The contemporary music and cultural bookmarks of the two films – released within a week of each other twenty years ago – weren’t inserted in laziness or error, but to better connect modern audiences with stories of the distant past.
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Our mini-reviews of ’15 Things You Didn’t Know About Bigfoot (#1 Will Blow Your Mind),’ ‘Benny Loves You,’ ‘What Lies West,’ and more.
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When it hit theaters 25 years ago, critics dismissed it as an empty blockbuster. But looking back, ‘Twister’ has more heart and soul than it gets credit for.
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The (comparatively) young animation studio behind ‘The Mitchells vs. the Machines’ is all over the map, in terms of style and quality – and that seems to be just what they’re striving for.
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Well, the ‘Paddington 2’/’Citizen Kane’ Rotten Tomatoes story did one thing: it gave ‘Kane’ fans a new villain, after years of jeering this, its Best Picture usurper.
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Guy Ritchie’s latest is a lifeless, listless, hopeless mess, with the once exciting writer/director (and his frequent star Jason Statham) merely going through the motions.
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Streaming on Netflix three-plus years after its Sundance debut, ‘Monster’ is an adequate but uninspired story of racial injustice.
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In 1982, synthesizer innovator Wendy Carlos got the opportunity to play in a giant sandbox, creating a combination orchestral/synth score for Disney’s big-budget adventure ‘Tron.’ Complications ensued.
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In the inaugural edition of our new column spotlighting great movies that Harvey Weinstein tried to bury, a look back at Zhang Yimou’s wuxia marvel ‘Hero,’ which sat on the Miramax shelf for two-plus years.
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The 2008 comedy, which is all over the streaming services this month, was something of a crossroads for writer/director Kevin Smith – and a tantalizing glimpse at what could have been.
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The 1974 drama – now streaming on the Criterion Channel and Amazon Prime Video – offers an uncommonly insightful (and often unforgiving) peek into the mind of the compulsive gambler.
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Netflix’s new animated family comedy is a rollicking treat – with something to say about technology and personal connection.
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