Fandom isn't something people typically associate with the phrase "serious business". But should we really be surprised? Especially given the amount of personal, emotional, and – let's be frank – financial investment that often go into fan hobbies. Fan gatherings are a great example of fans taking all of those things and building spaces for…
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Captain America: Civil War has had us waiting on the edges of our seats for the better part of so many months. Opening internationally this Wednesday, April 27, the third installment to Marvel Studio's Captain America franchise finds the Avengers split over whether they should heed to the world government's demands that a system of accountability…
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The trailer for Gothic thriller series Penny Dreadful just dropped, and it looks like this season's return to the Demimonde is all about getting in touch with one's dark side. Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Harry Treadaway, Timothy Dalton, Billie Piper, Rory Kinnear and Reeve Carney return on May 1st, as Showtime picks up on what's…
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Daniel "Dan" Gerson, screenwriter and contributor to some of the best-loved Pixar films to grace movie theaters all over the world, passed away in his Los Angeles home last Saturday after battling brain cancer. He is survived by Beau Stacom - his wife of 20 years - and his two children. Gerson began his career first as a…
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I don't know about you guys, but if the buzz and fuss surrounding the recently dropped trailer of Me Before You is any indicator, June 3 looks like it's going to be this year's date for wrecked hearts. Adapted from Jojo Moyes' best-selling 2012 novel, Mother-of-Dragons Emilia Clarke plays Louisa Clark, a recently unemployed cafe worker desperately searching for a…
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"Between the midnight and the morning: on a given day, that's the hardest stretch of time to fill." --from Happy Endings, Luis Katigbak I first met Luis Katigbak as a freshman at DLSU, when I sat down for a guest lecture on fiction and writing. I had no idea then that I'd eventually come to…
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