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“Total Recall” at 25
Paul Verhoeven proved his sci-fi chops with the 1987 cyberpunk masterpiece RoboCop, but that film’s grimy location shoots and dilapidated effects scarcely offered evidence that he could mount a film on the level of Total Recall. Based on Philip K. Dick’s story...
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Right on Film: 5 Films Born of the Reagan Era
Ronald Reagan was a controversial president. There wasn’t a line he straddled for most people; you either hated the man and his politics or you adored his way of thinking. Whether you hated Reagan or not, however, the perception of masculinity, patriotism, and...
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Weekend Box Office: “Lego” Three-Peats, Bests Volcanoes And Costners
It was a typical February weekend, with just about everything performing not great and a couple films taking huge hits. The winner for the third weekend in a row was The Lego Movie, which took $31.4 million to bring it to $183 million total. It was the largest...
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How “RoboCop” Lost Its Political Edge
In this Era of Remakes, it is rare to find a film whose subject matter actually deserves to be re-examined. Most of the time, movie studios simply take a popular property, cast a couple of young stars in it, and update a few of the details. Robocop could have ...
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Weekend Box Office: “Lego” Tops Remakes, There Was Much Rejoicing
It was a double holiday weekend, with President's Day on Monday and Valentine's Day on Friday, and a weekend where three remakes of 80's movies were vying for the top spot in the market. The box office certainly reflected the former, with family films and roma...
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The “RoboCop” Remake Stays (Mostly) True to the Subversive Spirit of the Original
Few Hollywood films, past or present, are as savagely subversive as Paul Verhoeven’s RoboCop. Released in 1987 at the (then) height of commercial excess and populist blockbuster entertainment, the film’s outlandish one-word premise and over-the-top sci-fi gunp...
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