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The Princess Diaries: still rooting for Mia
The makeover made an impression. Mia's awkwardness made the movie last. Revisiting the warmth, San Francisco setting and unlikely royal family of a 2001…
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Scary Movie returns: the joke is still on us
Cindy, Brenda and the Wayans return. Revisiting the performances, rental-night rituals and comic timing that make horror parody more than a string of references.
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Scream at 30: why Ghostface still works
A ringing phone, a familiar mask and an audience convinced it knows the rules: how Scream made horror fans part of the mystery.
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Shrek at 25: why the jokes still land
The songs and fairy-tale jokes made Shrek feel like 2001. Its story about being seen without a disguise is why the film still works.
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1991 action movies: five ways to feel the impact
From Jackie Chan’s physical comedy to Terminator 2’s impossible machinery, five films that make every chase and collision mean something.
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Band of Brothers at 25: why it still holds up
The research, physical sets and changing points of view behind HBO’s ten-part miniseries—and why its smallest moments give the vast production its weight.
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Pan’s Labyrinth at 20: the cost of disobedience
Guillermo del Toro’s dark fairy tale makes fantasy feel as dangerous as the world outside it. Twenty years later, its hardest choices still resonate.
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1997 at the box office: more than Titanic
Five very different hits, one enormous ocean liner—and a clear explanation of what the worldwide numbers actually measure.
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Scrubs returns: the comedy that still hurts
The fantasies were ridiculous. The friendships were real. Revisiting Sacred Heart as J.D., Turk and Elliot become the doctors a new generation looks up…
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Malcolm returns—and the chaos grew up
A brilliant kid, an overextended family and a house that never stayed quiet. Why Malcolm’s original comedy still works as the family reunites.
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Baywatch returns: why the beach went global
Red uniforms, clear stakes and a television image that traveled everywhere. What the original built, and what is confirmed for FOX’s January 2027 return.
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Legally Blonde at 25: Elle was always smart
Elle Woods did not need to erase her personality to be taken seriously. Revisiting the original comedy and the confirmed new prequel chapter.