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Filmmakers Reflect on Reign of Fire, 18 Years After the Bizarre Blockbuster Bomb Became a Cult Film

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With the tagline “Fight fire with fire, ” the dragon apocalypse blockbuster Reign of Fire crashed and burned at the box-office in the summer of 2002. Once it hit home entertainment, the metamorphosis from flop to beloved cult film was almost instantaneous. Over the next two decades of cable reruns, the movie rose from… Read more.

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How Sam Raimi made the superhero film better

Digital Trends

Sam Raimi pretty much reinvented and revitalized the comic book genre with 2002's Spider-Man, launching the modern superhero craze.

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Minority Report Remains a Flawed But Fantastic Sci-Fi Noir

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The best movie rewatches happen when you revisit a film you know you liked, but don’t really remember. That happened to me last week with Steven Spielberg ’s 2002 sci-fi film Minority Report. I saw it in theaters when it was released 20 years ago this week but have probably only seen it once since then. So I was… Read more.

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Danny Elfman's Nerdy Coachella Set Included Some of His Best Themes

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Titan of film scores Danny Elfman is no stranger to rock concerts; before his now iconic cinematic masterpieces from collaborations with Tim Burton , Sam Raimi , and others, he was the lead singer of new wave band Oingo Boingo. So the 2002 Coachella Valley Music and Arts festival was the perfect setting for his blend of… Read more.

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Attack of the Clones at 20: How the Star Wars Prequel Changed My Life

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It was the first day the film opened, May 16, 2002, and I’d been awake a long time. The day before, May 15, I spent over 12 hours outside of the Ziegfeld Theater in New York City waiting for a midnight screening of the latest Star Wars film.… My life changed drastically the day I first saw Attack of the Clones. Read more.

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Warner Bros. SCOOB! Trailer The First To Come Embedded With YouTube AR Experience

VRScout

Opening in theaters next Summer, the 3D animated film will explore the mysterious origins of Shaggy and Scooby-Doo’s epic friendship and the creation of Mystery Inc. Along with being the first full-length animated Scooby-Doo film released on the big screen — shout-out to 2002’s live-action Scooby-Doo — SCOOB!

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This Quest Pro Game Recreates Sword Art Online’s Lovably Bad User Interface

Road to VR

Film and TV oftentimes prioritize large, overly complex movements and cluttered UI elements that just don’t really translate to real life. Tom Cruise’s cybergloves in Minority Report (2002) are a shining example. As it is, fiction typically does a pretty poor job across the board of predicting how UI actually evolves.

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