Throwback
Let’s face it—there are some beloved films from our younger days that we haven’t got around to viewing in ages. Join us as we re-watch these movies that shaped pop culture, and determine how they hold up today.
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'Vampire in Brooklyn' At 30: The Movie Once Regarded as Eddie Murphy's Worst Is Actually Pretty Cool
Look, compared to Pluto Nash, or even Beverly Hills Cop III, Vampire in Brooklyn is gold. -
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'After Hours' at 40: Was This Secretly Martin Scorsese's Most Influential Movie of the 1980s?
In 1985, Martin Scorsese's After Hours was a one-off reset. 40 years later, it seems like one of his more influential films. -
Fox went wolf in a shlockier movie he shot before Back to the Future but was released afterwards.
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'Desperado' At 30: This Hybrid Of Western Tropes And Hong Kong Action Sensibilities Is Surprisingly Timeless
It has plenty in common with Hong Kong shoot-em-ups, '90s action, and the post-Tarantino years, but Robert Rodriguez made a Western at heart. -
Before they made American Gangster, Denzel and Crowe did some cyber.
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Vince Vaughn, Owen Wilson, Steve Carell, Will Ferrell, Ben Stiller, Jack Black ran Hollywood comedy for much of the 2000s. Wedding Crashers was their box office peak.
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'The Patriot' at 25: Mel Gibson Brought His 'Braveheart' Bravado to U.S. Shores for Independence Day
Despite being about Independence Day, The Patriot is no Independence Day. -
John Rambo leads the biggest Stallone movie ever, but he couldn't match Rocky Balboa's longevity.
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'Total Recall' at 35: What One of Arnold Schwarzenegger's Best Movies Says About Its Star (and Colonizing Mars)
Cohagen, give them the air! -
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'A View to a Kill' at 40: Roger Moore's Last Run At James Bond Came When He Was 57 Years Old
Also featuring Christopher Walken as a madman intent on destroying Silicon Valley! -
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Air Traffic Controllers Haven't Gotten This Much Press Since 'Pushing Tin' Launched Angelina Jolie and Billy Bob Thornton's Bad Romance Back In 1999
What can we learn from watching John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton undergoing the stress of air traffic control? -
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'Avengers: Age of Ultron' at 10: The Most Underrated Avengers Movie, Before Marvel Got Too Big to Fail
Here's why the Age of Ultron was a better era than Infinity War. -
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'American Psycho' At 25: Is This Portrait of '80s Era Wall Street Excess Weirdly Aspirational or a Total Horrorshow?
American Psycho understands that it’s too much to hope that these people will be caught or stopped. -
Even as his powers diminished, he remained our huckleberry.
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Rewatching the only good Chris Farley movie is a bittersweet experience.
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Find out which episode of The Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror" Halloween special we've ranked as best.
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'Wonder Boys' at 25: A Low-Key Dramedy, Blissfully Unaware of How Much Worse Things Could Get
Wonder Boys was critically acclaimed but underseen in its initial release. How does it hold up to 25 years of changes to the publishing and academic worlds? -
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The Problematics: 'Cruising' At 45, A Very Graphic, Radical, And Subversive Way To Spend Your Valentine's Day
The 1980 thriller Cruising was fired up a flashpoint of controversy before even a foot of celluloid was shot. -
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'Billy Madison', 'The Quick And The Dead', And 'Shallow Grave' All Made Their Theatrical Debuts 30 Years Ago Today
February 10, 1995 ... what a time to be alive! -
Would you be surprised to learn that Black Christmas and A Christmas Story share the same director? Bob Clark contained multitudes.
