Marvel's follow-up to Avengers: Infinity War seems to come from the 22 Jump Street school of sequel filmmaking: just do the same thing as the first time.
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For the Global Coexistence of Football and Futbol
Watching the World Cup has me thinking one agonizing thought: How great would it be if we could enjoy an international competition on this scale for football?
Read MoreCelebrating Restrictive Freedom
Pure freedom is anything but. With pure freedom, only the strongest and the most powerful have freedom. With pure freedom, better known as anarchy, there are generally precious few opportunities to pursue happiness.
Read More"Blessed Are the Dead"
Hushed murmurs were the order of the pre-ceremony conversation with farmers and teachers and salt-of-the-earth Americans from rural Kansas struggling for words of casual civility in the midst of such somber proceedings. Reverend Zachariah had called them all in that evening with the once-dormant church bells, and those who remained knew why they were coming together.
Read More"Jurassic World" is Every Bit the Thrill a Dinosaur Movie Should Be - REVIEW
From countless visual callbacks to intriguing new plots, "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" is exactly the type of movie needed to follow up this back-and-forth franchise's return to pop culture dominance.
Read MoreOnce, Twice, Three Times a Panda.
So let me tell you a story about the time my mother bought the same movie not once...not twice...but three times.
Read MoreThe Case for Keeping Paul Johnson
The primary reason for Tech to keep Paul Johnson around right now is simply because he's the best option for the Yellow Jackets.
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In days gone by, older cultures had epic tales of great warriors and mythical beings. Today, we have Star Wars.
Read MoreThe Rule of "One Thing"
One of the most maligned rules of writing fiction is this idea that you can only have one thing – one single thing – that was changed about your fictitious world if you want to tell a good story.
Read MoreThe Problem with Prequels
As long as Star Wars wants to mine the past for these new stories…you're going to keep on seeing these sort of narrative hoops get unsuccessfully navigated.
Read MoreWhen the Words are Missing
A writer who can’t write is, by definition, useless.
Read MoreQuit Lying About the Bible
When we lie about the Bible, we give people license to stop listening.
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