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Why ‘Fantastic Four’ Fizzled the First Time Around
Tim Story’s “Fantastic Four” (2005) was the first big-budget adaptation of Marvel’s “The Fantastic Four.” It arrived 20 years ago…
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‘Oh, Hi!’ Takes Rom-Coms in Bracing New Direction
Sophie Brooks’ “Oh, Hi!” gets its title from a cornball pun on Ohio and a sign visible in a small…
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How Penn’s ‘Crossing Guard’ Brought Out Best in Nicholson
Sean Penn’s “The Crossing Guard” (1995) marked the star’s second film as writer/director (the first being 1991’s “The Indian Runner”)…
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‘Wonder Boys’ at 25: The College Mindset, Defined
Curtis Hanson’s “Wonder Boys” (2000) is my college movie, the film I look to when I think back to not…
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‘Explorers’ at 40: How Joe Dante Captured Childhood Awe, Wonder
If “The Goonies” was written by Carl Sagan, it might have resembled “Explorers,” the 1985 fantasy that director Joe Dante…
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‘Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure’ at 40: This Man-Child Never Grows Old
“Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure” (1985), Tim Burton’s debut feature film, is a perfect synchronization of star and filmmaker. Burton, the wunderkind…
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How ‘DC League of Super-Pets’ Laps Gunn’s ‘Superman’
“DC League of Super-Pets” has become the underrated and not automatically remembered entry in the “Superman” film franchise. That’s funny,…
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‘King Lear’ – The Shakespeare Adaptation Unlike Any Other
Jean-Luc Godard’s “King Lear” (1987) has been rescued by The Criterion Collection. The home video distribution company cleaned up the…
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Is ‘Amusement Park’ George A. Romero’s Creepiest Film?
George A. Romero’s “The Amusement Park” (1974) is the real deal, the kind of horror film that hits hard and…
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Why Kevin Smith’s ‘Dogma’ Remains Deeply Misunderstood
Kevin Smith’s “Dogma” (1999) was the fourth film from the breakthrough New Jersey indie filmmaker and easily his most controversial.…
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