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May 2024

Blazing Saddles (1974)::rating::5::rating::5::rating::5

W hen I was ten years old, my mother forbade me to watch Blazing Saddles. Naturally, when my parents ventured from the house, that VHS tape went straight into the…

May 2024

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Ghostbusters (1984)::rating::5

M ore than anything, Ghostbusters taught me that joy can live within the finest details. In the forty years since its release, I have savored every nuance of this movie--every quotable bit…

Apr 2024

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Pulp Fiction (1994)::rating::5

Q uentin Tarantino’s masterpiece bears the off-kilter zeal of a crazed saucier–the kind of Creole chef who uses two teaspoons of Sherry for the recipe, then drinks the rest straight…

Apr 2024

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Napoleon Dynamite (2004)::rating::2.5

I n some ways, Napoleon Dynamite has all the attitude and quotability of any edgy teen comedy. On the surface, it should be an instant classic, and some viewers will still swear…

Apr 2024

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Godzilla, King of the Monsters! (1956)::rating::2.5

W hen I first saw Godzilla, King of the Monsters!, I had no idea it was an awkward stitchwork of two different productions. After all, the kaiju flicks have since become iconic in…

Apr 2024

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Young Frankenstein (1974)::rating::4

E legant and refined aren't words you'd normally bandy about Mel Brooks' filmography, but with Young Frankenstein, they just seem to fit. This horror homage is really a delicate soufflé, crafted with…

Mar 2024

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Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992)::rating::4

B ram Stoker’s Dracula pulls off a rare double feat. As directed by Francis Coppola, this vampire epic manages to be deeply reverential to the beloved source material, while…

Mar 2024

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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)::rating::5

I t may have all the aesthetics of a big, burly action epic, but don't get it twisted: The Bridge on the River Kwai is a nuanced, character-based drama, and a…

Feb 2024

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The English Patient (1996)::rating::4

I can still remember those heady days in 1996, when everybody this side of Elaine Benes swooned over The English Patient. To audiences and critics alike, Anthony Minghella's magnum opus…

Feb 2024

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Gladiator (2000)::rating::3

D eep in the mine shafts of my brain, I keep a list of perfect movies. Deeper still, there's a list of perfectly awful movies. Below that, under hundreds of…

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