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PLANET OF THE APES: Everything You Need to Know About the 1968–2001 Saga
In 1963, nine years after writing the war epic The Bridge on the River Kwai, French writer Pierre Boulle published the science fiction novel Planet of...
BARRY LYNDON Unveiled: A Masterpiece from a Bygone Era
A teenage Irishman, Redmond Barry, falls in love with his cousin.
DEATH BECOMES HER Deciphered. Darkly Grotesque Fairy Tale
After his success with the Back to the Future trilogy and the live-action-animation crime spoof Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Robert Zemeckis was hailed as...
SPACEBALLS Deciphered. Brooks' Hilarious Sci-Fi Spoof
After this bombastic introduction, a spaceship appears before us, flying endlessly, with a design that looks like the wild dream of a drunk designer...
The ZODIAC Killings Decoded: Facts, Myths and Fincher’s Film
The true beginnings of the Zodiac case date back to October 1966, when a young student, Cheri Jo Bates, was murdered after leaving the library in...
NORTH BY NORTHWEST Deciphered: Hitch's Unparalleled Genius
Advertising agent Roger Thornhill, during a meeting with clients at the Plaza Hotel in New York, calls over a bellboy who is looking for a certain...
DIE NIBELUNGEN Explained: A Great Fantasy Spectacle
In 1947, Siegfried Kracauer’s famous work, From Caligari to Hitler, hit the shelves of American bookstores.
David Lynch's DUNE Explained: Strangely Beautiful Disaster
After the release of The Elephant Man, the director, who until recently worried about whether he would ever be able to provide financial stability for...