Connecting Wonder in The Sci-Fi Epic Contact (1997)
Contact is a 1997 science-fiction drama about humankind's first contact with intelligent life beyond our planet. A smart, plausible approach to a…
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Kicks (2016) Review
Kicks is a 2016 drama about a young man and his new Air Jordan shoes. A tale of growing up and the challenges of life in the eyes of a storm, this…
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A Band of Brothers Fights For Henry V (1989)
Henry V is a 1989 drama based on the Shakespeare play, about the military campaign of the English King through France. A monumental cinematic…
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Little Sister (2016) Review
Little Sister is a 2016 is dark comedy about a young nun who returns home after a long period to discover much about her past and the family she left…
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Tom Cruise and the Father’s Choice In War of the Worlds (2005)
War of the Worlds is a 2005 science fiction thriller about a father who tries to keep his children alive during an alien invasion. A global box office…
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Certain Women Review
Certain Women is a 2016 drama telling the story of three women in Montana whose lives loosely connect. A quite, deeply affecting experience, it…
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Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids (2016) Review
Justin Timberlake + The Tennessee Kids is 2016 musical documentary about the last stop on Timberlake's two-year 20/20 Experience World Tour.
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Blue Jay Review
Blue Jay is a 2016 black & white drama about two former high school sweethearts who bump into each other years later and reflect on an unsettled …
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Ripley as a Superhero Fighting The Queen in Aliens (1986)
Aliens is a 1986 science-fiction horror film about a return to an alien-infested planet that has overwhelmed a mining colony, forcing a squad of space…
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Mascots (2016) Review
Mascots is a 2016 comedy about the colorful world of competitive sports mascots and the peculiar characters who make it their home.
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The Power Of What It Feels Like In Billy Elliot (2000)
Billy Elliot is a 2000 drama about a young boy, the son of a coal miner in England, who discovers his passions do not lie in sports and boxing, much…
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Flock of Dudes (2016) Review
Flock of Dudes is a 2016 comedy about a young man who decides it's time to "break-up" with his friends so that he might finally grow up and be…
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Deconstructing Peter Pan and the Ouch in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial is a 1982 science-fiction family story about a young boy who discovers a stranded friendly alien in his backyard and helps…
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Better Off Single (2016) Review
Better Off Single is a 2016 romantic comedy about a young man in New York City dealing with a recent break up, though not so well.
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Broken Vows (2016) Review
Broken Vows is a 2016 psychological thriller about a jilted man who goes on a rampage to win her back. At any cost.
The obsessive lover is the very…
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The Great American Film Treasure That Is Breaking Away (1979)
Breaking Away is a 1979 drama about a boy chasing his dreams of being a world famous cyclist but learning that life is full of breakdowns and flats. A…
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The Great Gilly Hopkins Review
The Great Gilly Hopkins is a 2016 comedy-drama about a troubled girl in foster care who strives to find her biological mother. Things take an…
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How Two Women in Bed Change Jamie’s Life in Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
Bright Lights, Big City is a 1988 drama about a young man in New York City who turns to drugs to escape the haunts of his recent past. Met with mixed…
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The Late Bloomer Review
The Late Bloomer is 2016 comedy about grown man who experiences puberty at a late age. Now he has a whole new set of problems and everyone thinks…
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Realism And the Art of Violence in The Chaser (2008)
The Chaser is a 2008 South Korean action thriller about a cop turned pimp who must find the man killing his call girls. A tense, brutal film…
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The Harrowing Journey of Forgiveness in Brothers (2009)
Brothers is a drama about a solider returning home from service after an unbearably traumatic event. It earned mixed reviews on release but high…
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The Siege at Jadotville (2016) Review
The Siege at Jadotville is a 2016 war film about the Irish-appointed UN Peacekeepers who become involved in a conflict with Katangese forces as…
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Storks (2016) Review
Storks is a 2016 animated film about the legend of the once baby-delivering storks who must deal with the unexpected.
While people long enjoy the…
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Deconstructing A Fight To The Death in Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Three Days of the Condor is a 1975 thriller about a nebbish CIA analyst caught up in a game of intrigue. Praised by critics and a moderate box office…
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The Witches (1990) This Week’s Hot Pick Flick
The Witches is a 1990 fantasy horror film about witches who pretend to be ordinary women and then kill children. Critically acclaimed but considered a…
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Stanley Tucci: The Modern Movie Chameleon
Stanley Tucci is an American actor, writer and director with a long career in film and theater. Known for his extensive list of supporting characters,…
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Deepwater Horizon (2016) Review
Deepwater Horizon is a 2016 disaster film based on true events about an oil well explosion and spill in the Gulf of Mexico, recounting the heroic…
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The Unleashed Comic Brilliance of Chris Farley in Tommy Boy (1995)
Tommy Boy is a comedy about a misfit, socially awkward young man who comes into his own after his father passes. A box office hit, it met with mixed…
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Reservoir Dogs (1992): Mr. Blonde is a Friend of the Family
Reservoir Dogs is a crime drama about a group of thieves who collide after a job goes sour. Groundbreaking and influential, it marked the start of a…
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Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (2016) Review
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is a 2016 fantasy film about a boy who learns of a realm beyond reality and a place where children have…
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Complete Unknown (2016) Review
Complete Unknown is a drama about the consequences of self-reinvention and the haunts of a troubling past.
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The Innocents (2016) Review
The Innocents is a 2016 drama set at the end of World War II about a doctor who is led to a troubling discovery. Based on actual events, this…
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My Blind Brother (2016) Review
My Blind Brother is a comedy-drama about a pair of brothers who have always been competitive but when it comes to a woman, things take a new turn.…
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3 Things The Blade Runner Sequel Might Ruin Forever
The upcoming and currently untitled Blade Runner sequel is planned for a late 2017 release, and while cast details have been announced, the plot is…
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Predestination (2015) This Week’s Hot Pick Flick
Predestination is a 2015 science fiction thriller about a time traveling cop the hunt for a dangerous criminal. Well-received by critics, it earned…
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Zoe Saldana: 5 Breakout Roles That Made Her A Star
Zoe Saldana is an American actor who is perhaps best known for her role as Uhura in the rebooted Star Trek film franchise. She began her career with a…
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Sam (2016) Review
Sam is an independent film about an obnoxious, womanizer who gets a taste of his own medicine when he finds himself transformed into a woman. Now his…
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Why A Live-Action Lion King Is Both Awesome and Terrible News
It was confirmed recently that Disney is going ahead with a live-action Lion King remake of their own classic animated film, though no release date is…
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Robin Williams and the Brittle Beauty of Obsession: One Hour Photo (2002)
One Hour Photo is a psychological drama about a lonely man who becomes obsessed with a family that develops their film at his booth in a big box…
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Joshy Review
Joshy is a 2016 comedy about young man's coping with a sudden tragedy by going forward with a bachelor party at the event's rented house.
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Into The Forest (2016) Review
Into the Forest is a drama about two sisters trying to survive in a world seemingly at its end. A challenging film about the bonds and limits of…
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The Magnificent Seven Review
The Magnificent Seven is a 2016 Western about a gang of seven gunmen who come together to help a small village under the control of a ruthless…
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When The Bough Breaks (2016) Review
When the Bough Breaks is a 2016 psychological thriller about a young couple who need a surrogate mother to have a baby, but when they think they've…
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Goat Review
Goat is a drama about two brothers who discover there is much that separates them while one pledges a fraternity the other has already joined. A…
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That Moment In Mona Lisa Smile (2003): Watson Fights Back
Mona Lisa Smile is a drama about a young teacher at a prestigious women's college who has new ideas about what her students should be learning.…
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Tom Cruise and the Haunted Hero of ‘The Last Samurai’
The Last Samurai is a historical war film about a US Civil War veteran who comes to Japan to train soldiers but finds he has more in common with the…
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Pandorica (2016) Review
Pandorica is a science fiction film set in the far future where three primal candidates compete for the role of new leader. Only one can be chosen,…
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A Good Rain Knows (2009) This Week’s Hot Pick Flick
A Good Rain Knows (sometimes A Season of Good Rain) is a South Korean / Chinese romantic film about a traveling businessman who encounters a friend…
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The Physical Comedy Genius of Steve Martin in ‘All of Me’
All of Me is a fantasy comedy about two people who end up sharing one body when a mystical ritual goes wrong. A critically acclaimed film, it was a…
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Robert De Niro and The High Wire Balancing Act of Being Rupert Pupkin
The King of Comedy is a 1983 black comedy about the dangers of celebrity worship and our obsession with pop culture. A box office disappointment on…
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Blair Witch (2016) Review
Blair Witch is a sequel to the 1999 found footage film The Blair Witch Project, using the same techniques to tell the story of a group of university…
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The Light Between Oceans (2016) Review
The Light Between Oceans is a romantic drama set in the years after World War I about a couple living on an island who harbor a dark secret. Conflicts…
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She’s Having a Baby (1988): This Woman’s Work
She's Having a Baby is a romantic comedy about a young couple who move to the suburbs to begin a family but discover that getting started isn't so…
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Alfie (2004): Searching For Peace of Mind
Alfie is a 2004 romantic comedy about a handsome, reckless hedonists in Manhattan who must face the consequences of his obsessive womanizing. A box…
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12 Memorable Movie Houses as Famous as the Actors
While homes in movies are often the setting for the story itself, not many leave a lasting impression. However, some films make their houses so…
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Why “I’ll Be Back” in The Terminator Really Matters
The Terminator is a 1984 sci-fi action film about a robot assassin sent back from the future to kill the mother of a man who will lead man to…
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The Standoff Review
The Standoff is teen comedy about a local auto dealer that holds a contest for 16 to 19 year-olds to win a new car. There's a catch though and as…
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2 Nights Till Morning (2015): This Week’s Hot Flick Pick
2 Nights Till Morning is a mixed language drama about a couple separated by language and culture who share a one-night stand before being forced by…
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8 Suspenseful True-Life Movies You Need To Watch
Making movies out of the stories of real life events has always been big box office appeal, from gangsters and criminals to heroes and survivors.…
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Magnum Force (1973): Understanding Violence
Magnum Force is an action thriller featuring the return of headstrong detective Dirty Harry taking on his own kind on the streets of San Francisco.…
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18 Natural Disaster Movies Ranked Worst to Best
Natural disaster movies are some of the most popular attractions at the cinema and have long been part of its history with a recent upsurge making…
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Sully Review
Sully is a biographical film about US Airways Flight 1549 and the aftermath of its emergency water landing on the Hudson River.
Sully has two main…
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That Moment In 8 Mile (2002): Ripping Teeth Out of the Lion
8 Mile is a semi-autobiographical drama about a young white rapper trying to make a name as a rapper. It was a critical and financial success earning…
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Morgan (2016) Review
Morgan is a science fiction horror film about the creation of an artificial human-like being who has suddenly become very dangerous. A stylized…
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Kubo and the Two Strings Review
Kubo and the Two Strings is a 2016 stop-motion animated fantasy adventure about a boy with one stolen eye and destiny meant to stop an army of evil…
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12 Twisted Mind-Benders With More Questions Than Answers
Sometimes it takes more than a jumbo bucket of popcorn and an ice-cold cola to get you through a movie. You have to put on your thinking cap and do…
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Knight of Cups (2016) Review
Knight of Cups is a drama about a lonely and depressed screenwriter on a strange odyssey through a world he knows all too well. Critically acclaimed…
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Remembering the Everyman Hero of Harrison Ford in Frantic (1988)
Frantic is a thriller about an American couple on a trip to Paris who become entangled in a deadly game of mistaken identity and espionage. A box…
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The Kings of Summer (2013) Friday Night Movie Pick
The Kings of Summer is a coming-of-age comedy/drama about three teenage boys on a defiant summer quest. A film festival favorite with a limited…
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5 Thrilling Documentaries on Netflix You Need Watch
Netflix is the go-to home streaming service for movies, and tucked inside a host of great action and comedy and romance films plus tons of amazing…
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5 Breakout 90s Movies: Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow is an Academy Award-winning actor who has been in the business for more than 25 years, gaining attention for her stunning, classic…
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DOOMED! The Untold Story of Roger Corman’s The Fantastic Four (2016) Review
DOOMED! The Untold Story of Roger Corman's The Fantastic Four is a documentary about the ill-fated and controversial non-release of the first attempt…
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That Moment In Miller’s Crossing (1990): Look in Your Heart
Miller's Crossing in a crime drama set in the time of American prohibition, about two rival mob gangs and a man who plays the middle. One of the…
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The Hollow Film Review
The Hollow is crime drama about an FBI investigation of a congressman's murdered daughter in an isolated corner of Mississippi. But nothing is as it…
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7 Potenially Great Johnny Depp Movies that Came Up Short
Johnny Depp is one of cinema's most recognizable and bankable talents with a long list of acclaimed films and even more memorable characters. With…
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Searching for Self Defines This Powerful Moment in Rango
Rango is a 2011 computer animated comedy about a chameleon who accidentally ends up in the desert and becomes a hero in a town thirsty for water. An…
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The Concubine Review
The Concubine is a South Korean historical drama about a love triangle in the Royal Palace and the lengths those in power will take to keep or…
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13 Classic Movie Moments on the Moon
The Moon has long been the source of great inspiration in all forms of entertainment from songs to prose to poetry and film. In the movies, it's been…
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That Moment In A Trip To The Moon (1902): Alien Encounters
A Trip To The Moon is a French silent science fiction film regarded as one of the most influential movies ever made for its groundbreaking special…
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5 Ben Affleck Films That Missed The Mark
As we speed toward the end of summer, it's hard to recognize anything but Batman v. Superman: Dawn Of Justice as the most disappointing film of the…
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Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter (2014): Our Friday Night Pick
This Friday we're setting off on an adventure, exploring new things and taking a look at something a little unusual but definitely worth the watch.…
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The Evil Gene (2016) Review
The Evil Gene is a horror/thriller about an FBI agent who investigates a murder at a top secret correctional facility housing only inmates genetically…
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Saturday Night Fever (1977) Stayin’ Alive and a Can Of Paint
Saturday Night Fever is a music and dance drama about a young Brooklyn man with a dead-end day life who rules the nights at the local disco. One of…
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5 Great (Mostly) Forgotten Films of Matt Damon
Matt Damon is an award-winning actor best known for his role in the Jason Bourne franchise and his work with fellow Bostonian Ben Affleck. Getting his…
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Spaghettiman (2016) Review
Spaghettiman is an offbeat superhero story about a scruffy misanthrope who gains great superpowers of pasta. Yes, you read that right. He then charges…
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‘Heat’ and the We Just Got Made Moment
In the back of a parked delivery truck in a fenced lot next to a precious metals repository, a police officer leans down to rest his legs and the butt…
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5 Great (Mostly) Forgotten Films of Uma Thurman
Uma Thurman is an actor and model with a filmography dating back to the mid-1908s and having roles in many iconic films, including the Kill Bill…
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12 Posters From Popular 90s Movies That Need a Little Explaining
Marketing for movies is a big business and account for a substantial part of the film's budget, which includes creating and publishing the title's…
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That Moment In ‘Begin Again’: A Barroom Vision
Begin Again is a 2013 romantic musical-drama about a heartbroken singer-songwriter discovered by a crumbling record producer who has an idea for a…
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The Model Review
The Model is a 2016 drama about a young fashion model in Paris who tries to break into the competitive scene, only to become a victim of the predatory…
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Blood Father (2016) Review
Blood Father is a drama about a troubled ex-con reconnecting with his estranged daughter who is running from drug dealers looking to end her life. A…
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Morris From America (2016) Review
Morris From America is a drama about a black teenaged American boy living in Germany with dreams of being a rapper while having trouble fitting in. A…
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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014) Friday Night Pick
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is horror/drama about lonely vampire in an Iranian ghost town. A massive critical success it was praised for its…
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That Moment In Saving Private Ryan (1998): The War of One
Saving Private Ryan is a historical war drama about a group of soldiers tasked with finding the last surviving brother of four after the Normandy…
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The Lost Boys (1987): The Magic of Boy Sees Girl
The Lost Boys is a horror comedy with a mostly all teenage cast about a pair of brothers who move to a new town and end up fighting vampires. It…
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In The Heart of the Sea (2015): Making Matter of a Trope
In The Heart of the Sea is an action adventure story based on the classic tale of the great white whale and the aftermath of that famous encounter.…
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Don’t Confuse These Movies: Same Name, Different Story
Coming up with a catchy title for your new movie is really important, but what happens if you think you've got the perfect name for your film and find…
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Sausage Party (2016): Review
Sausage Party is an adult computer animated film about sentient food who learn their true fate is not what they once believed and set about to find…
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Let’s Talk About the Doomed Detective in Midnight in Paris (2011)
Midnight in Paris is a romantic comedy about a man in the present who believes he was born in the wrong time and place. When he gets the chance to go…
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That Moment In ‘Stranger Than Fiction’ When Harold Learns of An Imminent Death
Stranger Than Fiction is a 2006 drama about a man who begins to hear voices in his head that seem to be narrating his life as it happens. What that…
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