“the people’s house,” not to mention the final standoff between Logan and Francis, using a ragged American flag as a weapon, is very much in the style of post-Watergate science fiction; in the fallout of the turbulent 1960s, and with Vietnam still a...
When I started this blog and called it “Medleyana,” Yankovic’s polka medleys were one of my inspirations, but I never ended up writing much about them exceptin a general way. I was fascinated by the mechanics of joining together disparate compositions such that they sound like they belon...
Fresh off dropping his third studio album The Forever Story, JID delivered a medley of classic cuts in the latest edition of NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series. Backed by a full band, the Dreamville rapper performed seven tracks spread across three of his studio albums: 2017’s The Never Story...
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After enjoying a short break while eating dinner, JQT members start their two hour choreography class at 8 PM. They usually learn simple dances and choreography, while also learning professional genres such as hip-hop, jazz, and latin. The tired members finally head back to their dorm after ...
romance is one of the few genres that’s defined by its plot mechanics rather than theme or setting (donotbring a tragic love story without a “happily ever after” to a romance reader and call it a romance). There are established formulas and story beats (especially in the current obsess...
10.Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio(Guillermo del Toro and Mark Gustafson) was one of three new adaptations of the familiar story of a wooden puppet who comes to life, but the only one I saw (and, from what I hear, the only one worth watching). Although many details are familiar from ...
I hadn’t heard about this sequence or seen it in any of the advertising forThe Secret Life of Pets, but it’s actually the first ofthreefilms scheduled for release this year that feature anthropomorphized hot dogs or sausages.Sausage Party, scheduled for an August 12 release, is an anima...
Without naming names, there is a level of gatekeeping within this hobby just as there is in so many, and an orthodoxy that, when combined with the conservatism that often comes with an interest in older film genres, has meant that other fans don’t seem to be looking for the same ...
“destroying ray” and a robot; all three heroes get captured and escape at different times; theTribuneshares, as well as the vanishing and destroying rays, change hands as they are hidden, stolen, and recovered. In the best serial fashion, all of this action throws the character of the ...