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Lisa Laman

About Lisa Laman

Lisa Laman is a life-long movie fan, writer, and Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic. In addition to her Features writing for Collider, her byline has been seen in outlets like Polygon, The Mary Sue, Fangoria, The Spool, and ScarleTeen. She has also presented original essays related to the world of cinema and pop culture at multiple academic conferences. Lisa's favorite kind of movies are anything that gets her soul stirred and her mind racing, though she does have a special fondness for musicals and anything anchored by lesbians. Residing both on the Autism spectrum and in Texas, Lisa is a lady who adores pugs, showtunes, the Wes Anderson movie Fantastic Mr. Fox, and any music by Carly Rae Jepsen.

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The Peak TV Model Is Officially Broken — And That’s a Good Thing

The Peak TV approach to realizing small-screen programming is dead, and that's a good thing for artists and viewers alike.

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The X-Men Movie That Killed Fox’s Franchise Isn’t the One You Think

The 2016 disaster movie destroyed audience interest in a once-robust comic book franchise.

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Ok, but Why Didn’t Taylor Swift Sing in ‘The Lorax’?

We are never ever ever getting over this — like, ever.

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The Best Amazon Studios Original Movies, Ranked

Sorry Justin Timberlake fans, 'Wonder Wheel' did not make this list.

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Does Taylor Swift Exist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?

Does the singer behind the biggest songs of the 21st century actually exist within this franchise?

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‘The Royal Hotel’ & ’The Assistant’ Hauntingly Depict Everyday Horrors

Kitty Green has now helmed two movies, both of which work astonishingly well in depicting the hardships of navigating daily misogyny.

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That Time Taylor Swift Got Third Billing on a Movie She Was Barely In

Back in 2014, Taylor Swift managed to score third billing on a movie she barely appeared in. How on Earth did that happen?

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Marvel Is Long Overdue for an Overhaul of Its Disney+ Shows

Marvel Studios is planning to change the way it produces its various Disney+ shows, but can these projects be salvaged?

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Why Has It Taken This Long to Get a Mainstream, Big Screen Judy Blume Adaptation?

With 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret?' out now, how did it take so long to get Blume's work on the screen?

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‘Loki’ Isn’t Ke Huy Quan’s First Foray With Marvel

Long before 'Loki' was on anyone's radar, Ke Huy Quan worked with Marvel on another live-action property.

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Tom Hanks’ Fake Dental Ad & Robin Williams’ AI Voice Have Us Concerned

And those are just the tip of the iceberg...

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2023 Is the Year We Apologize to Alden Ehrenreich

Alden Ehrenreich has always been talented, 2023 has just given us multiple chances to appreciate that range of talents.

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How Hulu Became the Unlikely Master of Horror

Hulu has stealthily come to dominate horror entertainment on the small screen, a genre that other streamers have struggled to nail.

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The Mission: Impossible Movie That Stands Alone Within Its Own Franchise

'Mission: Impossible III' is a messy yet fascinating anomaly in the Mission: Impossible saga.

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That Time the 'Smallville' Creators Tried to Make an Aquaman Show

In the mid-2000s, TV viewers almost got to experience a low-budget realistic vision of Aquaman from the Smallville creators.

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Why Did This One Martin Scorsese Movie Bomb So Badly?

Not every Martin Scorsese movie instantly gets called a masterpiece, but why did this Andrew Garfield movie flop so hard?

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What Studios Can Learn From the Highest-Grossing Western

‘Django Unchained’ rewrote the rules for Western box office trends and offered valuable lessons for Hollywood.

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Wasn’t Jeremy Renner Supposed to Take Over the Mission: Impossible Franchise?

As Ethan Hunt knows by now, not everything goes to plan!

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‘The King’s Speech’ Shares Its Set With a Movie That Will Shock You

Many movies have reused the same set...but no pair as strikingly different as these two films.

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The Four-Hour Mystery Drama That Will Make You Question Reality

'Trenque Lauquen' is a masterful cinematic exercise on many levels, but especially in exploring the gulf between reality and the stories we tell.

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