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'The Force Awakens' 10 Years Later: An Entertaining Film That Can't Outshine its Tragic Legacy
Take me back to Jakku, please
Feb 25
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Eric Pierce
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40 Years of The Goonies, with Sheila Moeschen
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The Charge of the Rohirrim is the Most Epic Scene Ever Filmed
A second-by-second breakdown of the 4-minute sequence
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An Interesting Experience I Never Want to Repeat
My time as a teenage knife salesman
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The Surprise When You Revisit a Beloved Story and Discover It's Actually Kinda Terrible
Were the Young Guns movies always this bad?
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'The Force Awakens' 10 Years Later: An Entertaining Film That Can't Outshine its Tragic Legacy
Take me back to Jakku, please
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Eric Pierce
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How to Survive a Time Loop Scenario
A guide, in case it happens to you
Feb 9
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Eric Pierce
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The Charge of the Rohirrim is the Most Epic Scene Ever Filmed
A second-by-second breakdown of the 4-minute sequence
Jan 26
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Eric Pierce
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The Best and Worst Newish Christmas Movies to Stream This Year: Part 2
14 more movies, 1 of which is actually good
Dec 17, 2025
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Eric Pierce
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The Best and Worst Newish Christmas Movies to Stream This Year
I endured 40 of these so you don’t have to
Dec 12, 2025
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Eric Pierce
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The Best Thing About 'Stranger Things' Was the Dungeons & Dragons of It All
And also Steve obviously
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Eric Pierce
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'The Toys That Made Us' Triggered My Nostalgia Reflex
Searching for meaning in a bit of molded plastic
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Eric Pierce
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10 Dungeons & Dragons Monsters That Would Be Hilarious ‘Stranger Things’ Antagonists
Ranked by deadliness because why not
Nov 27, 2025
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Am I the Only One Who Buys Notebooks But Never Actually Uses Them?
Zero Day posits the improbable
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Eric Pierce
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We Need to Talk About the 'Michael Jackson - Beat It' Music Video
Unintentionally hilarious but also strangely aspirational
Jul 21, 2025
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Eric Pierce
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Deadwood: Season 1, Episode 1 (S1E1)
"May I ride? I'd be honored to ride, infirmities permitting."
Jul 9, 2025
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Eric Pierce
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Everything I Watched While I Was Sick For a Week
Apple TV movies and Michael Jordan
Jun 24, 2025
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Eric Pierce
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We Need to Talk About the 'Danzig - Mother 93 Live' Music Video
Three minutes in heaven
Jun 7, 2025
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Eric Pierce
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I'm Preparing for Two Vastly Different Futures
"I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened."
Feb 13
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Eric Pierce
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The Pivot
Updates galore, plus an exciting new project
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Eric Pierce
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The 10 Best Original Christmas Songs
No remakes, no covers, and no freaking Mariah Carey
Dec 5, 2025
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Eric Pierce
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All the Fanfare on ice through end of year
An unfortunate update
Dec 3, 2025
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An Interesting Experience I Never Want to Repeat
My time as a teenage knife salesman
Nov 11, 2025
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Eric Pierce
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