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PTA and DDL Teaming Up for 1950s Fashion Design Drama

September 8, 2025 by Christopher ZF Leave a Comment

There will be fabric. Probably.

Filed Under: Featured, Movies Tagged With: Daniel Day-Lewis, Fashion Design, Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood

The Stake Podcast - Boogie Nights

November 24, 2025 by thestakemag Leave a Comment

Everyone is given one special thing…

Filed Under: Featured, Stake Podcast Tagged With: Burt Reynolds, Dirk Diggler, Film, Julianne Moore, Mark Wahlberg, Paul Thomas Anderson, Pornography, Quentin Tarantino

First trailer for Inherent Vice is here!

September 30, 2025 by Andrew DeYoung Leave a Comment

It has a bit of a Big Lebowski feel.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: Inherent Vice, Paul Thomas Anderson

Save Me: My Magnolia Obsession

August 26, 2025 by Andrew DeYoung 1 Comment

Magnolia was my favorite movie of all time before I’d ever even seen it.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: 1999, American Beauty, Fight Club, Magnolia, Paul Thomas Anderson

Brian K. Vaughan talks Saga’s end

January 22, 2025 by Christopher ZF 1 Comment

Brian K. Vaughan says he knows where Saga is going.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Image Comics, Paul Thomas Anderson, Saga

Review: P.T. Anderson’s The Master

October 25, 2025 by Christopher ZF 3 Comments

I don’t know how to read this film

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Amy Adams, Joaquin Phoenix, movies, Paul Thomas Anderson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Reviews, The Master

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