Joe Pace
Favorite Fictional Characters, #244: Atalanta
There's been an effort in recent popular culture to create strong female characters (or, somewhat less inventively, to reimagine...
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Joe Pace
- Aug 30, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #243: Ryan Bingham
Sitting here at Logan Airport, waiting to fly back out west, I'm reminded of 2009's Up in the Air and lead character Ryan Bingham....
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Joe Pace
- Aug 29, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #242: Stripe
Gremlins is an iconic film to those of my vintage. Released on the same day in 1984 as Ghostbusters, it has the odd distinction of being...
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Joe Pace
- Aug 28, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #241: Blake
Alec Baldwin is onscreen for less than eight minutes in Mamet's film version of his play Glengarry Glen Ross. Seven minutes and eight...
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Joe Pace
- Aug 27, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #240: Doctor Who (The Fourth Doctor)
True confessions: I'm not a Doctor Who guy. I can count on one hand the episodes I've watched, with one major exception: Tom Baker's...
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Joe Pace
- Aug 26, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #239: Professor Roy Hinkley
Gilligan's Island was one of the more ludicrous sitcoms in an era of ludicrous sitcoms, rife with unanswerable questions. Why did they...
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Joe Pace
- Aug 25, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #238: Wreck-It Ralph
I've mentioned before that we are currently enjoying a true golden age of animated films, with unbounded artistic and dramatic creativity...
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Joe Pace
- Aug 24, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #237: Deadpool
It's been well-documented that movies from the Marvel universe are better than those from rival DC. Part of the reason is the organic...
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Joe Pace
- Aug 23, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #236: Martin Riggs
The Lethal Weapon movies were pretty standard buddy-cop fare, starting out gritty and trending more toward the humorous as the chemistry...
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Joe Pace
- Aug 22, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #235: Megara
The Disney treatment of Hercules is pretty thin, pitiful stuff, especially considering the wealth of primary source material. Hercules...
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Joe Pace
- Aug 21, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #234: Kesuke Miyagi
War hero. Widower. Maintenance man. Karate guru. Mr. Miyagi was all of these, a wise and competent teacher, and a loyal friend. He fights...
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Joe Pace
- Aug 20, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #233: Carl Fredricksen
Yeah, Carl is a grumpy old soul, clinging to his cramped homestead, obstructing progress. I do love a good curmudgeon, having known my...
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