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Joe Pace
Jun 6, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #158: Willy Wonka
First, let's acknowledge Roald Dahl for the twisted, beautiful creative genius he was. He is best known for his off-center children's...
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Joe Pace
Jun 5, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #157: Dark Helmet
Satire movies are really a hit or miss phenomenon, with most winding up firmly in the miss column. For every Naked Gun or Airplane! there...
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Joe Pace
Jun 4, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #156: Rocky Balboa
I've never been a huge boxing fan. I can think of perhaps ten total minutes of real-time boxing I've watched, though I've seen my share...
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Joe Pace
Jun 3, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #155: Gwendolyn "Winnie" Cooper
The Wonder Years might have been about early adolescence in the late '60s and early '70s, but aside from fashions and home decor, it...
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Joe Pace
Jun 2, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #154: Lord Business
I've argued before that I believe we're in the midst of a golden age of children's movies. Walking into The Lego Movie, I didn't think I...
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Joe Pace
Jun 1, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #153: Goose
It's easy to look back thirty years ago and dismiss Top Gun as a big-budget exercise in masculine jingoism, a paean to American military...
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