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The 30 Best Teen Movies You Can Watch
Before the 1950s, filmmakers didn’t think about teenagers as anything other than adults-in-waiting—accessories to the adult characters in films. That changed circa the release of Nicholas Ray’s 1955 James Dean star vehicle Rebel Without a Cause, the success of which made studios realize that teens were driving around in their own cars and occasionally spending their…
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12 ‘Legacy Sequels’ That Don’t Suck (and 8 That Kinda Do)
I’m not wild about our current pop culture obsession with nostalgia, in part because we seem be reaching a point where a dearth of original cinematic fare is going to leave the nostalgia miners of the future with nothing to work with.
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How to Grill the Perfect Hot Dog
It’s summertime, people, and that means heat rash, going to work even though it’s a really nice day, and grilling hot dogs! The humble frankfurter may have been invented in Germany, but it has become a distinctly American and Australian food. Although us Aussies prefer a good sanga sandwich.
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32 Movies Best Watched in Total Ignorance
The logic of film marketing suggests we need to know everything about a movie before we’ll pony up for a movie ticket — but that doesn’t mean that’s the right way to see every movie. There’s a lot of competition for our attention these days, meaning many of us do a lot of vetting before…