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Shea Serrano is back again, and his new reserve, Movies (And Other Things), combines the fury of a John Wick shootout, the sly brilliance of Regina George keeping court in a cafeteria table, as well as the sheer power of a Denzel monologue, all into 1.

Movies (And Other Things) is a publication about, quite frankly, movies (and other things).

One of the chapters, for instance, answers which race Kevin Costner was able to white savior the best, because did you know that about Movies (And OTHER ACTIVITIES) he white saviors Mexicans in McFarland, USA, and white saviors Native People in america in Dances with Wolves, and white saviors Dark people in Black or White, and white saviors the Cleveland Browns in Draft Day?

Another of the chapters, for a second example, answers how many other high school film characters will be in Regina George’s circle of close friends if we opened up the Mean Women universe to include other films (Johnny Lawrence is certainly briefly in, Claire from your Breakfast Club is in, Ferris Bueller has gone out, Isis from Bring It On is out…). Another from the chapters, to get a third example, creates a special edition from the Academy Honours specifically for rom-coms, the most underrated film genre of most. And another from the chapters, for a final example, is truly a triple chapter that acts as an NBA-style draft of the extremely best & most memorable occasions in gangster films.

Many, many things happen in Movies (And Other Things), some of which funny, others which are unfortunate, some of that are insightful, and all of which are taken care of with the type of care and commitment to the tiniest details and pockets of pop tradition that only a book by Shea Serrano can provide.