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Disney's run from 1950 to 1991 is the best of any studio, even if it isn't all classics.
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Sin has to be balanced by punishment if you're going to make a point about it.
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Hollywood knows what you're going to watch before you do.
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Movies of a certain era are eminently quotable, and movie fans of a certain age are constantly quoting.
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Mental illness in the movies is not often like mental illness in real life.
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When I was four, I saw Raiders of the Lost Ark at the drive-in. My parents figured my older sister (then six) and I would just fall asleep. We didn’t. This may or may not be why I still won’t watch the face-melting bits, but I don’t remember any nightmares. My daughter was perhaps nine […]
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The anime club at my alma mater is called, I kid you not, the Giant Robot Appreciation Society, or GRAS. (Yes, they routinely get people who think the acronym refers to something else. That’s half the joke.) I was not actually a member, though I have several friends who were. What’s more, I was a […]
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So why can some people watch movies all day and others not?
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Belief can only be suspended so far, and the movies must do some of our lifting for us.
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Certain people just do have a knack for phoning it in, don't they?