Tag: Cohen
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Futurama’s Three Greatest Guest Stars, According To The Series’ Co-Creator
Because “Futurama” is set 1,000 years in the future, show creators David X. Cohen and Matt Groening had to invent a sci-fi conceit that would provide an organic reason to include celebrity cameos. Thanks to a special fluid, human heads can be kept alive in jars more or less indefinitely. In the very first episode,…
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Two Fan-Favorite Futurama Characters Came Close To Getting Their Own Spin-Off
“Futurama” is a show that has had several different lives throughout its existence, which now extends for close to 25 years. One thing the beloved animated series has never had though? A spin-off. But it wasn’t for a lack of discussing such a thing, and it turns out a spin-off series came close to happening…
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Michael Bay Almost Ruined This Colin Farrell Movie
Not a lot of movies can claim a three-decade development process, but long before Joel Schumacher took the reins of the 2003 single-location thriller Phone Booth, Alfred Hitchcock was trying to make it in the ’60s. When long-time screenwriter and B-movie director Larry Cohen pitched Hitchcock on the idea of a movie set completely in…
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‘Every Body’ Review: Julie Cohen’s Documentary is An Empathetic Exploration of Intersex Experience
Despite the wealth of powerful queer documentaries, few films have taken a specific look at the “I” in Lgbtqia+. Exploring the complexities of the intersex experience, director Julie Cohen’s Every Body seeks to amend this absence. For those unfamiliar with her work, Cohen is most well-known for her collaborations with co-director, Betsy West. As a…