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Off the Beaten Path

Off the Beaten Path | Star Trek: The Animated Series S1

June 17, 2021June 16, 2021 Joseph MacMaster

Now I bet some of you are asking “Joe, why are you covering a Star Trek show for Off the Beaten Path? Dune based posts

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Off the Beaten Path | Frank Herbert’s Dune

May 14, 2021July 9, 2021 Joseph MacMaster

All right folks, it’s time for a fresh Off the Beaten Path review. This time, I’m dipping my toes back into the well of literary miniseries adaptations

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Off the Beaten Path | Undone S1

April 20, 2021April 19, 2021 Joseph MacMaster

It’s 420 y’all, so it’s time we celebrate this highest of holidays with an abundance of the legal cannabis riches our state of Illinois can

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Off the Beaten Path | V: The Final Battle

February 23, 2021April 18, 2021 Joseph MacMaster

On this Off the Beaten Path review, I cover V: The Final Battle, the disappointing sequel miniseries to V: The Original Miniseries

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Off the Beaten Path | Golan the Insatiable S1

February 3, 2021April 18, 2021 Joseph MacMaster

For the first Off the Beaten Path review of 2021, I cover the animated sitcom Golan the Insatiable S1, a show that should have been so much more.

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My List(s) of the Best Episodes of TV I’ve Seen in 2020

January 1, 2021April 21, 2021 Joseph MacMaster

A couple of lists about what episodes of TV I watched in 2020 that I considered the best and most memorable.

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Off the Beaten Path | The Stand (1994)

December 16, 2020April 18, 2021 Joseph MacMaster

For the last Off the Beaten Path review of 2020, I’m covering the 1994 adaptation of Stephen King’s post-apocalyptic fantasy epic The Stand.

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Off the Beaten Path | Jean-Claude Van Johnson

December 2, 2020January 20, 2021 Joseph MacMaster

On this Off the Beaten Path, I cover Jean-Claude Van Johnson, an action dramedy about Jean-Claude Van Damme that may be one of the best things I watched in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Off the Beaten Path | Blood Drive

October 31, 2020April 18, 2021 Joseph MacMaster

For this Halloween special edition of Off the Beaten Path, I cover the 2017 one season wonder/grindhouse homage Blood Drive, one of the filthiest and most depraved shows ever aired on basic cable.

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Off the Beaten Path | Wellington Paranormal S1

October 14, 2020January 20, 2021 Joseph MacMaster

For this bite-sized Off the Beaten Path review, I kick off the Halloween season with the first season of Wellington Paranormal, the first spin-off of the modern horror-comedy classic What We Do In the Shadows.

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DPs trying to eliminate shadows they created by el DPs trying to eliminate shadows they created by eliminating other shadows

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Focus pullers when asked if the last take was in f Focus pullers when asked if the last take was in focus

“One more and we got it”
With Clerks III coming this fall, it’s important With Clerks III coming this fall, it’s important to revisit what started it all: Clerks (1994). Some of the best comedy dialogue of all time, in the simplest setting imaginable. Classics can be made on a budget… #clerks #movie #chicagofilmscene
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“That animal turned inside out, and then it expl “That animal turned inside out, and then it exploded!?” Just one of the many classic lines from the surprise critical success, Galaxy Quest (1999)
Pirate Radio… or The Boat That Rocked in its nat Pirate Radio… or The Boat That Rocked in its native English (2009). Widely panned, average acting, morally questionable, and yet a classic nonetheless.
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We had some laughs at the Millennial Impossible showing at the Arrogant Frog on Wednesday! Written and directed by Chris Stone and Matthew Hill. Produced by Chris Stone and Ron Groves.

Last picture/comedy enigma courtesy of Dale Fanella

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Worst hot take of all time?

Jonathan Weisberg@jweisber

Scorsese, Spielberg, Tarantino... they're master story tellers with the sensibilities of children. Scorsese's obssession with gangsters is 14 year old boys' stuff. You can admire their talent without lauding their juvenile material. Maybe then we'd get some actual grown up movies

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DPs trying to eliminate shadows they created by eliminating other shadows

“Hmm. Now there’s a little shadow over there”

#filmmaking #film #meme #filmmeme #filmsetmemes #DP

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Focus pullers when asked if the last take was in focus

“One more and we got it”

#film #memes #filmmemes #filmset

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With Clerks III coming this fall, it’s important to revisit what started it all: Clerks (1994). Some of the best comedy dialogue of all time, in the simplest setting imaginable. Classics can be made on a budget…

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