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Dark of the Matinée: Celebrity Hate Crush // Bad Teacher
I have always had a baseless, irrational hatred for Cameron Diaz. I've never kept up with any tabloid news about her personal life, so it's not like I think she's a bad person; I don't even think she's...
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Dark of the Matinée: That Boy's Life // Super 8
Super 8 is one of the few movies I was genuinely excited to see this summer, and for the most part, it lived up to the hype. It's a consummate summer movie if there ever was one: it's got action,...
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Dark of the Matinée: Shadow Play // Lotte Reiniger's The Adventures of Prince...
Like so many other aspects of the film industry, animation is still a male-dominated field. In the early days of the industry, women worked most often as inkers and painters, so while their work was...
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Dark of the Matinée: Everyone Dies // Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows...
[various spoilers for the whole series] I am part of what the media likes to call The Potter Generation. I was eight when I began reading them and sixteen when the series finished. Along with the books...
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Dark of the Matinée: 21st Century F*ck // Friends With Benefits
Like, wouldn't it be great if men and women could physically satisfy each other without having to actually interact? Because when men and women interact, man, things get complicated. Because, like,...
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Dark of the Matinée: Digital Champion // Mamoru Hosoda
When Summer Wars was released in 2009, critics around the world hailed director Mamoru Hosoda as the next big name in Japanese animated film and compared him to Hayao Miyazaki. Miyazaki's critical and...
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Dark of the Matinée: I Hope You're Happy // Melancholia
Since I saw Melancholia at Fantastic Fest 2011, I haven't been sure how to respond when people ask me if it's good. It feels inappropriate to summarize it in those terms: the single best word to...
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