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Tasha Robinson
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Tasha Robinson is currently the Film and TV Editor at The Verge, and the co-host of the Next Picture Show podcast, alongside A.V. Club veterans Scott Tobias, Keith Phipps, and Genevieve Koski.
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The problem with biopics is that people’s lives don’t easily reduce to 120 minutes of film. While it’s not…
In upcoming movie release Legend, Tom Hardy portrays both villainous Kray brothers. In doing so, he tackles that…
The archetype of the “final girl,” or “survivor girl,” has been much celebrated, subject to academic studies and revi…
Late in the Maze Runner sequel The Scorch Trials, generic YA protagonist Thomas (Teen Wolf’s Dylan O’Brien) chooses…
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Though everyone knows getting old is about taking more pills, watching Fox News, and going to bed at 6:30 p.m.,…