All is Fine in ’89 Review: An Incomplete Homage
All is Fine in '89 has a unique central idea and is unashamed to go to some dark places, but progresses in predictable ways.
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Thought Bubble: What Do We Want From Old Friends?
A glut of 1990s TV revivals are upon us. What do these Friends , X-Files , and Full House reunions hope to accomplish – and what should we as viewers expect from them?
Super 8 Review
It’s safe to say that many filmgoers will always measure newcomer sci-fi epics by the standards of the classics that came before them. Close Encounters of the Third Kind , E.T. and the now thirty-to-forty year old peers that reserve warm fuzzy spots in hearts around the globe. So it was both interesting and completely logical that Steven Spielberg, creator of these titan classics, would use the talents of J. J. Abrams, undeniably a contemporary lord of genre, to, in essence, create a new film that makes tribute to his own triumphs.
