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Death Becomes Her (1992)

Robert Zemeckis has built a career as a premier techno-artist, almost always finding some groundbreaking visual effect to center his films around.

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Minions & Monsters (2026)

The Minions sub-franchise of Illumination’s flagship Despicable Me series is basically the Oops! All Berries of cinema.

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M3GAN 2.0 (2025)

M3GAN was one of the surprises of 2023, at least in terms of buzz and box office intake

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Review

Weekend at Bernie’s II (1993)

How do you make a sequel to a black comedy about a dead body posing as a living man?

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Battleship Potemkin (1925)

Few movies in the history of the medium have been more relegated to the “film school” shelf than Battleship Potemkin:

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Weekend at Bernie’s (1989)

You know the premise of Weekend at Bernie’s.

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Podcast Episode

Podcast Episode: Weekend at Bernies 1 & 2 (1989/93) – Tailor-made for shenanigans

Dan and Brian bring to life the corpse of the much-mocked Weekend at Bernie’s and find it more palatable than they expected.

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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

It really isn’t that much of a surprise that Puss in Boots 2 is good.

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Podcast Episode

Podcast Episode: Rudolph and Frosty’s Christmas in July (1979) and other Rankin/Bass ft. Zan Gillies – Normal Boxing Day behavior

Dan and Brian welcome Brian’s college friend and Emmy-winning filmmaker Zan Gillies to discuss the extended Rankin/Bass holiday universe

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Puss in Boots (2011)

Comedy is subjective, but I always thought the Puss in Boots character as introduced in Shrek 2 is a lot less funny than his reputation.