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The Film: When it comes to naming the greatest directors in the history of cinema, I don't think you're going to find many that disagree with Steven Spielberg being somewhere on that list, having given us a multitude of classics that includes "Jaws," "Schindler's List," "Jurassic Park," and most of the "Indiana Jones" films. The unfortunate part is that, in such an extensive filmography that contains so many masterpieces, there are other entries that tend to get overshadowed

The Film: There are no doubt people who know the great Steven Spielberg primarily as a director of powerful dramas like "Schindler's List," "Saving Private Ryan, "Lincoln," and many more, but then there are those who know him mostly for his more adventurous/fun/action-oriented side with films like the "Indiana Jones" series, "Hook," "Jurassic Park," and "Catch Me If You Can." One of those films that falls into the latter category, another that often falls between the cracks w

The Film: There was understandably a fair amount of apprehension when it was announced that there was going to be a reboot of the classic comedy "The Naked Gun," a film that is still highly-revered to this day and which was executed so brilliantly thanks to its amusing gags & the remarkable talents of the legendary Leslie Nielsen. That sense of concern was only elevated when it was additionally announced that Liam Neeson, known most recently for the action films he's made ove

The Film: Between 2011 and 2017, three different "Smurfs" films were brought to the big screen, attempting to keep alive the spirit of the beloved comics from the '50s, which were most famously turned into a popular cartoon series that ran for nine seasons between 1981 and 1989. Sadly, the recent films were not received very well by critics, but that hardly stopped them from being rather successful at the box office, with the first of them grossing well over half a billion do

The Film: "Aeon Flux" originally started as an animated sci-fi series consisting of three seasons that aired on MTV from 1991-1995. It was received rather well by critics, who praised its creativity, characters, and themes, making it no surprise that a live-action version was eventually brought to life on the big screen. However, things didn't go quite as well for the film as they had for the series, with critics & audiences being quick to dismiss it, and its box office perfo

The Film: When last we saw Ethan Hunt and his close-knit team of allies in " Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning, Part 1 ," they were attempting to stop a computer program known as "The Entity" from taking over the world and potentially destroying it, with Ethan eventually getting his hands on the key needed to get at the program's source code and leaving us on quite the cliffhanger. Despite being a little on the verbose side, with it over-explaining its somewhat weaker-than

The Film: There have been many films made about Hollywood over the years, but few have had the staying power of Billy Wilder's...

The Film: 40 years ago, a little comedy called "Better Off Dead" was unleashed in theaters to little fanfare. It did fine at the box...

The Film: Single-location films have always been one of the most fascinating sub-genres of cinema, and one of the very hardest to do...

The Film: Whenever people talk about the Master of Suspense, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, it's usually in regards to his most popular works,...