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The Definitive Movies of 1995

10. Waterworld Directed by: Kevin Reynolds It could be the flop of all flops. At the time, “Waterworld” was the most expensive film ever made. Starring Kevin Costner, “Waterworld” is a science-fiction/fantasy film taking place roughly 500 years after the polar ice caps melted in the beginning of the 21st century, effectively covering the entire …

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The Nostalgia Files: ‘Galaxy Quest’ (1999)

Galaxy Quest Written by David Howard and Robert Gordon Directed by Dean Parisot USA, 1999 “Never give up. Never surrender.” Truer words have never been spoken. In 1999, the science fiction genre was shaken up a bit by a movie so smart and so funny that no other film has managed to duplicate its greatness …

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‘Bears’ a gorgeous but untrustworthy new documentary from Disneynature

Bears Written by Alastair Fothergill and Adam Chapman Directed by Alastair Fothergill and Keith Scholey UK and USA, 2013 During its fledgling years as a film studio, the Walt Disney Company helped revolutionize the nature documentary with its True-Life Adventure series. Here, as never before, audiences could thrill to the story of seals, beavers, bears, …

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28 Days of Disney Animation: ‘Toy Story,’ Technology, and The Power of Nostalgia

The opening and closing images in the Toy Story trilogy are one and the same: a picture-perfect blue sky with a couple of carefully placed, nonthreatening fluffy clouds in the middle. While both are computer-generated facsimiles, the former is a facsimile of a facsimile: the comforting wallpaper in the bedroom of a little boy named …

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Extended Thoughts on ‘The Santa Clause 2’

The Santa Clause 2 Directed by Michael Lembeck Written by Don Rhymer, Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio, Ed Decter, John J. Strauss Starring Tim Allen, Elizabeth Mitchell, Spencer Breslin, David Krumholtz, Judge Reinhold, Eric Lloyd Why wait eight years between the original Santa Clause and its follow-up, The Santa Clause 2? This is a question I’ve …

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