Amanda Mannen

Kind of by definition, war is full of death, destruction and a rainbow of different kinds of violence. So it helps to inject some whimsy where you can. If it helps you win, all the better. That’s why, in the throes of hostilities, some armies have turned to…

Saying so might not make you popular at parties, but punctuation matters

Hollywood loves a biopic, mostly because it means they don’t have to come up with a new idea. They just have to read a memoir, figure out which actor most closely resembles a much hotter version of them and pay a pittance for their life story, and it’s halfway to Oscarville. The only problem is that sometimes a person’s life just isn’t that interesting, or they’re actually a nightmare trash person, so Hollywood has to spice/nice it up.

‘Roseanne’

The CGI dragon did the best acting in ‘Eragon’

We’ve landed on a few reliable methods of predicting disaster: seismic activity, weather patterns, the announcement of a new Zack Snyder movie, etc.

When it comes down to it, nobody really thinks they’re a villain. Even the most evil character

This isn’t just a song about Thanksgiving — it’s specifically a song about Thanksgiving in New England in the early 19th century

Some people beat the odds and manage to become household names despite being absolutely insufferable

CGI this, CGI that. How about we see “ gee, I don’t think a computer could have accomplished this” kind of effects in more movies? It’s amazing what digital effects can do these days, but you always know in the back of your mind that it’s not really there. On the other hand, when a screaming puppet attacks an actor who surely had higher aspirations when they dropped out of med school to move to L.A., it’s excruciatingly there. It might just be a guy’s arm, but it also might really be a monster. Who’s to say?