The first two minutes of Robert Hiltzik’s 1983 feature film crawl forward from the lake setting with overwhelming Manfredini-esque horns and […]
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Demi Moore’s apartment in St. Elmo’s Fire is a truly fabulous sight to behold. Her living room walls are painted a […]
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“What do you think you are doing?” yells the village elder, to the boys he cannot see. “Playing a game? Who […]
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Genre filmmaking is a precise art, and yes, that includes the much-maligned romantic comedy. A number of intangibles all have to […]
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On the night of September 16th, 1984, Crockett and Tubbs cruised a jet-black Ferrari Daytona convertible into pop culture immortality to […]
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Comedian Robert Klein sometimes does a bit about his role in Hooper, the stuntman movie that unsuccessfully sued The Stunt Man […]
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When a filmmaker tells you what influenced them, believe it. Back in 2017, when Jordan Peele was making the rounds promoting […]
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The summer camp sex comedy is a cornerstone of 1980s cinema, and at first glance 1980’s Little Darlings looks like a […]
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It is slightly cynical (but not necessarily inaccurate) to describe Disney’s business strategy for the last decade or so as built, […]
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Scary stories are inherently political. How couldn’t they be? They tap into our greatest fears, and whatever those happen to be […]
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It takes a big man to admit when he’s wrong, and I’m 6’4”, so I admit that I’m wrong a lot. […]
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In the decade after Stonewall, gay culture exploded and thrived in ways previously unthinkable. One filmmaker who covered every facet of […]
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