Damn Fine TV/Film
"Only the good die young" as the song goes. Over the years there have been a number of TV shows that have made an impact on us here at 25YL, which we have been sad to see struck down in their prime. A season or two that grabbed us, and...that's it. Whether there is some …
As mentioned in the picture below, it’s Stephen King. Things are about to get crazy. Unlike most thrillers, the opening of Gerald’s Game is cheerful. We have a peppy show tune to set the mood, and suitcases are being packed with summer clothes, bathing suits and handcuffs for a happy holiday. The tone is now …
In “Every Pain Needs a Name," Kidding increases in both intensity and complexity. Interestingly, this episode revolves around the construct of identity; mostly regarding how identity is altered by trauma, but also how identity is reinforced by those around us, whether they are our family or millions of unknown viewers around the world. In this article, …
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Twin streams of light cross in a shadowed hallway, illuminating little. Smoke unfurls from a Marlboro cigarette, and hands seek each other out in a dim hospital room. The iconography of The X-Files is minimal to the extreme and steeped in ambiguity: empty spaces, creeping shadows, and answers hidden beyond the next corner, always out …
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La Dolce Vita and Satyricon are bookends to a decade where Fellini established himself as the leading author of Italian cinema in the 1960s.
In the spirit of Twin Peaks Season 3 and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier, my wife’s memories of our Twin Peaks life together (as a result of watching the series and immersing ourselves in nearly all that it has offered over the last 28 years!) differ from mine. Not fundamentally, but enough for …
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Here at 25YLSite, we handle a lot of heavy lifting. Analysis, interpretation, deep discussion, introspective interviews… you name it, we've got it. "Favorites" takes a lighter approach to the material we normally cover. Each week, we will take you through a list of favorites -- whether it's moments, scenes, episodes, characters, lines of dialogue, whatever! …
September 22nd, 2004. The ABC network debuted a highly talked about pilot that would break the record for not only most expensive pilot ever (rumored to have cost 14 million dollars to produce) but also the highest viewed pilot of all time with 18.6 million people tuning into Part 1 of a 2 hour premiere. …
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Any day that I get to write about Herschell Gordon Lewis, I consider a good day. I'm a big fan of the director that has more than earned the title "Godfather of Gore." How does this work? How do I love the guy who said: "I see filmmaking as a business and pity anyone who …
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American Horror Story: Apocalypse is back for its second episode, directed by 25YL favourite Jennifer Lynch, who wastes no time in diving into the scares. Emily (Ash Santos) is getting undressed in her room within Outpost Three; her lights go out and upon lighting a candle her wardrobe door creeps open. When she checks she's …
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