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While many performers commit completely to a role, that’s their job after all, not every experience turns out the way they might expect. Difficult productions, creative conflicts, or extreme preparation demands can leave an actor feeling like they put in more than they got out. In some cases, actors later

Throughout movie history, certain releases have been pulled from theaters immediately or after only a brief run because of controversy, legal trouble, tragedy, audience backlash, or disastrous box office results. In some cases, the withdrawal made the movie more famous than the release itself. Here are fifteen movies that were

Not every movie experiences its full cultural impact right away. At release, it can be hard to tell its full effect on audiences or influence on an era’s values. Here are fifteen era-defining movies that nobody realized were so important at the time. Boyz n the Hood It documented social

The 1980s loved to imagine the future with practical, rather than technological leaps. Many of those visions now feel charmingly inaccurate, but some films made guesses that landed closer to reality than you might think. They anticipated changes in communication, surveillance, artificial intelligence, virtual experiences, and the growing influence of

If you’ve spent any time at all on the internet, you’ve probably seen the most infamous moment from the 1997 bomb, Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. A woman in purple strides onto the screen to take her place between two ninjas standing in fight positions. When a young lady below says, “Mother…