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WHEN WE WERE ALL STARS: NOSTALGIA & THE INTERNET’S FORGOTTEN SMASH MOUTH MASHUP
January 14, 2017 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Music

WHEN WE WERE ALL STARS: NOSTALGIA & THE INTERNET’S FORGOTTEN SMASH MOUTH MASHUP

By PJ Grisar At the tail end of 2016 in the chemtrails of a simpering frog named Pepe, the Memeosphere […]

THE MAGNIFICENT MURRAYTHON: PART II
August 7, 2016 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

THE MAGNIFICENT MURRAYTHON: PART II

By Brad Grandrino For all the ceaseless nostalgic love the 1990s gets from folks all over the internet, the decade […]

THE MAGNIFICENT MURRAYTHON: PART I
August 5, 2016 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

THE MAGNIFICENT MURRAYTHON: PART I

By Brad Grandrino There are certain hive-mind mentalities among film fanatics – circle-jerks, as they’re crudely though commonly called. They […]

PURE CINEPHILIA: A CHAT WITH CRAIG JOHNSON
July 3, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

PURE CINEPHILIA: A CHAT WITH CRAIG JOHNSON

By Kevin Redding If the movie really hypnotizes me, the sensation follows out into real life, and the world seems […]

‘AMERICAN SNIPER’ AND THE PRO-WAR, ANTI-WAR FILM
January 31, 2015 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

‘AMERICAN SNIPER’ AND THE PRO-WAR, ANTI-WAR FILM

By Jon Comulada In the opening moments of Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper, we see an American tank and a squadron […]

FOR YOUR TV SCREEN ON CHRISTMAS DAY
December 25, 2014 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

FOR YOUR TV SCREEN ON CHRISTMAS DAY

It’s Christmas, folks, and you know what that means: The Taste Basket writers/holiday aficionados Kevin Redding and Dan Poorman have joined forces to create another […]

SOCIOPATHS, DRESSES, AND THE MECHANICS OF ACTING: CRACKING OPEN THE MIND OF BRAD DOURIF
December 15, 2014 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

SOCIOPATHS, DRESSES, AND THE MECHANICS OF ACTING: CRACKING OPEN THE MIND OF BRAD DOURIF

By Kevin Redding Since the 1970s, actor Brad Dourif has made a career out of his chameleon-versatility in film, TV, […]

ON MONSTER MASHUPS
October 30, 2014 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

ON MONSTER MASHUPS

By PJ Grisar The modern monster mythos was born one rainy summer night in Switzerland when a teenage girl decided […]

‘THE SHAPE’ OF MY HEART: A LOVE LETTER TO CARPENTER’S ‘HALLOWEEN’ & THE SEASON
October 29, 2014 1 Comment by danpoorman Film

‘THE SHAPE’ OF MY HEART: A LOVE LETTER TO CARPENTER’S ‘HALLOWEEN’ & THE SEASON

By Kevin Redding I haven’t yet seen the new Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer. I haven’t listened to much music […]

BLOOD, GUTS, AND GONZO FEMINISM: GILLIAN FLYNN AND THE ‘GONE GIRL’ HORROR NARRATIVE
October 13, 2014 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

BLOOD, GUTS, AND GONZO FEMINISM: GILLIAN FLYNN AND THE ‘GONE GIRL’ HORROR NARRATIVE

By Dan Poorman Friends, Internet dwellers: There are many spoilers sprinkled throughout this essay. I have marked some in convenient BOLD […]

‘IT’ ALL STARTED WITH A VIDEOTAPE…
October 7, 2014 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

‘IT’ ALL STARTED WITH A VIDEOTAPE…

By Logan Metcalf Stemming from my childhood, there have been two constant phobias that have always plagued me. Unsurprisingly, they […]

A FRIENDLY #TUSKUSSION
September 23, 2014 3 Comments by danpoorman Film

A FRIENDLY #TUSKUSSION

DISCLAIMER: Dan Poorman and Kevin Redding would like to begin by apologizing for their current lack of a Podcast. In this case, it […]

THOUGHTS ON ‘OBVIOUS CHILD’
September 9, 2014 Leave a Comment by danpoorman Film

THOUGHTS ON ‘OBVIOUS CHILD’

By Gina Mingione  SPOILER ALERT!* *Even though Obvious Child has been out since June, I like to be considerate about […]

THE MAN IN THE BASEMENT: A Q&A WITH MATT SLOAN
September 5, 2014 2 Comments by danpoorman Film

THE MAN IN THE BASEMENT: A Q&A WITH MATT SLOAN

By Kevin Redding Here’s an idea for a show: Two regular guys sit down on an old leather couch to […]

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