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Welcome to my site! My name is Andrea Thompson, and I’m a writer, editor, and film critic who is a member of the Chicago Indie Critics and also the founder and director of the Film Girl Film Festival, which you can find more info about at filmgirlfilm.com! I have no intention of becoming any less obsessed with cinema, comics, or nerdom in general.

A Title Becomes a Self-fulling Prophecy in the Vicioiusly Regressive Comedy ‘The End of Sex’

A Title Becomes a Self-fulling Prophecy in the Vicioiusly Regressive Comedy ‘The End of Sex’

The title of the comedy The End of Sex could’ve meant a lot of things. Or maybe just a few, some of them positive: playful, ironic, or at least heartfelt. It certainly didn’t need to be so dire a warning, a prediction, or by the time it finally reaches its conclusion, so vicious.

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They Don’t Make ‘Em Much Stranger Than ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’

They Don’t Make ‘Em Much Stranger Than ‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’

‘Hellraiser’ Aims To Wreak Havoc, But Ends up Just Raising Heck

‘Hellraiser’ Aims To Wreak Havoc, But Ends up Just Raising Heck