Hollywood. I don’t think … Continue reading
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