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Five 2001 comedies worth a proper movie night
A disastrous race, a perfect pose, an awkward diary, a pink courtroom comeback and one very grumpy ogre. Which comedy still earns another viewing?
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1996 horror: five tapes, five kinds of fear
The Frighteners, The Craft, From Dusk Till Dawn, Tesis and Scream: build a movie night around the many different ways 1996 could scare you.
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Smallville at 25: learning to deserve the cape
The farm, the friendship with Lex and the long wait for flight: how Smallville made Superman’s unfinished years matter.
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2001 cartoons: five very different worlds
Timmy Turner, Zim, Samurai Jack, Penny Proud and the Justice League prove that one television year could contain five different kinds of imagination.
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Transformers at 40: the loss that stayed with us
A planet-sized threat, an unstoppable soundtrack and a hero who could not get back up: why the 1986 Transformers movie still carries an emotional…
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Fast & Furious at 25: before the world got bigger
Street races, chosen family and a DVD on repeat: revisiting the small-scale thrills that made the original Fast and the Furious feel so personal.
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Harry Potter at 25: coming home to Hogwarts
The train, the feast and the friends: why the first Harry Potter film still feels welcoming, and why returning to Hogwarts changes as we…
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Adult Swim at 25: a home for the weird
Adult Swim's shows, text-card bumpers and late-night surprises made a television schedule feel like a place. Twenty-five years later, that identity still stands out.
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Tim Curry: making the strange unforgettable
From Rocky Horror and Clue to Pennywise and Nigel Thornberry, Tim Curry gave generations of viewers very different reasons to remember him.
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Peter Cullen: the heart of Optimus Prime
Peter Cullen made Optimus Prime's strength feel protective. Remembering the actor, his brother's influence and the performances that reached across generations.
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The DVD comeback: a shelf of your own
Menus, bonus features and a shelf of favorites give movie discs an enduring appeal. The collecting revival is real, but the market tells a…
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How VHS changed movie night
The Record button, the rental-store shelf and the tape marked DO NOT ERASE: how VHS gave households a new relationship with television and film.