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    The Last Hurrah of ‘The Misfits’

    by Kali Tuttle February 15, 2021
    by Kali Tuttle February 15, 2021

    The Misfits is quite an obscure little movie. Despite it being the last performance for both Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe, it isn’t talked about quite enough. Many people most likely don’t even know it exists.…

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    ‘Unstoppable’ Is the Ultimate Rewatchable

    by Aubrey McKay November 29, 2020
    by Aubrey McKay November 29, 2020

    Do you remember the cable movie? Not the made-for-cable ones, but the movie that would grow its popularity with consistent runs on networks like TBS, TNT, and USA. These were typically movies that ranged from…

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    Revisiting ‘The Human Centipede’ 10 Years Later

    by Ingrid Dendievel May 1, 2020
    by Ingrid Dendievel May 1, 2020

    Mutations. Zombies. Mutilation. Violence. Disease. Contagion. Transformation. These are some of the elements of the subgenre called “body horror”. You might think that this is a recent phenomenon. But nothing could be further from the…

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    Is Scorsese’s ‘Shutter Island’ More Than Its Divisive Twist?

    by Olivia Hill February 20, 2020
    by Olivia Hill February 20, 2020

    It’s been 10 years since the release of Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island and hence, 10 years since I was totally enthralled and disturbed by it as a 14-year-old. When I first heard the film’s ominous…

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    10 Years Later, ‘Leap Year’ is Pleasant but Forgettable

    by Natasha Alvar January 28, 2020
    by Natasha Alvar January 28, 2020

    When I first laid eyes on Leap Year, I was an impressionable 20-year-old on the cusp of 21-year-old greatness. I was slowly saving money and making plans for my Graduation Trip, in part eager to…

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    ‘The Shawshank Redemption’ is Nothing Short of Lightning in a Bottle

    by Collin Willis September 25, 2019
    by Collin Willis September 25, 2019

    The Shawshank Redemption turns 25 this week. Other than the current age of its actors, the film doesn’t show its age. I had the opportunity to revisit it on the big screen for its quarter-century anniversary.…

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    30 Years Later, ‘Say Anything’ Still Has Me Wishing For My Own Lloyd Dobler

    by Natasha Alvar August 2, 2019
    by Natasha Alvar August 2, 2019

    I have said it before, and I will say it again, 1989 was the year great movies were made. Romantic comedy When Harry Met Sally is such an example; wonderfully scripted and with a cast…

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    Where ‘Summer of Sam’ Went Wrong

    by Patricia Henderson July 14, 2019
    by Patricia Henderson July 14, 2019

    I should warn you, this retrospective on the 20th anniversary of Spike Lee’s Summer of Sam is going to make me sound like a prude. Despite the risk of said label, I maintain that this movie…

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    ‘Alien’ is the Greatest Sci-Fi Horror Movie of All Time

    by Aubrey McKay June 6, 2019
    by Aubrey McKay June 6, 2019

    It seems like every day a random movie is celebrating a random anniversary. As nice as it is to be reminded of Jet Li’s The One, there is no need to acknowledge its 17-year anniversary.…

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    ‘Alien: Harvest’ by Benjamin Howdeshell

    by Nick Kush May 16, 2019
    by Nick Kush May 16, 2019

    The surviving crew of a damaged deep-space harvester have minutes to reach the emergency evacuation shuttle. A motion sensor is their only navigation tool leading them to safety while a creature in the shadows terrorizes…

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    A Look at ’13 Going on 30′ 15 Years Later, from the Eyes of a 30 Year Old

    by Natasha Alvar April 2, 2019
    by Natasha Alvar April 2, 2019

    It has been a few months since I turned 30, which of course made me think of this fantastic rom-com with the beautiful Jennifer Garner. The movie was released 15 years ago, yet she looks…

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    ‘Some Like It Hot’: My First Classic Comedy, 60 Years Later

    by Jen Seggio March 28, 2019
    by Jen Seggio March 28, 2019

    My introduction to Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot was not a conventional one. When my dad’s video store closed thanks to the Blockbuster boom, he gave a lot of the VHS tapes to my…

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    Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely in ‘The China Syndrome’

    by Veronica Clarke March 12, 2019
    by Veronica Clarke March 12, 2019

    In a world that is rife with corruption, The China Syndrome has much to tell us, even after forty years. The China Syndrome is a thriller about an accident at a nuclear plant. A reporter…

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    A Look Back at ‘Taken’ 10 Years Later

    by Steven Ruiz February 4, 2019
    by Steven Ruiz February 4, 2019

    January 30th marked the 10 year anniversary of Taken, a film that took moviegoers by surprise almost instantaneously. It became a hit with fans, with many praising it for its original story, message, and the butt-kicking…

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    Prinze of Dorkness: 20 Years of ‘She’s All That’

    by Michael Heimbaugh February 2, 2019
    by Michael Heimbaugh February 2, 2019

    The ‘90s were wild. Time was, you could assemble a gaggle of fresh-faced young actors, give them relatively little to do except be incredibly attractive, add in a rad soundtrack, maybe some celeb cameos — and…

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    ‘Sleeping Beauty’: Disney’s Living Tapestry

    by Jen Seggio January 25, 2019
    by Jen Seggio January 25, 2019

    It’s easy to dismiss Sleeping Beauty as your average princess-centered Disney film. Its plot bears many surface similarities to Snow White, mainly the slumbering royalty awoken by a kiss. What saves Sleeping Beauty from being…

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    ‘The Thin Red Line’: 20 Years of Stolen Valor

    by Kali Tuttle December 20, 2018
    by Kali Tuttle December 20, 2018

    Twenty years ago, The Thin Red Line (1998) hit theaters nationwide. I wonder how many people still remember this thought-provoking film. It had a tough competitor that year at the Oscars: Saving Private Ryan (1998). Not only that,…

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    ‘Superman’: The Godfather of the Modern Superhero Film

    by Jen Seggio December 15, 2018
    by Jen Seggio December 15, 2018

    On December 15th, 1978, Richard Donner made the world believe a man could fly. Superman was a watershed in special effects, music, and most importantly, how we see superheroes on the big screen. In a…

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    ‘Twilight’ is the Glittery Vampiric Offering We Can’t Shake Off

    by Natasha Alvar November 10, 2018
    by Natasha Alvar November 10, 2018

    Twilight is the movie we all love to hate on. We hate on Bella, we loathe the portrayal of vampires and let’s just face it, the movie isn’t that well done either. We hate it…

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    ‘Night of the Living Dead’ – The Father of the Zombie Flick

    by Veronica Clarke October 26, 2018
    by Veronica Clarke October 26, 2018

    Fifty years ago, this month saw the release of a low-budget horror movie called Night of the Living Dead. The director, George A. Romero, and everyone involved did not anticipate how this film would become…

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    ‘The Wiz’ and I at 40

    by Patricia Henderson October 25, 2018
    by Patricia Henderson October 25, 2018

    The movie version of The Wiz was released October 24, 1978. I was released in December of the same year. So, you could say we’ve grown up together. The Wiz came to represent different things,…

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    Why It Took Me 20 Years to Watch ‘American History X’

    by Natasha Alvar October 20, 2018
    by Natasha Alvar October 20, 2018

    Believe it or not, I actually only watched American History X this year. It does seem strange that someone who writes for a film site like MovieBabble, and who generally perceives herself to be quite…

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    How Has ‘The Age Of Innocence’ *Ahem* Aged Over Time?

    by Adina Bernstein October 18, 2018
    by Adina Bernstein October 18, 2018

    Sometimes, we are presented with a choice when it comes to the direction that our life will take. We can silently go along with what is expected of us, or we can go with what…

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    ‘Bullitt’ is Still Great After All These Years

    by Veronica Clarke October 17, 2018
    by Veronica Clarke October 17, 2018

    Bullitt, a crime/action movie, was first released fifty years ago today. Starring Steve McQueen and Robert Vaughn, it’s far more intelligent than you might expect, and it has become a cinema classic. The Synopsis Just…

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    ‘Pleasantville’ 20 Years Later – How Has the Film Stood Up Over Time?

    by Adina Bernstein October 15, 2018
    by Adina Bernstein October 15, 2018

    The family sitcoms of the 1950’s presented the image of a perfect white middle-class suburban family. Dad went to work at an unknown office job and Mom not only kept an immaculate house, but looked…

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    11 Oscar Categories that Should Have Been Created for ‘The Return of the King’

    by Donatella du Plessis October 14, 2018
    by Donatella du Plessis October 14, 2018

    The Return of the King turns fifteen later this year. In celebration of this great occasion, let’s imagine eleven new Oscar categories, both serious and irreverent, that could have been created for the glorious final chapter…

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    ‘Dazed and Confused’ is Still Cool 25 Years Later

    by Steven Ruiz September 24, 2018
    by Steven Ruiz September 24, 2018

    The 70s must have been quite the time to be livin in. Yes, L-I-V-I-N. Well, I actually don’t know since I am a 90s baby, but I can get an idea of what it was…

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    When Bad Is Good – Why Did We Like ‘Cocktail’ So Much?

    by Anna Scaife July 26, 2018
    by Anna Scaife July 26, 2018

    Sometimes a movie catches you at exactly the right moment; a sweet spot of time, place, and circumstance where you’ll buy whatever that movie is selling. I watched Cocktail when I was a teenager at a…

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    “I’ll Make a Man Out of You!” Mulan: 20 Years Later

    by Maggie Coomer June 20, 2018
    by Maggie Coomer June 20, 2018

    Disney’s  36th animated feature film turned twenty-years-old this month. That’s right! On June 19, 1998, Mulan was released to throngs of Disney-obsessed Millennials, pre-iPhone era. That means painfully long box office lines of 10-year-old birthday party attendees, T-shirts…

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    Return of the Jedi: Keeping the Force Alive for 35 Years

    by Kali Tuttle May 25, 2018
    by Kali Tuttle May 25, 2018

    Star Wars: Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (1983) — a rousing finale to an amazing trilogy. May 25, 1983: millions of people hurried to their nearest theater to be a part of history and see their…

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