Tag: Time Loop

The time loop is a perfect story engine: repetition with variation, stakes with a reset button, and character growth as the only exit. This tag collects reviews of time loop films and what the structure teaches storytellers.

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Bureaucracy

Science Fiction Part 6 – The Dependable

The sixth tier of the science fiction ranking. Cronenberg, Garland, Wise and Frakes, plus the television that earned its place.

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Fiction Writing

Action Films Part 5 – The Solid Craft

The fifth tier of the action ranking. Vaughn, Kosinski, Evans and Mangold, plus the Marvel entries that work and the remakes that understood which parts were load-bearing.

Action film montage featuring scenes from Aliens, RoboCop, Die Hard 2, and other classic action movies from the 1980s and

Fiction Writing

Action Films Part 4 – The Very Good

The fourth tier of the action ranking. Cameron, Verhoeven, Frankenheimer, Russell and Costner, plus the superhero films that built a franchise and the sequels that knew what they could not be.

A collage of film stills from thriller movies including scenes from Die Hard, Parasite, and other films featured in the

Fiction Writing

Thrillers Part 4 – The Very Good

The fourth tier of the thriller ranking. Bong, Peele, Villeneuve, Fincher and Pakula, plus the small-budget science fiction and the sequels that knew what they were.

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Film List

The MCU Phase 3 – The Payoff

All eleven Phase 3 films in release order with scores. The first six average 6.0 and the four conventionally rated films that close it average 4.5, which is where the decline starts.

A groundhog stands on snow or dirt in front of a crowd, casting a shadow on Groundhog Day.

February

Groundhog Day: When a Story Overwrote a Tradition

The forecast is worthless and the tradition is a century old. Then a film came out and the phrase stopped meaning the custom entirely, which almost never happens.

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Bedazzled (1967 / 2000), Contrast film poster

Comedy

Bedazzled (1967 / 2000), Contrast Review

The Bedazzled property exists in two substantial film adaptations across approximately thirty-three years. The 1967 British production directed by Stanley.