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<\/p>\nI am quite pleased to announce that this is the 100th Smug Film post! Woo! We began on January 7th, 2013 and we\u2019ve been cranking \u2018em out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday since then\u2014never missing a single day. It\u2019s been a lot of work, but it\u2019s also been an absolute blast, and we couldn\u2019t be prouder of our output thus far.<\/p>\n
Chances are, you haven\u2019t read every single one of our posts, and that\u2019s fine; with so many, it\u2019s certainly not expected. But any self-respecting fan of our work should have read the following posts. And if you\u2019re completely new here, this list is a great place start:<\/p>\n
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Mrs. Doubtfire Is One Of The Greatest Super Hero Movies Ever Made<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n Stone Reader: This Review Does Not Contain Spoilers, Read It And Go Watch The Movie<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Greg gets a lot of shit on the internet for some of his more controversial and hyperbolic opinions on film, and is thought of by some as a trollish philistine. In actuality, he loves movies\u2014he just has highly specific taste. Taste you can certainly learn from, if you can learn to simply roll your eyes when you encounter stuff he says that you disagree with, and keep reading for the pearls of wisdom.<\/p>\n In particular, he\u2019s a goddamn encyclopedia when it comes to documentaries\u2014especially phenomenal ones that, for whatever reason, haven\u2019t seen much light of day. One of his very favorites is Stone Reader, and for those of you who may think Greg has a stone for a heart, this impassioned review may cause you to think otherwise.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n An Interview with John D\u2019Amico of \u2018Shot Context\u2019<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n I first encountered John\u2019s wonderful website when a stranger linked to it on some movie message board online. I clicked the link and my eyes went wide. I was hooked at first sight. I must\u2019ve spent an hour clicking around the lovingly cataloged homages, ripoffs, and coincidences throughout movie history.<\/p>\n What began as a simple interview quickly became an illicit love affair. Me and John hit it off and became movie buddies and good friends. Not long after that, he began contributing posts to Smug Film. He\u2019s a lover of all eras of cinema, and that comes through in spades in lists of his such as Treasures From The Warner Archive<\/a> and 10 Audacious Zombie Movies<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Idea Of What A Movie Is<\/a> \/ A Rebuttal<\/a> \/ A Rebuttal To A Rebuttal<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Greg and John do not see eye to eye. They\u2019ve never met one another, and I\u2019m convinced if they actually met, they\u2019d get along fine, but they\u2019re quite polar opposites when it comes to movies. Which isn\u2019t to say that there aren\u2019t movies they both like\u2014I just mean that how they feel about film, on a macro level, is very different. To see what I\u2019m talking about, read this saga, which got quite a deal of traction on the internet, amongst people that like talking about movies on the internet. The general consensus on the net seems to be that Greg is a doofus (which is ridiculous) and John is brilliant. I think both are brilliant in their own way. Both help me look at movies in ways I\u2019ve never looked at them before, and I adore their contributions to this site, and adore them as friends too.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jurassic Park Was Almost Ruined By The Technology That Made It Possible<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n But I\u2019ve been talking about Greg and John and me too much. There\u2019s another member of the main Smug Film crew, and that is Alex, who has been with us from the start. He\u2019s kind of the George Harrison of the four of us: not so much in the spotlight, just keeping to himself, throwin\u2019 down awesome posts every few weeks. Alex is practically a geologist, so he doesn\u2019t get much time to post, but when he does, he always does a great job.<\/p>\n This is me and Greg\u2019s favorite of his posts, but there are bunch of others that are wonderful too. (I particularly love his very first post, where he tears Meek\u2019s Cutoff to shreds<\/a>. It\u2019s better than me and Greg\u2019s first posts, by a wide margin.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n How ‘Parenthood’ Saved My Life<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n We\u2019ve also been lucky to have many wonderful guest contributors. People who dug the site and wanted to try their hand at a piece or two. This is a touching, deeply personal essay from one such person. Someone with an extraordinarily unique relationship to their favorite movie. I\u2019m very glad she decided to share her story with us.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The Blind Side Opened My Eyes<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Robert Kingett is another writer we were honored to meet, and provide a soapbox for. Robert is a blind film critic from Chicago who, until a few years ago, hadn\u2019t watched many movies. But when Audio Description came around, that all changed. Now he watches and writes about as many as he can. His experience with The Blind Side is a fascinating read.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Advice Column #9<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n Aside from reviews, essays, lists, and interviews, we also offer advice here at this wonderful site of ours.. So if you have a movie-related question, send it in and we\u2019ll tackle it! (Here\u2019s the form to do that<\/a>.)<\/p>\n This is probably the longest and most thorough answer we\u2019ve given. Actually, it\u2019s probably tied with #10<\/a> in that regard, but this one definitely has the single most movie recommendations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 10 Subtitled Movies For People Who Don\u2019t Like Subtitles<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n The most regular of our guest contributors, and the first female to contribute to the site, is Jenna Ipcar. I\u2019ve known her since kindergarten but it wasn\u2019t until the last few years that we really bonded on movies. She got into them pretty hardcore and has certainly given me a run for my money. She watches them all the damn time. And she has very unique takes\u2014I can never predict whether or not she\u2019ll like something.<\/p>\n I could\u2019ve picked any one of her posts to feature here, they\u2019re all solid, but this one has a shout out to me in it, so there ya go.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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