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The Mandalorian and Grogu

Since 1977, few franchises have served up cinematic events quite like Star Wars. With nine episodes and two…

By Christopher Connor
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Ladies First

In the gender war comedy's heyday of the 1980s, Dolly Parton famously got to humiliate a chauvinist company…

By Antonia Georgiou
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Finding Emily

One would be forgiven for thinking that Finding Emily is set in the late 2000s upon first glance.…

By Antonia Georgiou
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The Balloonists

Launching on March 1st 1999, the explorers Bertand Piccard and Brian Jones were launched on the Breitling Orbiter…

By Thomas Messner
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Ciao UFO

Ciao UFO is a self-fulfilling title given the symbolic significance of UFOs as departures in Patrick Leung's film.…

By Mae Trumata
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Obsession

Who is Nikki Freeman? It's a question that bears asking, if only because her screentime in Obsession –…

By Thomas Messner
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The Christophers

When Steven Soderbergh returned from a brief (and busy) retirement, no time was wasted in reasserting his standing…

By Thomas Messner
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Remarkably Bright Creatures

After playing Doc Ock, Alfred Molina voices an actual octopus in Netflix's adaptation of Shelby Van Pelt's best-selling…

By Andrew Murray
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Mortal Kombat II

When the first Mortal Kombat movie was released in 1995, the video game franchise was at its cultural…

By Guy Lambert