Casper (1995) made $290M and pioneered the first CGI lead character, but the story never decides if it's a comedy, romance, or grief tale. Score: 4.9/10.
Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946): James Stewart as George Bailey, the $8,000 loss, Clarence's wings, and how a flop became a Christmas classic.
Robots (2005) review: Rodney Copperbottom, the Rusties and Ratchet's spare-parts scheme, plus cast, box office and why the Blue Sky film still feels disposable.
A skeptical ghost-hunter checks into a hotel room that has killed 56 people in 1408, the 2007 Stephen King film with John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson.
Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher play friends who try a no-strings affair in No Strings Attached. A review of the 2011 rom-com's cast, plot and flaws.
Rocketman review: Taron Egerton sings Elton John's own songs in Dexter Fletcher's fantasy biopic, with Jamie Bell, Bryce Dallas Howard, Richard Madden.
Life of Brian at 45: Monty Python's 1979 satire was never an attack on faith, it's a comedy about crowds and the messiah they invent.
Unforgiven at 30: how Clint Eastwood's 1992 Oscar-winning Western dismantled the myth of the gunslinger, with Gene Hackman and Morgan Freeman.
Mary Poppins review: Julie Andrews' debut, Dick Van Dyke, the Sherman Brothers' songs, and the casting that almost was for Disney's 1964 classic.
Tom Cruise plays Barry Seal, a TWA pilot who flew cocaine for the Medellín Cartel and ran guns for the Contras, in Doug Liman's crime comedy American Made.
The Huntsman: Winter's War review: a 114-minute prequel-sequel detour with Emily Blunt, Chris Hemsworth and Charlize Theron that never earns the trip.
I Am Number Four review: Michael Bay's 2011 teen-alien thriller promised a war, delivered a pilot. Pettyfer, Olyphant, and a sequel that never came.
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