Formerly Dangerous

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No Fate But What We Make #2: TERMINATOR 2 - JUDGMENT DAY

Our second entry in a limited series looks back at one of the best sequels of all time, TERMINATOR 2: JUDGMENT DAY.

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The Road to Doomsday

It's a BRAND NEW DAY as the Road to DOOMSDAY begins

With DOOMSDAY arriving in December and SPIDER-MAN BRAND NEW DAY in theaters now, we're taking a look back at 20 years' worth of Marvel coverage

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SPLIT - A Serialized Screenplay - Part Seven

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The Hip Pocket #51: INTO THE NIGHT

Even the biggest Hollywood tragedy of the decade couldn't slow down John Landis, so why was one of his best films also his least seen?

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SPLIT - A Serialized Screenplay - Part Six

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How's 2026 Been So Far?

Music biopics, Spielberg's latest alien film, and the last Jackass are all part of today's review round-up.

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The Hip Pocket #312 - "LIVE" From the Chattanooga Film Festival w/Mike Dougherty

Mike Dougherty is our guest in a special episode from the Chattanooga Film Festival, where we discussed NETWORK, THEY LIVE, and IDIOCRACY, along with our pick, MINORITY REPORT.

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SPLIT - A Serialized Screenplay - Part Five

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A return to reviewing? Plus another new Film Nerd 2.0

Miles McWeeny is back with his second Film Nerd 2.0 piece, and Drew's going to start reviewing new films again. Why?!

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SPLIT - A Serialized Screenplay - Part Four

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The Hip Pocket #50: RUSH

When Jennifer Jason Leigh was at her best, there was no one better.

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The Hip Pocket #49: NEAR DARK

Kathryn Bigelow's dreamy vampire film always makes me feel a little drunk, and I love it.

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The Hip Pocket #48: TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA

William Friedkin didn't have anything to prove to anyone in 1985, but he did it anyway.

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FROM THE VAULT: How Rian Johnson rewrote the future of STAR WARS

A special reprint of a PULP & POCORN piece about THE LAST JEDI as a way of celebrating STAR WARS day.

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SPLIT - A Serialized Screenplay - Part Three

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The Hip Pocket #47: WORLD'S GREATEST DAD

Bobcat Goldthwait's painfully funny movie about parenthood and the lies we tell ourselves (and others) features a career-best performance by Robin Williams.

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The Hip Pocket #46: CONTACT

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FROM THE VAULT: The Wachowski Starship on SPEED RACER, CLOUD ATLAS, and more

Since HitFix has taken down its archives, we decided to republish this in-depth interview with the Wachowskis.

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SPLIT - A Serialized Screenplay - Part Two

Part two of a serialized screenplay, SPLIT, by Drew McWeeny & Rebecca Swan

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The Hip Pocket #45: SOMETHING WILD

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The Hip Pocket #44: THE 'BURBS

Joe Dante has made a ton of our favorite Hip Pocket films, but we have a particular soft spot for this dark comedy starring Tom Hanks.

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The Hip Pocket #43: ENTER THE VOID

Our HIP POCKET columns return with Gaspar Noe's hallucinatory masterpiece, ENTER THE VOID.

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SPLIT - A Serialized Screenplay - Part One

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For Context

For Context/Stanley Kubrick

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A Quick Note