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The Cosmic Disaster of NeverEnding Story 2: The Next Chapter (1990)

The Fifth Element (1997): Luc Besson's Buckwild Sci-Fi Romp

Joel Schumacher's The Lost Boys (1987): Thou Shalt Not Suck

Exploring the Lost World of Congo: Crichton and Marshall's 1995 Safari Slop

Twister (1996): Jan de Bont's Truck-Themed Tornado Epic

Remembering D.A.R.Y.L. (1985): Simon Wincer's Overlooked Sci Fi Banger

The Jim Carrey Grinch Movie (2000): Defending Ron Howard's Most Hated Feature

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Annihilation (2018): Alex Garland's Shimmer-Themed Odyssey

Robot Jox (1989): Stuart Gordon's Fist-Driven Odyssey

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The People Under the Stairs (1991): Wes Craven's Slumlord Horror

The NeverEnding Story (1984): Why WE Are the Nothing

Freejack (1992): Geoff Murphy's Dystopian Hellscape

The Poltergeist Trilogy: A Look At Spielberg, Reagan, And Demonic Gut Worms

Jim Henson's Labyrinth (1986): The Maze of Nostalgia

Bleakness Perfected: No Country for Old Men (2007)

Goonies (1985): A Bankrupt Retrospective

Willow (1988): Not at All Like Lord of the Rings

Nothing But Trouble (1991): A Cinematic Fever Dream

The Quick and the Dead (1995): the Mythos of the Old West

Hereditary (2018): the Ultimate in Utah Horror

Blade Runner 2049: Slow And Deep, Just How We Like It

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