Top 5 Reasons to Watch Fargo the TV Show

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    1) Colin Hanks gets BIG Let's get the obvious out of the way.  He looks remarkably like his remarkably adorable father.  Every time I see him on screen, I think about the entire Hanks family. Did Tom teach his son any secret acting tips? Is Rita Wilson good in bed? Why won't they answer my letters? JK. But it's a delight to watch Colin not only for the nostalgia effect of seeing a young Tom Hanks but also because he is turning into a great little actor himself. 2) Billy Bob is Back Creepy McCreeperstein. Billy Bob is phenomenal in this role. As a minimalist villain, his slow and methodical movements make me think of Javier Bardem in…
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Top 5 Moments from Breaking Bad’s Ozymandias

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1) Left to Right. Right to Left. I studied for a summer at the well-known Northwestern Cherub Theater Program and learned a tremendous amount about stage dynamics. One thing in particular I learned: a human being will prefer to watch something panning left to right because it is the direction in which the eye reads. Watching anything or anyone move right to left is therefore intrinsically more uncomfortable for us and therefore clouds that moment in subliminal tension and anxiety. Check out the many times they used this fabulous move. a) When Jesse is wrestled into the car to his doom he is pulled from right to left across Walter White b) When Walter's car is full of gas he travels…
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