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Romantic Comedy Repeat Offenders
I’m still putting together my ideas for next year’s “The Rom-Com Project,” and I’ve received many helpful and interesting comments from readers (thanks!) One in particular intrigued me and got me thinking about how I want to structure this project. … Continue reading
The Rom-Com Project: Paired Movies
Between blog comments and personal emails, I have received about 100 suggestions for romantic comedies to watch for the Rom-Com project. I received an interesting mix of “I want you to see this movie because I loved it!” suggestions, “I … Continue reading
An Apology for Every Occasion
Hey, remember when Tracy Morgan made those violent homophobic jokes in one of his stand-up routines? Remember when Jennifer Aniston said that she dressed up for a living “like a retard?” Remember when Mel Gibson made extremely violent, racist, anti-Semitic, … Continue reading
Why Watch Romantic Comedies?
A few weeks ago, I announced my intention to tackle 52 romantic comedies over the course of one year. 2012 is the Year of the Romantic Comedy at my blog, and it shall henceforth be dubbed “The Rom-Com Project.” The … Continue reading
November Movies I Won’t be Seeing (And Two I Will)
November is here, and in a month centered around the most quintessentially American of all holidays – I speak, of course, of Parent-Teacher Conference Day – I feel it is only best to honor five movies that will be making … Continue reading
We need to see other Gleeople.
I never thought I would be able to quit Glee as long as Kurt and Blaine were on my screen, being cute and adorable and making me want to draw cartoon hearts around their faces every week. As it turns … Continue reading
“A ‘Community’ post about Shirley? That’s nice.”
Community had its third annual Halloween episode. I thought it was a brilliant, very funny episode that only had one major flaw: it aired right after “Remedial Chaos Theory,” an episode with a very similar structure that also happened to … Continue reading
More Fun with Search Terms
Every so often, I like to look at the search terms people use to find my blog, and the results are very interesting and sometimes hilarious. “Christian TV reviews How I Met Your Mother.” Why someone would look for this, … Continue reading
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3 Problematic Characters I Love Anyway
After I linked to my post on The Little Mermaid on my Facebook page, I had a back-and-forth with my buddy Captain Blastin (who also writes many thoughtful pieces at Informed Instigation, this being one of my favorite). He mentioned … Continue reading
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October Movies I Won’t be Seeing (And One I Might), Part 2
Halloween is fast approaching, the weather is getting chilly, and the air is getting spooooky. Soon all the demons and spirits of Halloween will emerge from the shadows and terrorize the people, and the people will have no choice but … Continue reading