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Naked Gun 33 ⅓: The Final Insult
Mostly all new jokes. Frank Drebin (Nielsen), the pride of the LAPD, has retired but is called back into action for an undercover assignment in a prison. This third chapter offers a few bright ideas,...
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Scary Movie 4
THE FOURTH AND FINAL CHAPTER OF THE TRILOGY. Cindy (Anna Faris) moves into a haunted house and familiarizes herself with the neighbor (Craig Bierko)… but then aliens attack Earth. Director David...
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Exorcist II: The Heretic
It’s four years later… What does she remember? Father Philip Lamont (Richard Burton) starts investigating what happened to Father Merrin (Max von Sydow); Regan (Linda Blair) survived his exorcism, but...
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Robots
YOU CAN SHINE NO MATTER WHAT YOU’RE MADE OF. A young robot leaves home for Robot City where he hopes to become a successful inventor, but he ends up crossing paths with an evil corporate leader. The...
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Dr. Strangelove: Bombs Away!
THE HOT-LINE SUSPENSE COMEDY. When Stanley Kubrick decided to turn Peter George’s Cold War novel “Red Alert” into a movie, he must have thought the material was too outrageous to be taken seriously....
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Star Wars: One Force to Rule Them All
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away… Many people of my age grew up watching the Star Wars franchise. I never did; my movie nerd era didn’t begin until I was 16 and that’s probably when I saw...
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Empire Strikes Back: Deeper Space
The adventure continues… I went back to this old favorite certain that I would be less impressed this time and give it a lower rating. But I’m surprised to say that the sequel to Star Wars is still a...
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Return of the Jedi: A Case of the Cutes
The empire falls… When I told a friend of mine that I had recently reviewed the first three Star Wars movies and realized that the third film is inferior to the others, he objected. That’s the most...
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Field of Dreams: Ease Your Pain
ALL HIS LIFE, RAY KINSELLA WAS SEARCHING FOR HIS DREAMS. THEN ONE DAY, HIS DREAMS CAME LOOKING FOR HIM. One of the very best movies about baseball made a heartfelt case to have the legendary...
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Hunt for Red October: Run Silent, Run Deep
INVISIBLE. SILENT. STOLEN. In 1988, Die Hard had been such a tremendous hit that a sequel was inevitable. The film’s director, John McTiernan, was obviously considered for it. In the end, he chose to...
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Conan the Barbarian
SLAVE. BARBARIAN. WARRIOR. THIEF. Sometime during the Hyborian Age, a slave boy grows up to become a man with a burning desire to avenge the brutal deaths of his parents at the hands of a wizard (James...
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The Angriest Man in Brooklyn
EVERYONE HAS A BAD DAY. HENRY HAS ONE EVERY DAY. When the hot-tempered Henry Altmann (Robin Williams) is told that he has a brain aneurysm, he provokes the exhausted doctor (Mila Kunis) to the degree...
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Coming to America
THIS SUMMER, PRINCE AKEEM DISCOVERS AMERICA. Pampered African prince Akeem (Eddie Murphy) has just turned 21 and wants more independence, taking his best friend (Arsenio Hall) on a trip to New York...
View ArticleThe Voice of Darth Vader is 85 Years Old
Tomorrow, James Earl Jones turns 85 years old – but he’s not retiring. In the ABC News clip above, the legendary actor talks about his humble background and how his voice became famous, even though he...
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Judge Dredd
ONE MAN IS JUDGE, JURY AND EXECUTIONER. In the 2080s, most of mankind live in huge “Mega-Cities” where crime is rampant; Joseph Dredd (Sylvester Stallone) works as virtually a one-man army, serving as...
View ArticleRogue One
A REBELLION BUILT ON HOPE. Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) becomes involved with the Rebel Alliance and its quest to steal the blueprint for the Death Star; her father deliberately hid a fatal flaw inside...
View ArticleStar Wars: One Force to Rule Them All
A LONG TIME AGO IN A GALAXY FAR, FAR AWAY… Many people of my age grew up watching the Star Wars franchise. I never did; my movie nerd era didn’t begin until I was 16 and that’s probably when I saw...
View ArticleThe Lion King: Feeling the Love
THE CIRCLE OF LIFE. In the early 1990s, during the production of the songs for Disney’s upcoming animated adventure The Lion King, West End legend Tim Rice had been hired to write the lyrics. When his...
View ArticleJesus of Nazareth: The Ultimate Christ
This miniseries, a global event at its premiere, was a big deal when I was a kid. Every Easter, it was shown on TV and I found it an overwhelming experience, in no small part I’m sure because of my...
View ArticleStar Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
THE SAGA CONCLUDES. As Rey (Daisy Ridley) is in Jedi training, Kylo Ren (Adam Driver) faces threats from both the Resistance and an emperor who is supposed to be dead… The final chapter of the third...
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