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Before the 1950s, filmmakers didn’t think about teenagers as anything other than adults-in-waiting—accessories to the adult characters in films. That changed circa the release of Nicholas Ray’s 1955 James Dean…
What exactly makes a movie a “classic” varies wildly and with the viewer, as does the appropriate timescale. For some, a movie from a decade ago might be eligible (I…
Superman 2 – Lois shoots a gun at Clark Restored Scene: Lois shoots Clark. There’s a (very) long version of the story of the dual production of Superman: The Movie…
My Father’s Dragon (Netflix) arrives Nov. 11 My Father’s Dragon | Official Trailer | Netflix If you, like me, long for the days where animation studios invested in hand-drawn 2D…
Screenshot: Willow/Disney+ The holiday season is a time for traditions, for casting our eyes back to the comfortable memories of days gone by, for reviving old and questionably beloved IP…
Screenshot: Good Will Hunting It’s an emotional time of year. Many young adults are headed off to college for the first time, eliciting the mix of tremendous excitement and apprehension…
Image: Zombies 3/Disney+ When your brand is $150 million animated films released direct to streaming (Turning Red) and TV series that cost the budget of a small feature film per…
Screenshot: Lawrence of Arabia/Columbia Pictures The tendency in movie runtimes seems to be trending toward length, and even if the data doesn’t really bear this out, recent, superlong installments in…
Screenshot: Independence Day/20th Century Fox Admittedly, we’ve gotten a little jaded. Digital effects are so omnipresent in our blockbusters that we’ve come to expect the impossible from movies. Our sense…
Screenshot: Ewoks: Battle for Endor/YouTube Little ones, gather ‘round. Let me tell you a story of the dark times in the galaxy far, far away. Before the prequels, sequels, and…