An Open Letter About High School Bullies and Self-Medicating With Movies

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Sean Hackett knows what it’s like to be uncool. He turned it into art. Here he helps a fellow underdog, also bullied.

The Buffest Nation on Earth: An Essay About Male Bodies

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Oliver Lee Bateman discusses Pain & Gain director Michael Bay’s problems with male body image.

‘Gatsby,’ F. Scott Fitzgerald, and the Murphys: Amanda Vaill Connects the Dots

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Who was Gatsby? A neighbor of the Fitzgeralds reports on the lifestyles of the young and beautiful Golden Couple in the 1920s.

“Take a look at the movies with nudity. Take out the parts where they get hot and heavy, would it make the movie less interesting?”

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This comment was by Tom Brechlin on the post “It’s not just porn, kids also see adult material easily through movie trailers, video games, TV channels, etc.”

5 Hopelessly Romantic Facts About the Late Roger Ebert and His Wife Chaz

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Roger and Chaz had a relationship for the ages.

Remembering Roger Ebert

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What made him the one movie critic people really listened to?

“Not Your Mother’s Morals”: A Review

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Jonathan D. Fitzgerald talks about faith, pop culture, and the “New Sincerity” in his new book.

“Instead of protecting the girl from an offensive joke, they just ensured more people heard it.”

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What did you think of the humor at the Oscars? Did you find it too off-color? Do you roll your eyes at the people who claim it’s “over the line”? Was it all satire?

“In ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ women are comfortable with themselves and it’s men who struggle with who society wants them to be.”

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This is a comment by Shawn Peters on the post “#Oscars2013 – Why ‘Wreck it Ralph’ is Even More Brave Than ‘Brave’”.

Jennifer Lawrence Has a Fan-Girl Moment When She Meets Jack Nicholson for the First Time (Video)

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What celebrity would make you say OMG?

Dive Into the Written Works Behind This Year’s Best Picture Nominees

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If you enjoyed the motion pictures, you’ll love the books that inspired this year’s Oscar nominations.

2013 Academy Award Predictions

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Former game show champion Jim Jividen handicaps the Academy Awards.

Six Male Stereotypes Hollywood Needs to Let Go Of

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We have seen these same six guys over and over and over, and we are tired of them.

Asteroids, Conflict and Turning Towards the One you Love

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Ken Chitwood talks about his favorite asteroid disaster films and what we can learn about how to respond to conflict from them.

Here’s Looking at You, B***h: Casablanca as Male Revenge Fantasy

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Greg Olear offers something of a different take on one of cinema’s most beloved films.

Fire in Cholon

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An American soldier in Saigon receives an unexpected lesson in courage.