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It's Almost New Year's Eve (2011), So Here's Your Annual Dust On The VCR Recap

Waterworld (1995) Shows Us Kevin Costner at Peak Confidence—For Better or Worse

The Real Tragedy of It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) is Harry Bailey’s Football Career

Dead Man (1995) is an Ensemble Acid Trip Into the Wild West

Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (1987) is an Egregious Misuse of Recycled Footage

AVP: Alien vs. Predator (2004) is an Intriguing Point on the Blockbuster Evolutionary Timeline

Son in Law (1993) was Pauly Shore’s Attempt at Semi-Normal Movie Stardom

Dust On The VCR and KBSVHS Present: Tapesgiving at the Sidewalk Cinema!

Midnight Run (1988) Hearkens Back to a Time When We Lived in Subtle Chaos

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) is a Useful Allegory for Cultural Appropriation

Hailed By Film Bros Across the World, American Psycho (2000) is Actually For the Girls

Once Again, In Lieu of This Week's Newsletter, I Ranked All of the V/H/S Segments

Tremors (1990) Was One of the Last Bastions of Classic Practical Effects

Did Election (1999) Foreshadow the Absurdity of the 2000 Presidential Election?

12 Angry Men (1997) Provides Compelling Evidence for Cinematic Remakes

Raising Arizona (1987) is Like Prescription Medication for My Film Allergies

Is Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan’s (1989) Greatest Weakness Also its Secret Strength?

Big Business (1988) is the Perfect Kind of Film to Grow Up With

Tombstone (1993) is Essentially an 80s Action Movie Disguised as a Western

S1m0ne (2002) Tried to Warn Us About Artificially Intelligent Actors

I Think You Should Watch These Films at the 2024 Sidewalk Film Festival

Runaway Train (1985) Might Be the Essential Eric Roberts Experience

I Try to Reckon With Forrest Gump (1994) and Its Legacy on My Home State

The Poor & Hungry (2000) is a Great Tutorial for Making a No-Budget Feature Film

The "Villain" Kid in Searching for Bobby Fischer (1993) Does the Right Thing

I Owe My Love of Apocalypse Now (1979) to My High School English Teacher

How Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) Partially Inspired My Dog’s Name

Would Fletch (1985) Have Worked if Chevy Chase Wasn't an Asshole? (Part 2)

Would Fletch (1985) Have Worked if Chevy Chase Wasn't an Asshole? (Part 1)

The Rescue (1988) is Patriotic Wish Fulfillment for Latchkey Kids

The Screenplay for The Dead Zone (1983) is a Structural Marvel Worth Studying

I Have Some Questions About the Betting System in The Running Man (1987)

Cabin Boy (1994) Serves As a Reminder That Chris Elliott Could’ve Been a Star

Is Wise Blood (1979) the Last Pure Adaptation of Flannery O’Connor We’ll Ever See?

Heavyweights (1995) Helped Ben Stiller Avoid Decades of Comedic Typecasting

American Buffalo (1996) Helped Me Find My Voice As a Young Playwright

How The People That Time Forgot (1977) Became the Movie That Time Forgot

Celtic Pride (1996) Made Me Feel Better That My Basketball Teams Stink

Road House (1989) Squares Off Against Road House (2024) and Wins Handily

I Ruined a High School Hang by Making My Friends Watch Ghost World (2001)

Empire Records (1995) Might’ve Been the Peak of Cinema’s Soundtrack Era

The Movie I Wrote and Co-Produced Will Be Streaming For a Week!

Field of Dreams (1989) is an Imperfect Allegory for the Creative Process

Gamera, the Giant Monster (1965) Proves That Imposters Can Become Influencers

Muriel’s Wedding (1994) is More Than a Time Capsule of My Youth Abroad

I Fixed the 46th Academy Awards By Giving The Exorcist (1973) Best Picture

I Asked ChatGPT to Write About A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001) and Wasn't Impressed

Dante’s Peak (1997) Was a Major Piece of the Disaster Movie…Well, Peak

Black Girl (1966) Makes a Great Case for Normalizing the Medium Runtime

Experience the Absurdity of Erotic Thrillers With Sliver (1993) This Valentine’s Day

The Biggest Logical Leap in Groundhog Day (1993) Isn’t the Involuntary Time Travel

Make a Deal With God: How The Chocolate War (1988) Brought Me to Kate Bush

Nicolas Cage is the True Anchor of the Legendary Snake Eyes (1998) Long Take

Round Three of Dust On The VCR Live at the Sidewalk Cinema!

Mystic Pizza (1988) Shows Us That Pizza is the Perfect Culinary Metaphor

Help Me "Run" in the Bad Movie Marathon and Support the Sidewalk Cinema!

My Parents Saw Pulp Fiction (1994) in a Theater and the Paramedics Showed Up