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87 Years Later, The Most Iconic Superhero Secret Identity Still Holds True

Who is the real character? Superman or Clark Kent? A breakdown of the long, unusual history of the most famous super alter ego.

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43 Years Later, Disney's Most Underrated Sci-Fi Epic Delivers On A Strange Promise

Is this what we actually wanted? Here's why the idea of 'Tron: Ares' being "shot by a robot" might gives fans pause.

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Kids at 30: the most controversial movie of the Nineties still has the power to disgust

INSIDE FILM: Audiences, critics and politicians the world over were horrified by Larry Clark and Harmony Korine’s dramatisation of wayward Manhattan youth. Three decades on, writes Adam White, its provocations remain jolting – and desperate

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75 Years Ago, The Most Influential Filmmaker You Never Heard Of Sparked The Golden Age of Sci-Fi

Released in 1950, 'Destination Moon' has a far greater legacy than you might expect.

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The most overrated films of the 21st century, from Casino Royale to Oppenheimer

THE COUNTDOWN: Prepare to be outraged, or prepare to find affirmation in someone else having the same opinion as you: here are 15 of the most inexplicably praised-to-the-hilt movies of the last 25 years, as (exclusively) chosen by Ed Power

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27 Years Later, A Forgotten '90s Sci-Fi Thriller Just Got A Huge Upgrade

With its new 4K Blu-ray release, it's time to revisit the underrated pre-Matrix simulation thriller, 'Dark City.'

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40 Years Ago, A Cult Fantasy Movie Redefined A Classic Franchise

One movie scarred a generation and completely changed a classic movie by bringing it back to its roots.

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24 Years Later, The Most Iconic Sci-Fi Thriller Trilogy Just Got A Huge Upgrade

With a new Steelbook edition of the Jurassic Park Trilogy, it’s time to revisit the classic movies.

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15 Years Ago, An Underrated Sci-Fi Flop Killed A Studio Before It Got Started

'Titan A.E.' deserves to be known as more than the flop that killed Fox Animation.

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20 Years Ago, Christopher Nolan Revitalized Batman — And Changed Superhero Movies Forever

Before 'Batman Begins,' movies based on DC Comics were trapped in development hell.

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15 terrible movies directed by great actors, from Jodie Foster’s The Beaver to Mel Gibson’s Passion of the Christ

THE COUNTDOWN: Remember the time Chris Evans spent his Marvel hiatus directing a romantic comedy? Of course you don’t – because it was one in a long lineage of speedily forgotten flops directed by overly indulged movie stars, writes Tom Fordy

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Netflix Just Quietly Added The Most Influential Psychological Thrillers Of All Time

The origin point for all modern psychological horror can be traced back to three classic Hitchcock thrillers.

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10 Years Ago, Netflix's Boldest Sci-Fi Show Marked The End Of An Era

Before Netflix became the hub of reality shows and streaming slop, it was the home of bold genre TV like the Wachowskis' 'Sense8.'

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40 Years Later, One Of The Greatest Dystopian Sci-Fi Films Ever Just Got A Huge Upgrade

Terry Gilliam's 'Brazil' almost fell apart thanks to studio meddling. But now, with a new Criterion release, it's considered an all-time sci-fi classic.

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21 Years Later, The Century's Most Overlooked Sci-Fi Flop Just Got A Huge Upgrade

'Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow' secretly changed the modern blockbuster as we know it. And it's now available on 4K Blu-ray.

The Independent UK

The worst Nineties comedies ranked, from Flubber to Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot

THE COUNTDOWN: Not everything can be ‘The Big Lebowski’ or ‘Clueless’, as proven by the absolute trainwrecks that passed through cinemas in the Nineties billing themselves as comedies. Ed Power surveys the worst of them, from the Culkin-less ‘Home Alone 3’ to the Bill Cosby ghost film no one (thankfully)…

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55 Years Ago, A Massive Sci-Fi Franchise Gave Us One Of The Most Bizarre Sequels Ever

'Beneath the Planet of the Apes' may not be a great movie. But you could never call it boring.

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30 Years Ago, Keanu Reeves Made A Camp Sci-Fi Masterpiece That Was Ahead Of Its Time

What if I told you 'Johnny Mnemonic' is better than 'The Matrix'?

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Wes Anderson ranked, from The Phoenician Scheme to The Grand Budapest Hotel

THE COUNTDOWN: As the man behind ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ and ‘Asteroid City’ unveils his latest film, ‘The Phoenician Scheme’, Clarisse Loughrey ranks the output so far from one of modern cinema’s most aesthetically rich and emotionally astute filmmakers

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10 Years Later, Disney's Weirdest Sci-Fi Flop Is Better Than You Remember

'Tomorrowland' was never the family-friendly crowdpleaser that Disney hoped for. But that's a good thing.

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20 Years Later, A Polarizing Horror Prequel Ultimately Came Out On Top

'Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist' was Paul Schrader’s original version of the retooled 'The Exorcist: The Beginning.' In the end, 'Dominion' prevailed.

The Independent UK

Mission: Impossible ranked – All eight Tom Cruise blockbusters, from worst to best

THE COUNTDOWN: As the perpetually building-climbing Ethan Hunt faces ‘The Final Reckoning’, Adam White and Louis Chilton rank all eight of the Mission movies (so far?) – from the one with Philip Seymour Hoffman to the one with all the slow-motion doves

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45 Years Later, A Groundbreaking Sci-Fi Masterpiece Continues To Confound

The legacy of Andrei Tarkovsky's wildly influential 'Stalker' is complicated by the suspicious deaths of its director and crew.

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90 Years Ago, A Forgotten Horror Movie Beat A Monster-Movie Classic To The Punch

Six years before Universal's 'The Wolf Man,' 'Werewolf of London' introduced a horror icon to the silver screen.

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20 Years Later, A Forgotten Sci-Fi Adventure Deserves Better Than Its Tepid Reception

When it was released in 2005, 'Hitchchiker's Guide to The Galaxy' was poorly received. It didn't deserve that.

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