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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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Give Dino De Laurentiis’ 1976 ‘King Kong’ Its (Limited) Due
When you hear the words King Kong, what do you think of? Is it the glorious stop-motion animated creature, climbing…
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Why ‘Flight of the Navigator’ Speaks to the Little Kid in All of Us
Randal Kleiser’s “Flight of the Navigator” opens with one of the great 1980s music montages. We don’t simply get a…
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‘Space Jam’ – A Beloved Basketball Classic … and Synergy Gone Wild
Before we let our nostalgia for all things “Space Jam” (1996) dictate our feelings for the movie itself, let’s not…
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‘Blue Velvet’ at 35: The Masterful Shocks Haven’t Aged a Day
I like to take walks outside during the night. Not the type Patsy Cline once sang about (“…I go walking,…
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How Disney’s ‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ Broke Some, Not All, of the Rules
Adapting Victor Hugo’s “The Hunchback of Notre Dame” into an animated musical, let alone a family film bearing the Walt…
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How Rob Reiner’s ‘Stand By Me’ Saved Stephen King Movies
Rob Reiner’s “Stand By Me” (1986) was a major turning point, both for the director and the state of Stephen…
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How ‘Cable Guy’ Went from Flop to Jim Carrey Cult Classic
Ben Stiller’s “The Cable Guy” was ahead of its time and too hip for the room in 1996. Arriving not…
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‘Point Break’ – The Ultimate Summer Movie?
In the opening scenes of Kathryn Bigelow’s “Point Break” (1991), a rapturous day of surf is intercut with a gun…
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‘T2’ at 30: Cameron Says We’re Doomed
There’s a contemplative moment in James Cameron’s “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” where Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Terminator and humanity’s last hope, John…
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