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Baby’s First Horror Movie:<\/strong>\u00a0Have a young, aspiring horror writer or filmmaker on your hands? Give them the gift of ParaNorman, which, Matt Donato argues, is the perfect starting point for kids getting into horror. – \/Film<\/a><\/p>\n Buff(i)ed & Polished: <\/strong>Buffy the Vampire Slayer<\/em>. Cruel Intentions<\/em>. Southland Tales<\/em>. Justine Smith argues it’s high time we give Sarah Michelle Gellar the respect as an actress she’s due. – Birth.Movies.Death.<\/a><\/p>\n It’s Chrises All the Way Down:<\/strong> In case you’re not aware, the team over at Pajiba has been busy putting together a Best Chris March Madness bracket. Choose wisely. There can be only one. – Pajiba<\/a><\/p>\n 50 Shades of Grave:<\/strong> Horror has always relied, perhaps more than any genre, on the use of color to tell its stories. Fifteen writers share what horror movies they think did it best. – The Young Folks<\/a><\/p>\n Fade Out:<\/strong> Over the past few seasons, Game of Thrones<\/em> has sidelined Tyrion Lannister. Inkoo Kang explores: Have they done our boy dirty? Or is the show actually better off because of it? – Slate<\/a><\/p>\n Cthulhu Fhtagn!:<\/strong> This is fun. The mad wizards behind The Sinking City<\/em> have made a Chrome extension that replaces political names and terms with words from Lovecraftian mythology. Why read about Trump when you can read about Cthulhu instead? – Dread Central\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Hell Yeah, History:<\/strong> Hellboy is out this weekend and Kieran Fisher dives into the history and pop culture that inspired the already-legendary comic book hero. – Film School Rejects<\/a><\/p>\n Bend The Force:<\/strong> This is nutty, but bear with her: Rosie Knight explores how Avatar: The Last Airbender<\/em> offers a blueprint of a possible path of redemption for Kylo Ren in The Rise of Skywalker<\/em>. Yes, really. – Nerdist<\/a><\/p>\n Bonus Content:<\/strong> Dive back into the many layers of Us<\/em> with Rebecca Theodore-Vachon’s The Spectrum Lounge<\/em> podcast:<\/p>\n It\u2019s live! Listen to my roundtable deep dive of #UsMovie<\/a> w\/ guests @JustLatasha404<\/a> @TheNYCFilmChick<\/a> @kyalbr<\/a> @JLBarrow<\/a> on #TheSpectrumLounge<\/a>: — Rebecca Theodore-Vachon (@FilmFatale_NYC) April 2, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n
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