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The Ninth Year: The Haunting of Swill House

The Worst Miscasts We’ve Ever Seen

You ever see a casting announcement and just think: what?

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The Best Villain of Orange is The New Black

So, Orange is the New Black is over, and I’m sure by now you’ve read precisely ten thousand commentary articles on the show as a whole: the best characters, performances, arcs, seasons, episodes, moments. And quite rightly so – OITNB has consistently, despite some wobbly seasons, proved itself as a dynamic, diverse, woman-centric piece of storytelling with a solid mix of the serious and the silly, as well as providing platforms for a collection of awesome actors to launch their careers off of.

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The (In)Essential Tarantino

You know, for a long time, I’ve been trying to figure out what it is I don’t like about Quentin Tarantino.

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Read this Damn Author

Look, right, okay, I get it, I don’t actually write about writing very much on this blog (apart from to shamelessly plug my debut novel Rape Jokes in brackets constantly, buy it here). Apart from that time I recapped Carrie. Or the Harry Potter books. Or Fifty Shades. Or…

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Twenty Years of The Matrix: Why I Love It

The other side to the eternal The Matrix debate!

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TV Shows That Aged Seriously Badly, Part Three

I’ve been thoroughly enjoying writing this series, and thus, figured it was about time for another look at all the TV shows I think have aged fucking terribly. Get the month started on a snarky note, and start as we continue to go on. Check out the last couple of articles I wrote in this snarktacular vein, and drop your own retrospective disappointments in the comments below.

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The Silent Hill Movie We Deserved

I love Silent Hill more than most movies, so here’s the one that I think comes close to capturing its brilliant, brutal beauty.

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Do It Anyway

Do it anyway.

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Twenty Years of The Matrix: Why I Hate It

Twenty years hating on this classic!

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