Author: Erin P. Gold
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‘Talladega Nights’ and ‘Hell or High Water’ Are Bookends of Great Recession America
As a native Texan who graduated college right as the U.S. financial system collapsed, I realized these two movies represent the country I grew up believing in versus the one I actually inherited.
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Live-Action Disney Movies, Ranked By How Much of a Soulless Cash Grab They Are
Ah, Disney movies. Those animated classics of your childhood are locked up in the hypothetical Disney vault, timeless treasures that remain untouched… Hahaha NOPE.
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The Letterboxd Top 4 of America’s Founding Fathers
I hold these picks to be self-evident.
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Hi, I’m Erin Gold, Welcome to My Top 5 ‘Jackass’ Stunts
Strange yet true: many women and girls have been absolutely locked in for the entire Jackass franchise, including myself. Why? It’s satisfying to see men making fools of themselves in a deeply uncool way.
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‘Eight Men Out’ is An All Too Timeless Tale of Sliding Into Catastrophe
John Sayles’ brilliant 1988 baseball film Eight Men Out absolutely aches with bad decisions that seem practical at the time.
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Remember When Fascism Was A Bad Thing? These Movies Do
Let’s take a closer look at some beloved films that are WHOOPS now apparently too radical for today’s khaki-wearing tyrants.
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Where’s the Tylenol? Analyzing Clark Griswold’s Meltdown Speech in ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation’
Griswold’s unhinged yet somehow heroic yuletide meltdown soliloquy isn’t just madness, but American Christmas distilled to its neon, glittering core.
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‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’ is the Greatest Literary Adaptation Ever Made
As a former English teacher, I can confidently declare The Muppet Christmas Carol is not just the best holiday movie but the greatest damn book adaptation ever committed to celluloid.
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What Your Favorite Horror Comedy Says About Society
Here are 11 horror-comedy classics that are more than just laughs and blood splatter—and prove society itself is the punchline.
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Paul Thomas Anderson movies, ranked by how much they make you cry in the shower
Friends, if you haven’t cried in the shower after a PTA film, do you even like cinema?
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Hear Me Out: ‘High Fidelity’ and ‘O Brother, Where Art Thou?’ Are the Same Movie
Once upon a time in the year 2000, these two fantastic movies came out and accidentally explained 95% of the cis-het male population.
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Review: ‘M3GAN’ slays, literally and emotionally
At first glance, M3GAN looks like just another evil-doll genre flick. But after the titular robot belts out a semi-soulless rendition of “Titanium” it becomes clear Gerard Johnstone’s 2022 sci-fi slasher has layers.
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6 Movie Franchises That Need to Stop
Despite their best intentions, some franchises just beat a dead story so relentlessly that it’s an embarrassing cash grab for everyone involved.
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I Love You A Latke: The Gelt-y Pleasure of Hanukkah Rom-Coms
Here are 6 cozy and/or cringey Hallmark Hanukkah movies to make your holiday couch time more festive.
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How Did Christmas Movies Become “A Thing”?
A very merry investigation.
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The Best Movies for a Dream ‘90s Sleepover
While I can’t bottle the scent of popcorn and VHS tapes or bring back your childhood, I can recommend some movies for a pleasantly nostalgic night in.
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7 Underrated Gems of Silent Cinema
There’s an entire subset of excellent and epic silent movies just waiting to be seen. Here are seven that stand out.