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Romancing the Stone (1984): When Pulp Meets Pop...

Before Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, before The Mummy made adventuring sexy again, there was Romancing the Stone—a film that took the DNA of classic pulp adventure and injected...

Show Me the Music: The Enduring Soundtrack of J...

Cameron Crowe’s Jerry Maguire (1996) is a film built on grand gestures, emotional reckonings, and a deeply human exploration of ambition and love. Tom Cruise delivers one of his most...

Get Carter: Revenge, Violence, and a Jazz-Soake...

Mike Hodges’ Get Carter (1971) is a brutal, no-nonsense slice of British noir, with Michael Caine at his coldest and most lethal. Playing Jack Carter, a London gangster who returns...

The Lake House: A Romance Suspended in Time and...

Alejandro Agresti’s The Lake House (2006) is a rare romantic drama that embraces both the ethereal and the sentimental, weaving a love story that defies time itself. Starring Sandra Bullock...

Game On: How Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle Pre...

When Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle  (2017) hit cinemas, it had the unenviable task of reviving a beloved 1995 classic without Robin Williams at the helm. Instead of trying to outdo...

Event Horizon: The Spaceship That Went to Hell ...

Event Horizon (1997) is what happens when someone asks, "What if 2001: A Space Odyssey had a love child with Hellraiser?" and then actually follows through. Directed by Paul W.S....