Tag: videos
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Video: Faces On A Big Screen
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in VideosEvan Puschak, aka Nerdwriter, makes an astute point that big screens aren’t just for action-packed, special effects-laden, blockbusters. The big screen also provides the details necessary for the subtle nuances of human expression that are easily missed, or at least diminished, on a small screen. Video length: 7:34 The Nerdwriter is a weekly video essay…
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My Favorite YouTube Channels About Movies
Pop Culture Detective Description: A series of video essays looking at media through a critical lens with an emphasis on the intersections of politics, masculinity and entertainment. Hosted by Jonathan McIntosh. Pop Culture Detective is hands down my favorite movie related YouTube channel. His videos aren’t short. Most of them run in the 20-30 minute range.…
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Every Type of Starship and Starfighter in Star Wars, Explained
It’s kind of interesting when this happens: I come up with an idea for a RunPee article, start my research, and then find someone made an entire video with more detail and authority then I ever could. This has been happening frequently with Star Wars. In this case, I was personally interested in differences and…
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Why Newt Scamander is a Fantastic, Yet Underrated Hero
Not every hero has to fit the typical mold we’re so very used to in epic storytelling. It’s always either the manly man’s man who is the big, strong, authoritative handsome guy, like Thor and Captain Kirk. (This really doesn’t even have to be a man — look at fighters like Black Widow and Wonder…
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Everything Wrong With Jaws in 9 minutes or Less (video)
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Have another cool set of pot shots at JAWS right here: Seven Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Jaws — —————————- Related, On RunPee: Movie Rewatch – Jaws – Still A Fantastic Blockbuster
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Every Stan Lee Cameo in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
We all know about Stan Lee. He’s one of the big name co-creators of Marvel Comics, is a co-producer and co-writer for the movies, and seems to be a little bit nuts. He’s been inducted into the Sci-Fi & Fantasy Hall of Fame. He’s also, in one way or another, in every Marvel Cinematic Universe…
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Everything Wrong With The Jurassic Movies (YouTube series)
YouTube has some ongoing series related to movies that are so clever and fun, like the Honest Trailers, or How It Should Have Ended. Here we have the Everything Wrong With shorts (each about 15 minutes). [pullquote]These are funny and insightful, and if some of the nits they pick are petty[/pullquote], even they admit some…
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Jeremy Renner filmed Tag with Two Broken Arms
I really enjoyed viewing Tag last night, a movie about a group of grownup men who spend every year in May reliving their childhood game of tag. Even while living cross-county from each other, these guys keep it up and plan the rest of the year for new ways to create elaborate and sneaky tagging…
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How Star Wars Should Have Ended (the entire series)
Here it is, in one place. Every Star Wars video made by HISHE (How It Should Have Ended), up through Star Wars: The Last Jedi, or maybe Solo, if it’s up yet. If you haven’t discovered this web series, you’re in for a treat. Keep in mind that their solutions would offer vastly shortened movies,…
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Sand: A Star Wars Story (Darth Vader Hates This Song)
When I first heard this song about Star Wars and Sand, I played it a few times and realized it was way too catchy — impossible to tune out. But it’s so darn cute I don’t mind having the Force bouncing around in my skull for a spell. The funny thing, in the wake of…
