Tag Archives: /Film
Cultural Reading: Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games Trilogy
I think Twitter was the main reason I chose to read Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games trilogy. No, it wasn’t because my followers on Twitter suggested I read the books, or that a person I follow recommended them at large. Instead, … Continue reading
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Ricky the Rabble-Rouser: The 2011 Golden Globe Awards
Normally, watching the Golden Globes is a fairly solitary experience for me. Sure, my parents or a few floormates would often be in the room as I liveblogged, livetweeted, or took notes during previous years, but the focus was on … Continue reading
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Talking Lost with TV on the Internet and The /Filmcast
Talking Lost with TV on the Internet and The /Filmcast May 29th, 2010 I’ve written a lot about Lost this week, but if you’re still interested in hearing more discussion about the series finale and the series as a whole … Continue reading
The Malorian Enigma: Starz’s Camelot and the Misguided Adaptation
Earlier today, Starz announced their plans for Camelot, a ten-part series that offers a new version of the Arthurian Legend. As someone who studied a great deal of medieval literature in my undergraduate career, even writing my honours thesis on … Continue reading
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What’s my Genre Again?: The In(s)anity of the Saturn Awards
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films comes together every year to recognize the best in genre entertainment (in both film and television) at the Saturn Awards. This is, at least in my view, a noble endeavour, and … Continue reading
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Crossroads: Cinematic Convergence and Up in the Air
Crossroads: Cinematic Convergence and Up in the Air December 29th, 2009 One of the joys of fictional narratives is that writers have free rein to start their story at any point in their characters’ lives. Unless we’re literally following a … Continue reading
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A Whole New World: World-Building in Avatar and Scrubs
A Whole New World: World-Building in Avatar and Scrubs December 20th, 2009 It’s very rare around these parts that I actively engage in any sort of cinematic analysis, but apparently it’s a yearly tradition as twelve months ago I was … Continue reading
The McNuttCast: Episode Two – The Juno Awards
In this week’s first “normal” edition of The McNuttCast, we can’t entirely get away from talking Battlestar Galactica – while I had the privilege of collaborating with Devindra Hardawar and Meredith Woerner on the epic /Filmcast Series Finale discussion [LINK], … Continue reading
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Song, Dance, and Commendation: Turning the 2009 Academy Awards into a Television Event
Song, Dance, and Commendation: Turning the 2009 Oscars into a Television Event When the Academy Awards brought on a set of new producers, there was the usual buzzwords: on time! Big surprises! Excitement! On time! Thrilling! And yet, we all … Continue reading
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