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  • Summaries 136
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Interviews

  • Deadpool

    Feb 12, 2016

  • Lawrence of Arabia

    Dec 10, 1962

  • Nirvanna the Band the Show

    Feb 2, 2017

  • All The President's Men

    Apr 9, 1976

  • Always Shine

    Nov 25, 2016

  • American Psycho

    Apr 14, 2000

  • An Education

    Oct 30, 2009

  • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

    May 2, 1997

  • Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

    Jun 11, 1999

  • Austin Powers in Goldmember

    Jul 22, 2002

  • Elf

    Nov 7, 2003

  • Final Approach

    Dec 6, 1991

  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

    Apr 19, 2017

  • Lord of War

    Sep 16, 2005

  • Pump Up the Volume

    Aug 22, 1990

  • Romancing the Stone

    Mar 30, 1984

  • Snatch

    Sep 1, 2000

  • Tank Girl

    Mar 31, 1995

  • The Exorcist

    Dec 26, 1973

  • Trainspotting

    Jul 27, 1996

Summaries

  • The Big Chill

    Sep 30, 1983

  • Chariots of Fire

    May 15, 1981

  • Jojo Rabbit

    Oct 24, 2019

  • Ganja & Hess

    Apr 20, 1973

  • The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special

    Nov 25, 2022

  • Watcher

    Jun 3, 2022

  • Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

    Jul 15, 2022

  • The Man

    Jul 19, 1972

  • Village of the Damned

    Apr 28, 1995

  • Dazed and Confused

    Sep 24, 1993

  • Adventures in Babysitting

    Jan 1, 1987

  • Antebellum

    Sep 18, 2020

  • Heaven Knows What

    May 29, 2015

  • Confess, Fletch

    Sep 16, 2022

  • Woman Walks Ahead

    Jun 29, 2018

  • Chopping Mall

    Mar 21, 1986

  • Triangle of Sadness

    Oct 7, 2022

  • The Bear (Season 2, Episode 6)

    Jun 22, 2023

  • Jaws

    Jun 20, 1975

  • True Romance

    Sep 8, 1993

  • True Believer

    Feb 17, 1989

  • Bikini Beach

    Jul 22, 1964

  • Wolfen

    Jul 24, 1981

  • But I'm a Cheerleader

    Jul 7, 2000

  • Misery

    Nov 30, 1990

  • Razorback

    Apr 19, 1984

  • Edge of the City

    Jan 4, 1957

  • Saltburn

    Nov 17, 2023

  • The Painter and the Thief

    May 22, 2020

  • Tetsuo

    Jul 1, 1989

  • Cry-Baby

    Apr 6, 1990

  • Cocktail

    Jul 29, 1988

  • Final Destination 2

    Jan 31, 2003

  • Trafic

    Apr 16, 1971

  • Desperately Seeking Susan

    Apr 12, 1985

  • Steel Magnolias

    Nov 22, 1989

  • Monster Hunter

    Dec 18, 2020

  • Memento

    Oct 11, 2000

  • Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

    Jul 26, 2019

  • Short Cuts

    Oct 1, 1993

  • Ghostbusters II

    Jun 16, 1989

  • Empire Records

    Sep 22, 1995

  • Gridlock'd

    Jan 29, 1997

  • Terrifier 2

    Oct 6, 2022

  • The Bear (Season 2, Episode 10)

    Jun 22, 2023

  • Significant Other

    Oct 6, 2022

  • Zardoz

    Feb 6, 1974

  • La La Land

    Dec 25, 2016

  • Wayne's World

    Feb 14, 1992

  • I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking)

    Mar 17, 2021

  • Spin Me Round

    Aug 19, 2022

  • Old Joy

    Aug 25, 2006

  • No Hard Feelings

    Jun 15, 2023

  • Possession

    May 27, 1981

  • Fantasia

    Nov 13, 1940

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Jun 12, 1981

  • Ghostbusters

    Jun 8, 1984

  • Bones

    Oct 25, 2001

  • Never Rarely Sometimes Always

    Mar 13, 2020

  • Pearl

    Sep 16, 2022

  • Cuties

    Sep 9, 2020

  • Hello, Dolly!

    Dec 16, 1969

  • The Bear (Season 1, Episode 7)

    Jun 23, 2022

  • Shadow in the Cloud

    Jan 1, 2021

  • Mr. Holland's Opus

    Dec 29, 1995

  • Celia

    May 18, 1989

  • Party Girl

    Jun 9, 1995

  • Wayne's World 2

    Dec 10, 1993

  • Straight Time

    Mar 17, 1978

  • French Girl

    Mar 15, 2024

  • Wormwood

    Dec 15, 2017

  • Mon Oncle

    May 10, 1958

  • Final Fantasy VII

    Jan 31, 1997

  • Bronson

    Oct 1, 2008

  • The Beaver

    May 6, 2011

  • American Hustle

    Dec 12, 2013

  • The Assistant

    Jan 31, 2020

  • Atomic Blonde

    Jul 28, 2017

  • Back to the Future

    Jul 3, 1985

  • Bad Santa

    Nov 26, 2003

  • The Beach

    Feb 2, 2000

  • Career Opportunities

    Mar 29, 1991

  • The Changeling

    Mar 28, 1980

  • Cleo from 5 to 7

    Apr 11, 1962

  • Coneheads

    Jul 23, 1993

  • Contact

    Jul 11, 1997

  • Control

    Oct 5, 2007

  • Demolition Man

    Oct 8, 1993

  • Dragnet

    Jun 26, 1987

  • Eden

    Nov 19, 2014

  • The Facts of Life

    Dec 14, 1960

  • Fargo

    Apr 5, 1996

  • Flubber

    Nov 27, 1997

  • The Front Page

    Dec 17, 1974

  • Full Throttle

    Apr 30, 1995

  • Good Time

    Aug 11, 2017

  • Grand Prix

    Dec 21, 1966

  • A Hard Day's Night

    Jul 6, 1964

  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch

    Jul 27, 2001

  • Hue and Cry

    Jun 9, 1947

  • I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK

    Dec 7, 2006

  • The Idolmaker

    Nov 14, 1980

  • The Impostors

    Oct 2, 1998

  • Joe Versus the Volcano

    Mar 3, 1990

  • Kiss Me Deadly

    Apr 28, 1955

  • Lady Bird

    Nov 3, 2017

  • Life Stinks

    Jul 26, 1991

  • The Lion King

    Jul 19, 2019

  • The Matrix

    Mar 31, 1999

  • Meet Wally Sparks

    Jan 31, 1997

  • Melancholia

    May 26, 2011

  • Mission: Impossible II

    May 24, 2000

  • Mission: Impossible III

    May 5, 2006

  • Modern Girls

    Nov 7, 1986

  • Mrs. Doubtfire

    Nov 24, 1993

  • Night of the Comet

    Nov 16, 1984

  • Nightwatch

    Apr 17, 1998

  • Once Upon a Time in the West

    Dec 21, 1968

  • Parasite

    May 30, 2019

  • Rosemary's Baby

    Jun 12, 1968

  • Run Lola Run

    Jun 18, 1999

  • A Separation

    Mar 16, 2011

  • So I Married An Axe Murderer

    Jul 30, 1993

  • Stranger Than Fiction

    Nov 10, 2006

  • Terrified

    May 1, 1963

  • They Live

    Nov 4, 1988

  • Three Men and a Baby

    Nov 23, 1987

  • Times Square

    Oct 17, 1980

  • To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar

    Sep 8, 1995

  • Veronika Decides to Die

    May 16, 2009

  • Videodrome

    Feb 4, 1983

  • The Virgin Suicides

    May 19, 1999

  • Vox Lux

    Dec 21, 2018

  • Whip It

    Oct 2, 2009

  • The Wild Bunch

    Jun 18, 1969

  • Zodiac

    Mar 2, 2007

Titles Only

  • Brave Ragazze

    Oct 10, 2019

  • Rear Window

    Aug 4, 1954

  • Electra Glide in Blue

    Aug 19, 1973

  • Violent City

    Sep 17, 1970

  • California Split

    Aug 7, 1974

  • Jingle All The Way

    Nov 22, 1996

  • High Noon

    Jul 24, 1952

  • Medium Cool

    Aug 27, 1969

  • Immortal Beloved

    Dec 16, 1994

  • Stakeout

    Aug 5, 1987

  • Without a Clue

    Oct 28, 1988

  • Blade Runner

    Jun 25, 1982

  • Star Trek: Nemesis

    Dec 13, 2002

  • Book of Love

    Oct 1, 1990

  • Half-Life

    Nov 19, 1998

  • Night of the Living Dead

    Oct 1, 1968

  • Switching Channels

    Mar 4, 1988

  • Strangers on a Train

    Jun 30, 1951

  • 40 Days and 40 Nights

    Mar 1, 2002

  • 52 Pick-Up

    Nov 7, 1986

  • Antitrust

    Jan 12, 2001

  • Bachelor Party

    Jun 29, 1984

  • Back to the Future Part II

    Nov 22, 1989

  • Back to the Future Part III

    May 25, 1990

  • Basic Instinct 2

    Mar 31, 2006

  • Batman Returns

    Jun 19, 1992

  • Beauty Shop

    Mar 30, 2005

  • Big

    Jun 3, 1988

  • Blue Collar

    Feb 10, 1978

  • The Breakfast Club

    Feb 15, 1985

  • Breakin'

    May 3, 1984

  • Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

    Dec 21, 1984

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai

    Oct 2, 1957

  • Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

    Jun 24, 1976

  • Bye Bye Birdie

    Apr 4, 1963

  • The Cable Guy

    Jun 14, 1996

  • Chances Are

    Mar 10, 1989

  • Chocolat

    Jan 19, 2001

  • The Craft

    May 3, 1996

  • Ernest Goes to School

    May 6, 1994

  • Evolution

    Jun 8, 2001

  • The Fan

    May 15, 1981

  • Flash Gordon

    Dec 5, 1980

  • Freebie and the Bean

    Dec 25, 1974

  • Fried Green Tomatoes

    Dec 27, 1991

  • Get Out

    Feb 24, 2017

  • Go

    Apr 9, 1999

  • Goodbye Lover

    Apr 16, 1999

  • The Great Escape

    Jul 4, 1963

  • Gremlins

    Jun 8, 1984

  • Harold and Maude

    Dec 20, 1971

  • The Hudsucker Proxy

    Mar 11, 1994

  • Jackie Brown

    Dec 25, 1997

  • Judge Dredd

    Jun 30, 1995

  • Jungle 2 Jungle

    Mar 7, 1997

  • Lipstick

    Apr 2, 1976

  • The Little Mermaid

    Nov 17, 1989

  • The Long Goodbye

    Mar 7, 1973

  • Marathon Man

    Oct 8, 1976

  • Mars Attacks!

    Dec 13, 1996

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street

    Nov 9, 1984

  • Oscar and Lucinda

    Dec 31, 1997

  • The Phantom

    Jun 7, 1996

  • Practical Magic

    Oct 16, 1998

  • The Producers

    Nov 22, 1967

  • Raising Arizona

    Mar 13, 1987

  • The Return of the Living Dead

    Aug 16, 1985

  • Shaft

    Jul 2, 1971

  • Striptease

    Jun 28, 1996

  • The Stunt Man

    Jun 27, 1980

  • The Knack... and How to Get It

    Jun 3, 1965

  • The Secret Garden

    Aug 13, 1993

  • Wet Hot American Summer

    Jul 27, 2001

  • The Young Stranger

    Feb 1, 1957

  • Z for Zachariah

    Aug 28, 2015

All

  • The Big Chill

    Sep 30, 1983

  • Brave Ragazze

    Oct 10, 2019

  • Chariots of Fire

    May 15, 1981

  • Jojo Rabbit

    Oct 24, 2019

  • Ganja & Hess

    Apr 20, 1973

  • The Guardians of the Galaxy: Holiday Special

    Nov 25, 2022

  • Watcher

    Jun 3, 2022

  • Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

    Jul 15, 2022

  • The Man

    Jul 19, 1972

  • Village of the Damned

    Apr 28, 1995

  • Dazed and Confused

    Sep 24, 1993

  • Adventures in Babysitting

    Jan 1, 1987

  • Antebellum

    Sep 18, 2020

  • Heaven Knows What

    May 29, 2015

  • Confess, Fletch

    Sep 16, 2022

  • Woman Walks Ahead

    Jun 29, 2018

  • Chopping Mall

    Mar 21, 1986

  • Triangle of Sadness

    Oct 7, 2022

  • The Bear (Season 2, Episode 6)

    Jun 22, 2023

  • Jaws

    Jun 20, 1975

  • Deadpool

    Feb 12, 2016

  • True Romance

    Sep 8, 1993

  • True Believer

    Feb 17, 1989

  • Bikini Beach

    Jul 22, 1964

  • Rear Window

    Aug 4, 1954

  • Wolfen

    Jul 24, 1981

  • But I'm a Cheerleader

    Jul 7, 2000

  • Misery

    Nov 30, 1990

  • Electra Glide in Blue

    Aug 19, 1973

  • Razorback

    Apr 19, 1984

  • Edge of the City

    Jan 4, 1957

  • Saltburn

    Nov 17, 2023

  • The Painter and the Thief

    May 22, 2020

  • Tetsuo

    Jul 1, 1989

  • Cry-Baby

    Apr 6, 1990

  • Cocktail

    Jul 29, 1988

  • Final Destination 2

    Jan 31, 2003

  • Trafic

    Apr 16, 1971

  • Desperately Seeking Susan

    Apr 12, 1985

  • Steel Magnolias

    Nov 22, 1989

  • Monster Hunter

    Dec 18, 2020

  • Memento

    Oct 11, 2000

  • Lawrence of Arabia

    Dec 10, 1962

  • Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

    Jul 26, 2019

  • Short Cuts

    Oct 1, 1993

  • Ghostbusters II

    Jun 16, 1989

  • Empire Records

    Sep 22, 1995

  • Gridlock'd

    Jan 29, 1997

  • Terrifier 2

    Oct 6, 2022

  • The Bear (Season 2, Episode 10)

    Jun 22, 2023

  • Significant Other

    Oct 6, 2022

  • Zardoz

    Feb 6, 1974

  • La La Land

    Dec 25, 2016

  • Wayne's World

    Feb 14, 1992

  • I'm Fine (Thanks for Asking)

    Mar 17, 2021

  • Spin Me Round

    Aug 19, 2022

  • Old Joy

    Aug 25, 2006

  • No Hard Feelings

    Jun 15, 2023

  • Violent City

    Sep 17, 1970

  • California Split

    Aug 7, 1974

  • Possession

    May 27, 1981

  • Fantasia

    Nov 13, 1940

  • Raiders of the Lost Ark

    Jun 12, 1981

  • Ghostbusters

    Jun 8, 1984

  • Bones

    Oct 25, 2001

  • Never Rarely Sometimes Always

    Mar 13, 2020

  • Pearl

    Sep 16, 2022

  • Cuties

    Sep 9, 2020

  • Hello, Dolly!

    Dec 16, 1969

  • The Bear (Season 1, Episode 7)

    Jun 23, 2022

  • Shadow in the Cloud

    Jan 1, 2021

  • Mr. Holland's Opus

    Dec 29, 1995

  • Celia

    May 18, 1989

  • Party Girl

    Jun 9, 1995

  • Jingle All The Way

    Nov 22, 1996

  • Wayne's World 2

    Dec 10, 1993

  • High Noon

    Jul 24, 1952

  • Straight Time

    Mar 17, 1978

  • French Girl

    Mar 15, 2024

  • Medium Cool

    Aug 27, 1969

  • Immortal Beloved

    Dec 16, 1994

  • Stakeout

    Aug 5, 1987

  • Without a Clue

    Oct 28, 1988

  • Blade Runner

    Jun 25, 1982

  • Wormwood

    Dec 15, 2017

  • Star Trek: Nemesis

    Dec 13, 2002

  • Mon Oncle

    May 10, 1958

  • Book of Love

    Oct 1, 1990

  • Final Fantasy VII

    Jan 31, 1997

  • Half-Life

    Nov 19, 1998

  • Night of the Living Dead

    Oct 1, 1968

  • Switching Channels

    Mar 4, 1988

  • Bronson

    Oct 1, 2008

  • Strangers on a Train

    Jun 30, 1951

  • Nirvanna the Band the Show

    Feb 2, 2017

  • The Beaver

    May 6, 2011

  • 40 Days and 40 Nights

    Mar 1, 2002

  • 52 Pick-Up

    Nov 7, 1986

  • All The President's Men

    Apr 9, 1976

  • Always Shine

    Nov 25, 2016

  • American Hustle

    Dec 12, 2013

  • American Psycho

    Apr 14, 2000

  • An Education

    Oct 30, 2009

  • Antitrust

    Jan 12, 2001

  • The Assistant

    Jan 31, 2020

  • Atomic Blonde

    Jul 28, 2017

  • Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

    May 2, 1997

  • Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

    Jun 11, 1999

  • Austin Powers in Goldmember

    Jul 22, 2002

  • Bachelor Party

    Jun 29, 1984

  • Back to the Future

    Jul 3, 1985

  • Back to the Future Part II

    Nov 22, 1989

  • Back to the Future Part III

    May 25, 1990

  • Bad Santa

    Nov 26, 2003

  • Basic Instinct 2

    Mar 31, 2006

  • Batman Returns

    Jun 19, 1992

  • The Beach

    Feb 2, 2000

  • Beauty Shop

    Mar 30, 2005

  • Big

    Jun 3, 1988

  • Blue Collar

    Feb 10, 1978

  • The Breakfast Club

    Feb 15, 1985

  • Breakin'

    May 3, 1984

  • Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo

    Dec 21, 1984

  • The Bridge on the River Kwai

    Oct 2, 1957

  • Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

    Jun 24, 1976

  • Bye Bye Birdie

    Apr 4, 1963

  • The Cable Guy

    Jun 14, 1996

  • Career Opportunities

    Mar 29, 1991

  • Chances Are

    Mar 10, 1989

  • The Changeling

    Mar 28, 1980

  • Chocolat

    Jan 19, 2001

  • Cleo from 5 to 7

    Apr 11, 1962

  • Coneheads

    Jul 23, 1993

  • Contact

    Jul 11, 1997

  • Control

    Oct 5, 2007

  • The Craft

    May 3, 1996

  • Demolition Man

    Oct 8, 1993

  • Dragnet

    Jun 26, 1987

  • Eden

    Nov 19, 2014

  • Elf

    Nov 7, 2003

  • Ernest Goes to School

    May 6, 1994

  • Evolution

    Jun 8, 2001

  • The Facts of Life

    Dec 14, 1960

  • The Fan

    May 15, 1981

  • Fargo

    Apr 5, 1996

  • Final Approach

    Dec 6, 1991

  • Flash Gordon

    Dec 5, 1980

  • Flubber

    Nov 27, 1997

  • Freebie and the Bean

    Dec 25, 1974

  • Fried Green Tomatoes

    Dec 27, 1991

  • The Front Page

    Dec 17, 1974

  • Full Throttle

    Apr 30, 1995

  • Get Out

    Feb 24, 2017

  • Go

    Apr 9, 1999

  • Goodbye Lover

    Apr 16, 1999

  • Good Time

    Aug 11, 2017

  • Grand Prix

    Dec 21, 1966

  • The Great Escape

    Jul 4, 1963

  • Gremlins

    Jun 8, 1984

  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

    Apr 19, 2017

  • A Hard Day's Night

    Jul 6, 1964

  • Harold and Maude

    Dec 20, 1971

  • Hedwig and the Angry Inch

    Jul 27, 2001

  • The Hudsucker Proxy

    Mar 11, 1994

  • Hue and Cry

    Jun 9, 1947

  • I'm a Cyborg, but That's OK

    Dec 7, 2006

  • The Idolmaker

    Nov 14, 1980

  • The Impostors

    Oct 2, 1998

  • Jackie Brown

    Dec 25, 1997

  • Joe Versus the Volcano

    Mar 3, 1990

  • Judge Dredd

    Jun 30, 1995

  • Jungle 2 Jungle

    Mar 7, 1997

  • Kiss Me Deadly

    Apr 28, 1955

  • Lady Bird

    Nov 3, 2017

  • Life Stinks

    Jul 26, 1991

  • The Lion King

    Jul 19, 2019

  • Lipstick

    Apr 2, 1976

  • The Little Mermaid

    Nov 17, 1989

  • The Long Goodbye

    Mar 7, 1973

  • Lord of War

    Sep 16, 2005

  • Marathon Man

    Oct 8, 1976

  • Mars Attacks!

    Dec 13, 1996

  • The Matrix

    Mar 31, 1999

  • Meet Wally Sparks

    Jan 31, 1997

  • Melancholia

    May 26, 2011

  • Mission: Impossible II

    May 24, 2000

  • Mission: Impossible III

    May 5, 2006

  • Modern Girls

    Nov 7, 1986

  • Mrs. Doubtfire

    Nov 24, 1993

  • A Nightmare on Elm Street

    Nov 9, 1984

  • Night of the Comet

    Nov 16, 1984

  • Nightwatch

    Apr 17, 1998

  • Once Upon a Time in the West

    Dec 21, 1968

  • Oscar and Lucinda

    Dec 31, 1997

  • Parasite

    May 30, 2019

  • The Phantom

    Jun 7, 1996

  • Practical Magic

    Oct 16, 1998

  • The Producers

    Nov 22, 1967

  • Pump Up the Volume

    Aug 22, 1990

  • Raising Arizona

    Mar 13, 1987

  • The Return of the Living Dead

    Aug 16, 1985

  • Romancing the Stone

    Mar 30, 1984

  • Rosemary's Baby

    Jun 12, 1968

  • Run Lola Run

    Jun 18, 1999

  • A Separation

    Mar 16, 2011

  • Shaft

    Jul 2, 1971

  • Snatch

    Sep 1, 2000

  • So I Married An Axe Murderer

    Jul 30, 1993

  • Stranger Than Fiction

    Nov 10, 2006

  • Striptease

    Jun 28, 1996

  • The Stunt Man

    Jun 27, 1980

  • Tank Girl

    Mar 31, 1995

  • Terrified

    May 1, 1963

  • The Exorcist

    Dec 26, 1973

  • The Knack... and How to Get It

    Jun 3, 1965

  • The Secret Garden

    Aug 13, 1993

  • They Live

    Nov 4, 1988

  • Three Men and a Baby

    Nov 23, 1987

  • Times Square

    Oct 17, 1980

  • To Wong Foo Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar

    Sep 8, 1995

  • Trainspotting

    Jul 27, 1996

  • Veronika Decides to Die

    May 16, 2009

  • Videodrome

    Feb 4, 1983

  • The Virgin Suicides

    May 19, 1999

  • Vox Lux

    Dec 21, 2018

  • Wet Hot American Summer

    Jul 27, 2001

  • Whip It

    Oct 2, 2009

  • The Wild Bunch

    Jun 18, 1969

  • The Young Stranger

    Feb 1, 1957

  • Z for Zachariah

    Aug 28, 2015

  • Zodiac

    Mar 2, 2007

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