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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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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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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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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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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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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…