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Exploiting Exploitation: The Brilliance of Spring Breakers
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The Book Is Not The Movie
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Burt Reynolds and Jean-Luc Godard: Blood Brothers?
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Your shrink will have a field day with this month’s twisted psychotics, neurotics and schizophrenics, coming around to fill your life with horror. Continue reading
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The Academy Awards Awards
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The 12 Most Pointless Remakes Ever Remade
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Basterds Unchained: The Revenge of Artistic License
A devoted film-goer takes on the vitriol aimed at Tarantino’s most recent additions to American cinema, and mulls over the legitimacy of revenge fantasies. Continue reading
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