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John Carpenter's Lost Themes makes anything sound exciting, whether it's...
P.J. Soles from John Carpenter's Halloween (Photo source: Popcorn Cinema)The following is a repost of one of my most well-received pieces from earlier this year, originally posted on March 20, 2015. In...
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Throwback Thursdeath: It Follows
Usually on Throwback Thursday, I randomly pull out from my desk cabinet--with my eyes closed--a movie ticket stub I saved. Then I discuss the movie on the stub and maybe a little bit of its score,...
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Wow, the already-dead Vertigo comic iZombie is hardly like the hit CW show it...
iZombie--the first CBS procedural outside of Elementary that fortunately doesn't feel too much like "a Dad show" (it airs on the CW, a joint venture between CBS and Warner Bros., so that qualifies it...
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Throwback Thursdeath: The Guest
Usually on Throwback Thursday, I pull out from my desk cabinet--with my eyes closed--a movie ticket stub I didn't throw away, and then I discuss the movie on the stub and maybe a little bit of its...
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"Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of Last Week: The Simpsons, "Halloween of...
Occasionally on Friday, I discuss the week's best first-run animated series episode I saw. The "Brokedown Merry-Go-Round" Show of the Week is no longer a weekly feature, but sometimes, I'll catch a...
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Throwback Thursday Throwback: Top Five
Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is a repost of a TBT piece from January 29, 2015.One thing that's stuck with me since reading an interview Chris Rock did years ago where he discussed how he...
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"What's your favorite score?" is not a question I like to be asked
Today's post totally repurposes shit from August 26, 2014, except for one sentence, which is in bold.I've been asked twice or thrice "What's your favorite score?" My answer to that will always be...
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Throwback Thursday Throwback: Short Term 12
Today's edition of Throwback Thursday is a repost of a TBT piece from April 2, 2015.There was only one word that kept surfacing in the mental notes I took in my head as I was watching Short Term 12 for...
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Netflix's Master of None is revolutionary, and not just because it's the...
The following contains spoilers for the final two episodes of Master of None.Asian American men have been so badly stereotyped and emasculated by Hollywood (peep the Long Duk Dong catchphrase montage...
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Throwback Thursday: Source Code (with guest blogger Hardeep Aujla)
Every Throwback Thursday, I randomly pull out from my desk cabinet--with my eyes closed--a movie ticket stub I saved, and then I discuss the movie on the stub. This time I've gotten Hardeep Aujla, an...
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A new doc careens down the twisted path of Steve McQueen's gritty, Michel...
With Le Mans, Steve McQueen, an auto racing enthusiast, set out to make as authentic an auto racing film as possible. The result, which was credited to a director from network TV, frequent '60s...
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If the end of Jessica Jones has created an empty #Showhole, Gianna Jun's 2012...
Wish I could adapt @sea_fan's essay into a caper film where unhappy Asian Am. ex-tech workers steal from SilVal CEOs. http://t.co/1r4JwSOi51— Jimmy J. Aquino (@JimmyJAquino) November 25, 2014I love the...
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Throwback Thursday Throwback: Fight Club
The AFOS blog's year-long Throwback Thursday series concludes its run on December 10. Today's edition of TBT is a repost of a TBT piece from April 9. It's perfect for the day before the day when...
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Thinking outside the Fox: A speculation over how The Force Awakens will open...
When Star Wars: The Force Awakens premieres in just two weeks, it will be the first live-action Star Wars film to open without composer Alfred Newman's majestic 20th Century Fox fanfare, due to...
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Throwback Thursday: Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Every Throwback Thursday, I randomly pull out from my desk cabinet--with my eyes closed--a movie ticket stub I saved. Then I discuss the movie on the stub and maybe a little bit of its score, which...
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Attach the block: Netflix's Black Mirror: White Christmas imagines a cold...
The following is a repost of a piece from December 17, 2014. It was published right after Black Mirror: White Christmas had its British premiere on December 16, 2014. White Christmas had its American...
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With "Love Crime," Brian Reitzell and Siouxsie Sioux somehow surpassed...
Former Hannibal composer Brian Reitzell and the recently unretired Siouxsie Sioux (Photo source: EW.com)Brian Reitzell's eerie score music from Bryan Fuller's now-defunct Hannibal is completely...
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Throwback Thursday: A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
Usually on Throwback Thursday, I randomly pull out from my desk cabinet--with my eyes closed--a movie ticket stub I saved. Then I discuss the movie on the stub and maybe a little bit of its score,...
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The end of an era: Live365's demise means the demise of AFOS as a radio...
My very first blog post of 2016 was originally going to be either a piece about Electric Boogaloo, the Cannon Films documentary that's now streaming on Netflix, or a piece about Creed and why I like...
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I Can't Believe I've Never Seen It Till Now!: Labyrinth
(Photo source: FictionMachine)"I Can't Believe I've Never Seen It Till Now!" is a new series of posts that will appear sporadically here on the AFOS blog rather than weekly. In each post, I will reveal...
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