And Now For Something Completely Gilliam: JABBERWOCKY
We talk about JABBERWOCKY, Terry Gilliam’s first solo directing project and a movie that definitely exists.
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Frame Work’s John Carpenter’s The Podcast: ON CARPENTER IMITATORS
We talk about what it means to be a Carpenter Movie, and why his most imitated film is not the one that best represents his style.
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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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