Category Archives: Movies

Reboot, the 2018 edition

Posted on January 1, 2018 by Daniel McFadin

A blog post you definitely were not waiting 13 months to read. Continue reading →

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An evening with Carrie Fisher, ‘compulsive divulger’

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Daniel McFadin

A year ago me and a couple thousand of my closest friends got to spend time with Carrie Fisher. Continue reading →

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Remember that one song from the “Inspector Gadget” movie?

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Daniel McFadin

I’m the guy most likely to start a sentence with “Did you know it’s been 5 years since….” Continue reading →

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My Journey to The Force Awakens

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Daniel McFadin

I revisit the last three years of waiting for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Continue reading →

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This is My Spotify Life, Part 2

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Daniel McFadin

A musical journey from a Pizza Hut in Jonesboro, Arkansas to a Domino’s Pizza in India in the summer of 2012. Continue reading →

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This is My Spotify Life, Part 1

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Daniel McFadin

Remembering life one song at a time with a Spotify playlist. Continue reading →

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You know you’re nearly broke when…

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Daniel McFadin

What I’ve done for the last month while waiting to get paid. Continue reading →

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Chris Pratt and his ‘phantasmagorical’ career moment

Posted on January 27, 2015 by Daniel McFadin

With the rumors that Chris Pratt could one day crack Indiana Jones’ whip, I revisited the day last July when I asked the actor what it was like during a very special moment in his career. He called it “phantasmagorical.” Continue reading →

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What I didn’t blog (enough) about in 2014

Posted on January 7, 2015 by Daniel McFadin

I didn’t have time to write about everything in 2014. So I decided to barnstorm through some of topics that mattered to me on some level or just kept nagging at the back of my mind. Continue reading →

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Watching TFIOS with its target audience

Posted on June 7, 2014 by Daniel McFadin

While sitting in Theater One at the Landmark 12 cinema on Keystone Ave Thursday night, preparing to watch one of the earliest public viewings of “The Fault in Our Star” in order to review it for Indianapolis Monthly, I noticed one major thing: I was in the minority.

As a 23-year-old, male college student who has been reading John Green’s novels since his junior year of high school, it was clear I was not the movie’s target audience. Continue reading →

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