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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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