Tag: how did this get made
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Mom and Dad
Nicolas Cage goes full nuclear Cage in Mom and Dad, from the insane directors of the Crank series, a How Did This Get Made favourite. Mass violent hysteria turns parents against their children in Mom and Dad, a film with a forgettable title that falls way short of its bleakly comic ambitions. Starring Nicolas Cage…
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Purple Rain (The Movie)
After Prince’s passing, we sat down and watched the movie that helped launch his career to iconic status — the bizarre and hilarious Purple Rain. After the death of Prince, society collectively sifted through our record collections to remember the man and his musical legacy. We talked (or wrote) about how his music touched our…
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Best Podcasts: How Did This Get Made?
It’s easy to get snarky about a bad movie, and the studios are throwing more of them at us than ever. There’s also a move afoot towards good ‘bad’ movies; recently Sharknado took off in the Twitterverse, though I actually prefer train wrecks like The Room or Troll 2 (the difference is, Sharknado feels like…