21 in Blackjack is about gauging the odds and forcing the dealer to bust. The film is similar in that it is about the tension of the America that was, the promise of what is, and the technological hellscape it might become.

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Commentary meets script doctoring when we break down films to explore the foundations of good storytelling, dig into character journeys and see what is hiding under the layers of the movies we love (or hate) to watch.

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Why Bull Durham is a seminal feminist piece about the biblical integration of the mind, body, and soul... and also about dinging home runs.

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For lovers of cinema who want to hear what happens when a cinephile corners a filmmaker and makes them talk.

Commentary meets script doctoring when we break down films to explore the foundations of good storytelling, dig into character journeys and see what is hiding under the layers of the movies we love (or hate) to watch.

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Why War Dogs is less about war (and practically nothing about dogs) and more about not lying to the people in your life that really matter: the Russian mother of your child and your Albanian cardboard guy.

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For lovers of cinema who want to hear what happens when a cinephile corners a filmmaker and makes them talk.

Commentary meets script doctoring when we break down films to explore the foundations of good storytelling, dig into character journeys and see what is hiding under the layers of the movies we love (or hate) to watch.

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