Barry Wurst
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Why ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ Isn’t About Who You Think It Is
Ferris Bueller is the reason I ruined my chance at getting into a posh private school. Here’s what happened --…
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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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‘Dead-End Drive-In’ Earned Cult Status the Old-Fashioned Way
Brian Trenchard-Smith’s “Dead-End Drive-In” depicts a “Pleasure Island” angle right out of “Pinocchio.” It’s a lawless place of joy and…
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‘Dragonheart’ Remains an FX Treat … but Not Much Else
Hundreds of years after the era of Camelot, a valiant knight named Bowen (Dennis Quaid) acts as mentor to a…
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Why ‘Joy Ride’ Is Far More than a Straight to Video Franchise Starter
John Dahl’s “Joy Ride” is an A-grade B-movie deserving of reconsideration, not simply because it’s so good at what it…
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‘Cruella’ Should Never Have Happened in the First Place
Dr. Hannibal Lecter, the frightening serial killer at the heart of Thomas Harris’ “The Silence of the Lambs,” is one…
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‘New Order’ Offers Crash Course in Cinematic Punishment
Michel Franco’s “New Order” begins brilliantly, with a stylized montage that hints at the chaos to come. We see glimpses…
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‘L.A. Story’ Gave Us the Complete Steve Martin Experience
The strongest element of the Steve Martin-penned and Mick Jackson-directed “L.A. Story” isn’t just how funny the jokes are but…
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John Carpenter and Kurt Russell’s Great ‘Escapes’
The one time I ever went to the World Trade Center was in 1993 at the insistence of my father,…
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‘Woman in the Window’ Lives Down to All That Bad Buzz
Joe Wright’s “The Woman in the Window” was a “problem” movie long before it got dumped on Netflix this week.…
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