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WHEN ROBERT ALTMAN TOOK ON A SPINACH-SWIGGING SAILOR, HOPING TO MAKE A MOVIE STAR OF ROBIN WILLIAMS, MANY CONSIDERED IT A BIG SWING. THEY WERE RIGHT. SURVIVORS TELL US HOW POPEYE GOT LOST AT SEA

Back in the 1960s, several pop groups of the day appeared in feature films created around them. They were largely good clean fun, especially in the case of the Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night and the Dave

SOMEHOW — DECADES AFTER THE ORIGINAL CULT-CLASSIC — A GANG OF LUNATICS HAVE REMADE THE TOXIC AVENGER . AS THE POLLUTED MUTANT RAMPAGES ANEW, WE DELVE INTO THE SLIME

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DIRECTOR JOE CARNAHAN AND STAR JASON PATRIC TELL EMPIRE HOW THEY SHOT A MODERN COP CLASSIC, NARC

WHY ANG LEE’S ACHING LOVE STORY REMAINS UNQUITTABLE