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The Great Summer Movies: You Have My Sympathies
In space, no one can hear you scream. On the Nostromo, you can hear almost everything. Alien is a masterpiece of sound design. Every second is dominated by a dense, carefully constructed soundscape, where
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10 Movies…That Are Based on Old TV Shows That Probably Aren’t As Good as ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’
Proof positive that Hollywood had no idea how to turn a TV show into a movie during the '90s
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The Great Summer Movies: Keep Believing, Keep Pretending
Summer movies usually demand a great suspension of disbelief. They’re heavy on special effects and deal with outlandish situations, whether superheroes and sci-fi or wacky gross-out extreme comedy. There is, perhaps, no greater suspension
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The Great Summer Movies: A Perfect Engine
Drunk naked lady ventures into water after dark. Shark eats drunk naked lady. Resort town goes nuts. Police chief, oceanographer, and batshit crazy fisherman go after shark. They’re gonna need a bigger boat. Batshit
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10 Movies…Directed By Rock and Pop Stars (To Prepare You for Rob Zombie’s ‘The Lords of Salem’)
Lots of musicians decide they are famous and attractive enough to act, but it takes a special kind of hubris to take a break from making music to direct a movie. Sometimes it works
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