Movies (And Other Things)

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

One of the chapters, for example, answers which race Kevin Costner was able to white savior the best, because did you know that he white saviors Mexican Americans inMcFarland, USA, and white saviors Native Americans inDances With Wolves, and white saviors African Americans inBlack or White, and white saviors the Cleveland Browns inDraft Day?

Another of the chapters, for a second example, answers what other high school movie characters would be in Regina George's circle of friends if we opened up theMean Girlsuniverse to include other movies (Johnny Lawrence is temporarily in, Claire fromThe Breakfast Clubis in, Ferris Bueller is out, Isis fromBring It Onis out...).

Another of the chapters, for a third example, creates a special version of the Academy Awards specifically for rom-coms, the most underrated movie genre of all.

And another of the chapters, for a final example, is actual a triple chapter that serves as an NBA-style draft of the very best and most memorable moments in gangster movies (remember the "Funny how?" scene inGoodfellas).

Many, many things happen inMovies (And Other Things), some of which funny, others of which are sad, a few of which are insightful, and all of which are handled with the type of care and dedication to the smallest details and pockets of pop culture that only a book by Shea Serrano can provide.