You probably didn't know it, but today marks the beginning of the Twins Day festival, which takes place yearly in Twinsburg, Ohio (how fitting, right?). The festival is the largest annual gathering of twins in the world and attracts over 2,000 pairs of twins per year. The yearly spectacle was actually inspired by a pair of enterprising 19th-century twins, Moses and Aaron Wilcox, who owned about 4,000 acres of land in, what was then known, as Millsville, OH. The Wilcox twins offered to donate some acreage for a new town square and $20 (worth roughly 360 bucks in 1918) for a new school under the condition that the boring name of Millsville be updated to Twinsburg.
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The corporate environment isn't for everyone. It can be a cutthroat place where you gotta kiss loads of ass and sacrifice your true self bit by bit in ways that erode your mentality, which can drag you into some pretty low frequencies at times. It can very easily send people over the edge. This list explores the films that take a look at the darker side of the office and prove that the workplace can be murder, both literally and figuratively.
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There are a number of reasons that make America one of the greatest countries in the world -- our belief in freedom, love and liberty, the individual, currency and prosperity, inalienable rights, and the pursuit of happiness (whatever that means), just being a few. To celebrate America's birthday, we're counting down our top 5 films that embody America, making us feel damn proud to be Americans.
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We all wanna stick it to the man, but sometimes we lack the courage or freedom to really be able to do so. That's why it's always cathartic and gratifying to see a character (or characters) in a film live it out for us. These are the top 5 (predominantly) workplace films that really stick it to the man, helping us cope and endure for a little while longer.
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You ever see a film and then think that it might've been better serviced within another medium? Generally, Hollywood is quick to snag the rights for a book or comic to churn it into mainstream, popcorn munching motion pictures; however, there have been several instances that would've been better serviced if they weren't films at all. In this list, I'll be counting down my personal selections that would be even better or more successful as a comic series.
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Writer Anthony Cleveland discusses his forthcoming comic, Silver Skin, and the many werewolf films that influenced his story's narrative.
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If you're a giant monster movie fan like me, it looks like we have a lot to look forward to over these next few years. Kong: Skull Island introduced us to the Kong that will fight Godzilla in 2020...and that was...
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The recent news that James Gunn will be directing the third installment of Guardians of the Galaxy had me thinking about all the film trilogies that have made an impact on my life. I wanted to present a list of top film trilogies, but I didn't want it gravitate solely towards artfulness or longevity or mass appeal. No, I wanted to do the selfish American thing and make it all about Me.
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The giant monster movie has been around for nearly one century, gradually growing in scope and magnitude from claymation monsters to reptiles placed in tiny model sets, from hand operated puppets to CGI monstrosities. Since the release of Kong: Skull Island and Nacho Vigalondo's Colossal, we've been thinking about giant monsters, especially those refreshing, and sometimes strange, bends in the genre.
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Have you ever been watching a film and thought to yourself, Wow, that looks real! I bet you can count on one hand the instances that happens within the horror genre. That is, if your perception of reality is real at all. Horror fan and deputy coroner, Anthony Cleveland gives us his two cents.
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