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‘Blair Witch’ at 25: Found-Footage Shocker Still Gives Us the Creeps
Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez’s “The Blair Witch Project” (1999) was not the first horror film to utilize the “found…
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‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ Is the Anti-‘Godzilla Minus One’
Adam Wingard’s “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” is silly, exciting and astonishing in its lack of originality. It cobbles…
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Best of the Wurst – 2023 Movies in Review
The best movies of 2023, in descending order… ‘Ferrari’ Most of Michael Mann’s films don’t immediately connect and typically require…
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Why ‘Far and Away’ Remains a Lumbering but Raw Experience
Ron Howard’s “Far and Away” (1992) seemingly aims, right from the opening moments, to declare itself as the most Irish…
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Defending ‘Nothing But Trouble’ … Really
“Nothing But Trouble” (1991) begins in such a familiar way, it allows the audience to get comfortable, let their guard…
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‘Twister’ at 25: Small IQ, Huge Thrills
Twenty-five years ago, a legendary summer movie season began with a storm. May 10th 1996 kicked off with the arrival…
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Do We Owe Tom Green’s ‘Freddy Got Fingered’ an Apology?
At the start of the twentieth century, Tom Green was known as one of the most popular comedy pranksters working,…
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How Scorsese’s ‘Cape Fear’ Did More Than Trump Original
Martin Scorsese’s “Cape Fear” is a remake of a good movie, the 1962 Robert Mitchum/Gregory Peck thriller of the same…
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‘The Crow’ at 25: How It Paved Way for Nolan’s Bat Trilogy
In March of 1993, while filming a scene for “The Crow,” a “blank” gun backfired and Brandon Lee, the charming…
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‘The Fugitive’ at 25: Why It’s Better Than Ever
Arriving at the tail end of the summer of 1993, “The Fugitive” seemed like a late-in-the-game long shot … until…
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