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Chicken Run (2000) Review

Chicken Run is one of the great British animated productions of the early twenty-first century and the feature debut of Aardman Animations as substantial. Aardman Animations had been working primarily in short subject and television animated production before Chicken Run.

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The Bourne Series (2002-2016) Review

The Bourne series is one of the most influential American action franchises of the past twenty-five years and the production that basically transformed how mainstream action cinema is shot, edited, and choreographed. Two additional Ludlum novels followed.

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The Blade Trilogy (1998-2004) Review

The Blade trilogy is the foundation document of modern Marvel cinema and one of the most influential American action horror franchises of the past three decades. The franchise adapts Marvel Comics characters created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan in…

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The Birds (1963) Review

The Birds is one of Alfred Hitchcock's great achievements and one of the most influential horror productions in American cinema history. The British-born filmmaker had produced substantial work in both British and American cinema across multiple decades.

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Ben-Hur (1959) Review

Ben-Hur is one of the great American historical epics and the production that established the commercial and creative ceiling for biblical-era cinema. He had directed Wuthering Heights, Mrs. Miniver, The Best Years of Our Lives, and various other major productions.

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Beauty and the Beast (1991) Review

Beauty and the Beast is one of the great Disney animated films and the first animated feature ever nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise directed.

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Bambi (1942) Review

Bambi is one of the great American animated films and one of Walt Disney's most personal achievements. The film runs seventy minutes.

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The Aristocats (1970) Review

The Aristocats is one of the substantial Disney animated productions of the post-Walt era and the studio's most successful cat-focused feature. The Aristocats was the first Disney animated feature originated and produced entirely after his death.

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Argo (2012) Review

Ben Affleck directed and starred. The film adapts the historical events of the 1980 Canadian Caper, when six American diplomats escaped the Iranian hostage crisis through a CIA operation involving a fake Hollywood production.

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