The Snyder Cult: Dawn of a Toxic Fandom

If you go down the right rabbit hole on Twitter, you’ll find a corner of fandom that has become infamous. They regularly share images of Zack Snyder photoshopped as Jesus and refer to him as “Zack” as if they’re all old friends. When behind the scenes images from Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice were released featuring Zack Snyder posing with a prop gun, these fans posted photoshops of Snyder aiming the weapon at fellow DC producers Geoff Johns, Jon Berg, Joss Whedon, or anyone else that they perceived to be an enemy of Snyder’s.

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Batman Returns: Tim Burton’s Dark Holiday Masterpiece

The holidays can be a tough time of year for a lot of people. Typically this time of year is associated with bright lights, smiling faces, and kisses under the mistletoe. We are sold a fantasy of what the month of December should be like, and often times the pressure to be in the holiday spirit leaves us with an empty feeling.

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EXCLUSIVE: Michael Madsen Recreates Famous Reservoir Dogs Scene to support Quarantine

Michael Madsen is doing his part to get us all through lockdown with a smile. In a family home video, Madsen as Mr. Blonde recreates the famous scene from Reservoir Dogs - quarantine style. Off his recent cameo appearance in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and his retrospective interview in Tara Wood’s wonderfully crafted documentary QT8: The First Eight, this family video is a fun and cheeky revisit to the role that made him the rebel, cinematic icon that he is today.

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Clint Eastwood: Zombie Auteur?

Clint Eastwood is back in the news again, folks. That’s right, everybody’s Platonic ideal of an irascible, reactionary grandpa is refusing to honor the boycott against filming in Georgia, the state where it’s great to be a budget-conscious filmmaker but awful to be a woman. Now, let’s make one thing clear--I do not approve of Eastwood’s decision, but maybe we’re all addressing this moral problem from the entirely wrong perspective.

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