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Why Steven Seagal Doesn’t Have Shit On My Dad
Heroism isn’t about victory, writes Travis Gasper. It’s about a will to survive.The first crack in my world appeared when I awoke to the sound of sobbing. It wasn’t my brothers; at 5 I was already...
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Not a Joke: Why Do Our Boys Keep Up the Mass Shootings?
I woke this morning expecting to read reviews of the newest Batman movie. My 16-year-old son had been counting the days to the premier and was in attendance last night. I had seen that Tyler Segan,...
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The Girls of Gotham City: Batman’s Vixens and Villainesses
From Uma Thurman to Maggie Gyllenhaal, they plagued the city with darkness or healed it with persistence. They are the women of Gotham.The third and final film of Christopher Nolan’s Batman triology,...
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The Dark Knight Rises Is a Pro-Fascist Movie
Noah Brand reveals his startled reaction to Batman’s latest foray into outright authoritarianism.A note for clarity: I’m going to be using the words fascism and fascist a lot in this review. Since, as...
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Open Thread: Dane Cook and Aurora Shooting Jokes – Is It Too Soon?
Open Discussion:Dane Cook was met with both laughs and groans at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles when he made a joke about The Dark Knight and the shootings in Aurora that left 12 dead and dozens...
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“Bane in ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ is an anarchist taking advantage of the...
These are comments by Nas Who and Mike L on the post “The Dark Knight Rises Is a Pro-Fascist Movie“.Nas Who said:“What I was saying boiled down to this: Yes, Gotham City operates under a pro-fascist,...
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We Don’t Want to Play Anymore
David Olimpio wanted to be a spy when he grew up. Now he’s glad he left violent games in boyhood, and worries about the men who did not.When I was a kid, my favorite movie was Cloak & Dagger. I...
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What Does Male Evil Look Like?
I was sick yesterday. I spent much of the day alternating between watching Heath Ledger as the Joker in The Dark Knight and reading No Easy Day, the book written by one of the Navy Seals who killed...
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Superheroes Are Humans, Too [OpEd]
Hollywood movies ignore the humanity of the men underneath the masks. Their internal struggles are as important as their superpowers.Superheroes are humans underneath their disguises, and Hollywood...
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Why I No Longer Care About Superhero Movies
Matthew Rozsa has one thing to say about superhero movies: Enough!To celebrate this 4th of July, let’s talk about one of the most American art forms out there: the superhero movie.“There’s only so...
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Biden: The President We Deserve, But Not the One We Need
Matthew Rozsa discusses why it’s a shame we can’t have presidents like Joe Biden.—To paraphrase a famous line from “The Dark Knight”: Joe Biden is the president we deserve, but not the one we...
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The Top 10 Closing Lines in Movies
—Any movie fan knows that the end of a movie is what really drives it home. A lackluster beginning or a half-baked plot can often be forgiven if the ending is memorable.WatchMojo presents a compelling...
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‘HOLY SHURIKEN BATMAN!’- WB Japan presents: BATMAN NINJA!
Batman Ninja takes a journey across the ages as Gorilla Grodd’s time displacement machine transports many of Batman’s worst enemies to feudal Japan – along with the Dark Knight and a few of his...
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