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Double Feature: The Terminator and RoboCop

March 19, 2020by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

There are several interesting ways of contrasting these two landmark films about cybernetic organisms, or cyborgs. One could play up the dystopian angle, thinking of RoboCop as the Brazil (or […]

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Double Feature Triple Feature: Flies, Blobs ‘n Things

November 17, 2017by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

Before America had claimed the mantle of the great superpower of the Western world, the following premises would have been the stuff of B-movies and serials: Killer Plant-Man From Outer […]

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Double Feature: Creature from the Black Lagoon and The Seven Year Itch

July 21, 2017by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

The career-defining image of Marilyn Monroe standing on the subway grate, her dress billowing upward from the rush of a passing train, is the rare kind of iconic moment that […]

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Double Feature: Modern Times and Play Time

June 23, 2017by Paul Boyne 1 Comment

Charles Chaplin and Jacques Tati, two of the most accomplished comedic filmmakers in the history of the medium, were both two decades into their careers when they made their defining […]

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Both Versions: Star Wars

December 16, 2016by Paul Boyne 2 Comments

For the twentieth anniversary of his greatest accomplishment, George Lucas brought Star Wars (now known, for clarity’s sake, as Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope) back into theaters with new digital […]

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It’s Been Five Years. It Is Now Safe to Write About Avatar.

December 12, 2014by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

Sometimes a movie gets swallowed up in the circumstances surrounding it. When I say that five years is a big enough cushion (and maybe it isn’t — maybe we need […]

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Double Feature Double Feature: Millennial Masculine Misery Mambo

October 24, 2014by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

We’re pulling an all-nighter this time — four movies, all of which turn fifteen this year. Their thematic similarities make them flow together beautifully, and viewed in a certain order, […]

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Double Feature: Man with a Movie Camera and Russian Ark

August 23, 2013by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

Man with a Movie Camera has an average shot length (ASL) of 2.3 seconds and contains 1,729 individual shots. Russian Ark, by contrast, has an ASL of about 91 minutes and […]

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Double Feature: King Kong vs. Godzilla

April 19, 2013by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

For last month’s double feature we took a look at the unnaturally small, and now we turn around to look at the unnaturally huge. King Kong and Godzilla, the most […]

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Worlds Away

April 12, 2013by Paul Boyne Leave a comment

Here’s what happened. I know it sounds completely impossible, like something I’d just make up to get attention, but I’m not capable of making something up that makes this much […]

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