Posts by Sam Boyce

Welcome to the Internet   Well hello again yourpopfiltramps! I’d like to introduce you to our shiny new feature article: Welcome to the Internet, where I do the web surfing so you can do the couch surfing! Every other week or so I’ll be dumping the newest and best silly shit the internet has to…

Welcome back stalwart readers. Had a bit of a hiatus there, huh? I know you all miss my semi-meta rantings and ravings on the subject of movies and movie-makers so this installment will be the most meta yet! If you already like my criticism of film as a general art form wait until you hear…

Welcome back Yourpopfiltroids. This time we’re tackling an issue I’ve long put off but deserves treatment nonetheless. Politics find their way into movies far too often, no matter what your philosophy dictates.   Politics Humans are political animals. We can’t really do much of anything without some level of “politics” becoming involved. From “How do…

Hope everyone enjoyed The Academy Awards! Big surprise with <insert controversial award pic later>, huh?! And of course the writing awards went to <insert Original Screenplay> and <insert Adapted Screenplay>, as expected/bit of a surprise there/holy crap, really? Silver Linings Playbook?!? Writing a movie is tough and all the writers of those films nominated deserve…

I hope everyone enjoyed the Grammys last night (as mandated by the MPAA). Award shows are funny aren’t they? All that pageantry and pizazz just to hand out some heavy, strangely shaped objects. There’s never any skits and relatively little joking when they give out medals after a marathon. But maybe that’s because you know…

Welcome back! In this installment we give film-makers a break and go after a different group that gives them shit: the MPAA.   Film Ratings Everyone knows how the rating system works for movies. From G to NC-17 a letter/number combination lets you know what you’re getting into as a potential audience member. If it’s…

There Will Be Tears / Why Are They British? Welcome back humble readers. I hope you enjoyed reading nerdy rants about science and technology in movies but now we’re going to switch gears… twice! There Will Be Tears Everyone knows movies will make you laugh and cry, but have you ever wondered why? (Yeah, that…