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Defending Katherine Heigl…at the expense of Jennifer Aniston

Defending Katherine Heigl…at the expense of Jennifer Aniston

David Medsker January 27, 2012 75

The outspoken passionate one is a pariah, while the cold, calculated one is adored by millions. We're doing this wrong.

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The Bigger Picture: The Game Has Not Changed

The Bigger Picture: The Game Has Not Changed

Arend Anton January 24, 2010 10

It took me a while to get around to seeing Avatar. One reason for that, also coincidentally one of the reasons I have been a pretty lazy contributor to Popdose lately, is because I

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The Bigger Picture: Lay Down Your Arms

The Bigger Picture: Lay Down Your Arms

Arend Anton September 18, 2009 0

“Filler” is a term often used by music fans to describe songs that sound like they were quickly put together to take up space on an album in order to “fill out” the running

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Dw. Dunphy On… (Outlive)

Dw. Dunphy On… (Outlive)

Dw. Dunphy August 13, 2009 4

Our own Arend Anton and Dw. Dunphy have collaborated on a film project, titled (Outlive). Watch the video here!

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The Bigger Picture: Racist or Plain Stupid?

The Bigger Picture: Racist or Plain Stupid?

Arend Anton July 3, 2009 8

A controversy erupted recently when critics claimed that two of the robots in Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen were racist caricatures. What then occurred was the standard Internet back-and-forth over an issue most people

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The Bigger Picture: The Acting Bug

The Bigger Picture: The Acting Bug

Arend Anton June 25, 2009 5

Actors can be an easy bunch to spot around Los Angeles. Often, they can be seen exiting a Kinko’s with a box of 500 headshots. The male can usually be seen hopping into his

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The Bigger Picture: Film and the Age of Facebook

The Bigger Picture: Film and the Age of Facebook

Arend Anton June 19, 2009 2

We live in a self-absorbed culture. Everything we do is shared through blogs, status updates, and tweets. Now that people have the Internet on their phones, nobody is more than a second away from

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The Bigger Picture: Nothing to Fear

The Bigger Picture: Nothing to Fear

Arend Anton June 12, 2009 8

Appropriately for a week in which an Eddie Murphy movie is reaching theaters, Arend Anton devotes his latest Biggest Picture column to cinematic horror

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The Bigger Picture: The Animal, the Internet, and “Darkon”

The Bigger Picture: The Animal, the Internet, and “Darkon”

Arend Anton June 4, 2009 10

I’ve often written in this column about the state of film criticism and the Internet. It might seem strange that I, an online film columnist, feel I have the authority to judge something I

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The Bigger Picture: In Defense of McG: Or, Why I’m Not a Movie Critic

The Bigger Picture: In Defense of McG: Or, Why I’m Not a Movie Critic

Arend Anton May 25, 2009 14

When our esteemed editor and retired slow jam artist Jeff Giles first asked me to contribute to this site, he wanted me to contribute as a movie critic. I believe what he wanted was

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