Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed.
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Luke Y. Thompson
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A film critic since 1999, LYT started at the New Times alt-weekly chain and has written for many publications since, about movies, toys, fast food and general craziness.

Leprechaun does rap in one of his movies — but Freddy also had a whole LP where he talked over songs, was officially on a Fat Boys song, and unofficially on a Will Smith one. And Freddy hosted Freddy’s Nightmares. I grant there’s some competition, but I THINK he has the edge. Read more

Perhaps I should have been clearer that the character actually has an arrest record for scamming — but an outright, upfront, honestly fake psychic would be fun. Read more

when you say the store is “filled almost exclusively with merchandise available at other shops around the park,” do you mean UNavailable at other shops? Because it’s not very exclusive if it’s available elsewhere. Read more

No, for the first 30 minutes they don’t mention a service animal.
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His movie-length Danny Glover impersonation in Jumanji 3 is easily his greatest performance. Read more

Every MOTU toy collector remembers what we call “200X.” It is the incarnation that has best balanced the silly and the serious for many of us. Read more

Seems like one of those weird things akin to the way Fox and Disney used to be able to both use Quicksilver. Both the She-Ra cartoon and Revelation can clearly use the Horde, and Mondo’s toy license includes She-Ra. Yet aspects of the rights are clearly mutually exclusive in some areas. Read more

LOL. I ran the sentence construction by my wife, who often critiques my grammar obsessions, for a pass. I grant that it is not an absolute, and you may render judgment accordingly. Read more

On the one hand...mea culpa. On the other...when you see the movie, it kind of involves both at once? It made sense in my mind at the time! Read more

On the one hand...mea culpa. On the other...when you see the movie, it kind of involves both at once? It made sense in my mind at the time! Read more