Worst to Best: The Summer Blockbusters of 1984
Revisiting and re-evaluating a summer filled with nerds, gremlins, karate kids, and last starfighters.
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In review: 'Three Thousand Years of Longing,' 'Funny Pages'
George Miller follows up 'Mad Max: Fury Road' with a fantasia for the mind as well as the eye. And Owen Kline makes his directorial debut with the Daniel Clowes-like tale of an aspiring cartoonist.
The Best Films of the Year So Far (* According to Metacritic, According to Me): Part 1
Catching up with the most acclaimed films of the past eight months.
Apocalypse? Now?: 60 Years Later, This Low-Budget Vision of the Apocalypse Remains Unnervingly Timely
Ray Milland directs and stars in 'Panic in Year Zero!,' a vision of an ordinary family doing what it takes to survive after nuclear missiles destroy Los Angeles.
In Review: ‘Keane,’ ‘Day Shift’
A harrowing indie from the early '00s returns to theaters as Jamie Foxx fights vampires on Netflix.
Tomb of the Unknown Video Store
Memories of working at Video Library, the best video store in Athens, Georgia.