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The Great Films – My Neighbor Totoro

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  • Title: My Neighbor Totoro
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Universally regarded as one of the best animated films of all time, 1988’s My Neighbor Totoro follows 10 year-old Satsuki Kusakabe (Noriko Hidaka | Dakota Fanning) and 4 year-old Mei Kusakabe (Chika Sakamoto | Elle Fanning) on an amazing adventure after the move to the countryside with their father Tatsuo (Shigesato Itoi | Tim Daly). Shortly after arriving, the girls discover their new home is different finding dust spites in the house. Mei later follows two more unusual characters through the woods where she encounters the slumbering Totoro who more fascinates the young girl than scares her.

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Scream

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  • Title: Scream (1996)
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The brainchild of Kevin Williamson, 1996’s Scream enjoyed playing with the concepts of a classic slasher flick often satirizing them when still  using them to tell the story of Sidney Prescott (Neve Campbell) and her friends dealing with a serial killer in a Halloween costume murdering their way through their small California town. Director Wes Craven hits the right notes to stage and sell the concept for maximum effect while the characters often remark on the various aspects of horror movies culminating in the movie-obsessed Randy (Jamie Kennedy) summarizing rules which the franchise would live by for decades to come.

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The Great Race

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  • Title: The Great Race
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Throwback Thursday takes us to the most expensive comedy ever made at the time it was released and featured what has come to be known as the greatest pie fight ever captured on-screen. With 1965’s The Great Race director Blake Edwards (known for his over-the-top comedies) delivers his love letter to silent films in a battle of good and evil across the globe. Edwards fills, one might even suggest overfills, the film with silent movie gags and tropes including a ballroom brawl, sword fights, characters mistaken for lookalikes, slapstick and cartoonish humor (including the villains blowing up), and running gags.

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Hellboy: The Crooked Man

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  • Title: Hellboy: The Crooked Man
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Loosely based on the three-issue comic of the same name, Hellboy: The Crooked Man was a critical and box office flop attempting to steer into more horror aspects of the Hellboy comics without the humor or charm of the Guillermo del Toro and Ron Perlman films. The choice allows for the film to go with a lower budget and more of a indie horror movie feel, but ultimately comes off more confused than creepy and more cheap than cost-effective.

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The War of the Rohirrim

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  • Title: The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim
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The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is a movie set in one corner of The Lord of the Rings Universe. Sadly, it’s not a particularly interesting corner devoid of anyone other than the squabbling humans of Rohan. Providing the storyline of how Helm’s Deep got its name, the story revolves around the pride of men and quest for vengeance that ends badly for all. Honestly, I’m bewildered why anyone thought this was the story to expand the universe of Tolkien beyond The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

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