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Midway

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Independence Day: Resurgence

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Stonewall

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White House Down

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Anonymous

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2012

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The Day After Tomorrow

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The Patriot

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Godzilla

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Stargate

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Universal Soldier

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Black Writers Week

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Far Flungers

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Take the Strangeness Away: On Signs and War of the Worlds

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Interviews

So Many Heroes: Ed Skrein and Luke Kleintank on Portraying the Greatest Generation in the WWII Epic Midway

November 7, 2019

Far Flungers

An Event…: On 1974’s Earthquake

April 9, 2018

Features

Meet the Writers: Scout Tafoya

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The Cynicism of the Modern Disaster Film

October 3, 2016

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Beyond Imagination: How “Independence Day” Changed the Blockbuster

June 28, 2016

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Book Review: “The Art & Making of Independence Day: Resurgence”

June 27, 2016

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Festivals & Awards

TIFF 2015: “Stonewall,” “Louder Than Bombs,” “The Final Girls”

September 20, 2015

Festivals & Awards

Reeling: Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival 2015 Preview

September 17, 2015

Festivals & Awards

TIFF 2015: Preview of the 40th Toronto International Film Festival

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Features

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The Unloved, Part 21: Anonymous

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Far Flungers

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Scanners

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Scanners

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Extraterrestrial: Sex, lies and science-fiction

December 14, 2012

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Movie Answer Man

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