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curated: Trump’s misunderstanding of ‘Game of Thrones’ is totally emblematic of our culture today

Mon, Jan 07, 2019
16 comments

Alas, Trump and his fans are not tuned in to metaphor. That sort of thing is for experts and intellectuals, who are not to be trusted.

| 16 Comments

curated: “Using data to determine if Die Hard is a Christmas movie”

Tue, Dec 18, 2018
1 comment

It’s science!

| 1 Comment

curated: long-lost Kit Harington/Toothless audition tapes surface

Fri, Dec 14, 2018
2 comments

Advice for actors: Never work with children or dragons.

| 2 Comments

curated: ‘Die Hard’ IS a Christmas movie

Fri, Dec 14, 2018
5 comments

Case closed.

| 5 Comments

curated: the best should-be meme you’ll see today starring Tilda Swinton and Mads Mikkelsen

Mon, Apr 30, 2018
no comments yet

Genuine LOL.

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curated: on the diversity of fans, Part 7,862,971, Marvel Edition

Sat, Apr 28, 2018
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Can we please put to rest the fallacy that only young white men like comic-book movies?

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curated: the Lonely Island song we didn’t get to see at the Oscars

Tue, Mar 06, 2018
6 comments

I’m honestly not sure if this is horrible or amazing. Maybe a bit of both.

| 6 Comments

curated: Tess Raser’s “Wakanda Curriculum” for middle-schoolers (and everyone else)

Thu, Feb 22, 2018
7 comments

You don’t have to be a middle-schooler, or a student of any kind, to find this fascinating and enlightening…

| 7 Comments

curated: ‘Saving Private Ryan’ with all the men edited out

Thu, Jan 18, 2018
4 comments

Ahhh… This is quite relaxing.

| 4 Comments

film review comment bingo (updated for 2017!)

Wed, Nov 15, 2017
48 comments

Sourced from only the finest trolls here at FlickFilosopher.com.

| 48 Comments
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