TASK and the Lineage of Prestige Crime Drama on HBO
We return to Delco to ponder whether We Are Back, as far as Sunday Night appointment viewing on HBO is concerned
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And Now For Something Completely Gilliam: MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
No one expects Dan Shea to return to Frame Work! One of his chief weapons is surprise, surprise and fear, surprise and fear and an almost fanatical devotion to examining the filmography of Terry Gilliam…
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Cameron-arama: On Cameron Imitators
We talk about people biting James Cameron’s style…which basically means a Michael Bay episode. With enough BATTLESHIP to shake a stick at. You know, for kids!
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The Nolan-Oscopy: ON NOLAN IMITATORS
We continue looking at the people and projects that have offered our auteurs the most sincere flattery. What makes a movie “Nolanesque”? Does he have an heir apparanent, and why did that not become Duncan Jones? Let’s find out!
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The Bioware Omnibus – DRAGON AGE: INQUISITION (part four)
We finally reach the (fairly abrupt) end of INQUISITION, and the extensive DLC expansions.
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Finch Club – On Fincher Imitations
We continue to examine the influence and imitations of our anointed directors’ signature styles. In Fincher’s case, this mainly takes the form of reviewing the attempts of his various collaborators to recreate the magic without him.
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The Coen-Oscopy: HONEY DON’T!
In which we offer very tepid defenses of Ethan Coen’s tepid new lesbian detective yarn
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The QT Question – On Tarantino Imitators
Chris Prentice drops in to talk about the cottage industry of Tarantino knock-offs that arose in the 1990s (and beyond). Why do they have long, tortured titles full of numbers and locations? Why do they all end on the same boat? These questions and more will be answered in digressive, non-linear fashion on this
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Zach Cregger’s WEAPONS
Brett Blake returns to dig into Zach Cregger’s ambitious sophomore effort.
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