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If we say Michael Keaton's name three times, will we summon him back into the limelight? It's been exactly 25 years since we learned how to bring fort...
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Aptly enough, it took fans watching "Groundhog Day" over and over to transform the film from a modest hit into a modern-day comedy classic. The film, ...
Forty-five years later, it's hard to appreciate what a revolutionary film "The Graduate" was. Not just for its depiction of driftless youth and the se...
"Tootsie" may have lost the Best Picture and Best Actor race to "Gandhi" 30 years ago, but if you're looking for laughs instead of epic grandeur, Dust...
Even if you've never seen "Sophie's Choice," you know what the term means: An impossible, heart-wrenching decision that will destroy you no matter wha...
Thirty five years ago, the world caught a lasting case of disco fever, one that still rages to this day. "Saturday Night Fever," which opened on Decem...
After 25 years, maybe it's time to reconsider "Empire of the Sun," one of Steven Spielberg's most underrated films (released on Christmas Day, 1987). ...
Ladies, gird your heart. It's the 25th anniversary of perhaps the most aw-inducing comedy of all time, "Three Men and a Baby" (which was released on N...
"Mawwiage." Say just that one mispronounced word out loud, and you're bound to get a laugh from a nearby "Princess Bride" fan. Not only is director Ro...
"Life is good in Los Angeles... it's paradise on Earth. That's what they tell you, anyway." In the case of "L.A. Confidential" -- which was released 1...