Movies

Mediocre ‘Meatballs’ (1979) puts Murray on map

“Meatballs” (1979), one of the rare summer-camp movies I’ve seen where no one gets killed, marks the first collaboration between director Ivan Reitman and star

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‘Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy’ (1982) an amusing riff

“A Midsummer Night’s Sex Comedy” (1982) is a good example of how Woody Allen’s B-game is better than most writer-directors’ B-game, but it also makes

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‘Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2’ (1986) a bonkers comedy

Finally delivering a sequel after 12 years and a detour to the big-time success of 1982’s “Poltergeist,” Tobe Hooper directs Cannon Films’ “The Texas Chainsaw

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Snyder’s ‘Justice League’ beefs up Steppenwolf, DCEU

As with “Superman II,” we now have two versions of “Justice League.” But in this case, the differences are much vaster; in fact, the 2017

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‘Lost in Translation’ (2003) is exquisitely sad

From the early shot of Bill Murray’s Bob Harris riding through Tokyo in a cab while Girls’ “Death in Vegas” plays, “Lost in Translation” (2003)

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‘Manhattan’ (1979) another winner from Allen, Keaton

Woody Allen isn’t known as a commercial filmmaker, but “Manhattan” (1979) is – at least at first blush – an example of giving people what

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‘Sleepaway Camp’ sequels (1988-89) coast on momentum

“Sleepaway Camp” (1982) is a cult classic with mesmerizingly stiff direction, editing and acting that leads up to one of the most famous final-frame twists

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‘Seven’ (1995) is Fincher’s dirty, gorgeous masterpiece

As brutal as “Seven’s” (1995) subject is, you’d think it’d have no chance of ranking in IMDb’s all-time top 20. But that goes to show

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Allen shows serious side in ‘Interiors’ (1978)

“Interiors” (1978) is a rare Woody Allen film where I wouldn’t know it’s an Allen film if I went in cold and skipped the opening

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‘Andromeda Strain’ movie (1971) seems longer than TV miniseries (2008)

I think of the 21st century – starting with 2001’s “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” – as the era of faithful book-to-film adaptations. But they

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