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My Top 25 Films of The 2010s

Because I’m feeling nostalgic for the decade long passed (about a week ago.)

5 min readJan 8, 2020

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My Top 25 Films of The 2010s

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Game of Thrones Concludes With “The Iron Throne,” But Struggles To Answer: What Was The Point?

A perfectly cromulent series finale for a show that, sadly, didn’t quite know what it wanted to say anymore.

18 min readMay 21, 2019

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Game of Thrones Concludes With “The Iron Throne,” But Struggles To Answer: What Was The Point?

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Game of Thrones Utterly Fails To Deliver Its Show-Altering Tragedy With “The Bells”

A staggering technical achievement, once again in service of a storyline that has truly lost its way.

17 min readMay 14, 2019

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Game of Thrones Utterly Fails To Deliver Its Show-Altering Tragedy With “The Bells”

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“The Last of the Starks” Or, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Game of Thrones

It was all leading up to this…whether we like it or not.

12 min readMay 9, 2019

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“The Last of the Starks” Or, The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Game of Thrones

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The 12 Best Moments of Avengers: Endgame

19 min readMay 7, 2019

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The 12 Best Moments of Avengers: Endgame

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For Game of Thrones,”The Long Night” Was Always Doomed To Disappoint

…So we should probably just appreciate that it’s as relatively satisfying as it is.

15 min readApr 30, 2019

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For Game of Thrones,”The Long Night” Was Always Doomed To Disappoint

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Quality Aside, Buckle Up: This Is Going To Be An Unforgettable Weekend In The History of Pop…

5 min readApr 26, 2019

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Quality Aside, Buckle Up: This Is Going To Be An Unforgettable Weekend In The History of Pop…

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Game of Thrones Presents “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And…

It’s okay for a show that you’ve watched nearly 75 episodes of to give you what you want as it approaches its end…even if that show is…

9 min readApr 23, 2019

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Game of Thrones Presents “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And…

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“Winterfell” Is A Slow Paced, Table Setting Start To Game of Thrones’ Final Season — As It Should…

Game of Throne’s Season 8 premiere doesn’t stun with huge revelations or big action sequences…but I would argue that’s a GOOD thing.

10 min readApr 16, 2019

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“Winterfell” Is A Slow Paced, Table Setting Start To Game of Thrones’ Final Season — As It Should…

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Matthew Legarreta
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The Rise of Skywalker Trailer Was Barely Released 24 Hours Ago, But You Better Bet The Star Wars…

J.J. Abrams is either bringing redemption to a shattered franchise, or destroying every good thing in it.

7 min readApr 13, 2019

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Matthew Legarreta

Matthew Legarreta

I write about movies, TV, video games, et al., for the Medium website Freshly Popped Culture. I am an expert at finishing bios with plenty of characters to spa-

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