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Emotional Realism vs. Plot Holes in Film & TV
On Storytelling and Reductive Criticism in the Internet Age
May 31
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Mikhail Skoptsov
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"God of War 5" Needs a Director's Cut to do Ragnarok Justice
Rushed Storytelling and Other Issues Compromise the Latest Sequel
May 10
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Mikhail Skoptsov
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Apple Theaters, Saruman Notes
A Digest of Textual Variations April 2023 Articles, Threads, and Notes
May 2
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Mikhail Skoptsov
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April 2023
Saruman Should've Never Been Cut from 'Return of the King'
On Peter Jackson's baffling choice for the theatrical version
Apr 27
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Mikhail Skoptsov
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Thread: Are Movie Theaters Worth it when they Regularly Ruin the Movies?
I love Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion. But I hated the experience of watching it in a theater. Last November, I specifically sought out an AMC scree…
Apr 13
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Mikhail Skoptsov
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Apple TV Lets You Physically Save Your Digital Film Library
And Other Reasons It's a Great Home Video Platform
Apr 6
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Mikhail Skoptsov
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March 2023
Martin, Disappointments, DGA, Universal
A Digest of Textual Variations March 2023 Articles
Mar 30
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Mikhail Skoptsov
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How 'Knock at the Cabin' broke up Shyamalan and Universal
Box Office, and other thoughts on M. Night's latest underrated movie
Mar 24
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Mikhail Skoptsov
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Revised “Catchfire” Evinces DGA Revoked Hopper’s Pseudonym
Dennis Hopper's Credit Mystery, Plus: Linton, Cronenberg and Araki.
Mar 16
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Mikhail Skoptsov
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"Servant" 2.07-2.08: A pair of disappointments
'Marino' goes off the rails while 'Loveshack' struggles to get back on
Mar 9
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Mikhail Skoptsov
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Is Martin’s approach to magic delaying ‘Winds of Winter’?
The sixth novel must paradoxically demystify the Others while keeping the magic mysterious and low-scale.
Mar 1
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Mikhail Skoptsov
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February 2023
Why Hopper Cake Shot Cameron's Catalogs
A Digest of Textual Variations Dec 2022 - Jan 2023 Articles
Feb 14
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Mikhail Skoptsov
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