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Every Sex Dream I’ve Had About the Pokémon in <i>Detective Pikachu</i>, Ranked

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Every Sex Dream I’ve Had About the Pokémon in Detective Pikachu, Ranked

May 28th, 2019 Davey Peppers

My therapist told me the best way to process my many sex dreams about the realistic CGI Pokémon from Pokémon: Detective Pikachu was to write about them and free myself from my shame. If Emma Watson can fall in love with a bear-goat-man in Beauty and the Beast, why can’t I enjoy fantasizing...

How <i>(500) Days of Summer</i> Kept Me from Becoming a Meninist

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How (500) Days of Summer Kept Me from Becoming a Meninist

Feb 27th, 2019 Davey Peppers

Like most self-absorbed teenage boys, my perspective on love in 2012 was complicated, to say the least. I was unattractive even by 14-year-old standards, I hadn’t had my first kiss, and every show or movie I got my hands on was about a nerdy guy with a beautiful girl. I felt like the story I had...

Davey Peppers Says Don't Forget: <i>Alpha</i>

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Davey Peppers Says Don't Forget: Alpha

Dec 26th, 2018 Davey Peppers

In a year that gave us The 15:17 to Paris and Gotti, the claim that the most heinous cinematic crime committed in 2018 was the trailer to Alpha is a bold one. However, it’s a bold one I stand by, because whoever made the decision that this brutal and beautiful survival drama should be marketed as...

Davey Peppers Says Don't Forget: <i>Thunder Road</i>

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Davey Peppers Says Don't Forget: Thunder Road

Dec 26th, 2018 Davey Peppers

If there was ever something to make me realize that pasty dudes talking about movies on Twitter wasn’t indicative of the rest of the world, it would be how few people know about, and have seen, Jim Cummings’ Thunder Road, a movie with so much spunk and fervor that it feels straight out of the...

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Oscar Predictions from Someone Who Definitely Went to the Fall Film Festivals, For Sure

Sep 18th, 2018 Davey Peppers

Like all film fans, I was ecstatic when the lineups for the Toronto, Venice, and Telluride film festivals were announced. There were so many movies to sink my teeth into that I knew I had to go. So, I set up a GoFundMe to pay for my trip, and agreed to write a report for Crooked Marquee. As it...

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A Look into Daniel Day-Lewis’ Day Planner

Apr 3rd, 2018 Davey Peppers

We got an exclusive look into the day(-lewis) planner of three-time Academy Award winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis now that he’s retired from acting. 5:45 a.m. Wake up. Notify doctor if I’ve had the dream where I get shot by John Wilkes Booth again. 6:00 a.m. See if Paul Thomas Anderson called...

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OPINION: MoviePass Is Completely Sustainable, Just Like My Marriage

Feb 20th, 2018 Davey Peppers

I’m a simple man. I’ve been married for 26 years, I have two wonderful daughters, and I like to sit back at the end of the week and lose myself in a great film. And while that’s gotten even easier with MoviePass, some people on the internet are saying that the subscription service can’t...