Looking Back
Terry Gilliam’s brainy sci-fi thriller hit theaters 25 years ago, so let’s take a look back. Nothing uncomfortably resonant about it!
Looking Back
Guy Ritchie’s sophomore feature, released 20 years ago this week, could just be another notch in an uneven filmography – were it not for one key...
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Rob Reiner’s adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, released 30 years ago this week, remains a fascinating examination of creative work, fandom, and...
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M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Sixth Sense’ follow-up – released 20 years ago this week – wasn’t based on a comic book. But it captured the spirit...
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Pierce Brosnan’s first James Bond adventure hit screens 25 years ago this week – and marked a turning point for the venerable spy franchise. A...
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Aaron Sorkin’s first dramatization of life in the West Wing hit theaters 25 years ago, and it seems even more like fantasy today.
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When Joe Wright made his take on Austen’s classic in 2005, he had to find a way to make this oft-told tale fresh. Here’s how he did it:
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On this, its 30th anniversary, it’s as easy as ever to dismiss Kevin Costner’s Oscar-winning Western epic. But it’s not quite that simple.
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In ‘Jacob’s Ladder,’ released 30 years ago this week, director Adrian Lyne plumbed the depths of psychological horror and came up with a deeply...
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The 2000 film adaptation of the ‘70s series hit theaters 20 years ago, offering audiences just the right mix of action and winking self-awareness....
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On the 20th anniversary of its release, a look back at the astonishingly visceral, deeply felt performance by the great Ellen Burstyn.
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The Wes Craven / Eddie Murphy team-up, which hit screens 25 years ago this week, doesn’t quite work – but it offers a road map of the direction...
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Released barely a year after the groundbreaking and wildly profitable original, ‘Blair Witch 2’ was immediately reviled, and then quickly...
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John Travolta’s “Pulp Fiction” follow-up hit theaters 25 years ago this week, suggesting a sharpness his post-“Pulp” career would, sadly,...
Looking Back
Kevin Smith’s sophomore feature was received with something less than enthusiasm 25 years ago this week. A look back at why it’s stuck around,...