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18 Things You Didn't Know About 'Jeepers Creepers'
No one expected much from "Jeepers Creepers" when it was released 15 years ago this week, on August 31, 2001. It was a low-budget horror film with no star power, being released at the bitter end of the...
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17 Things You Never Knew About 'Mommie Dearest'
Before she died in 1977, Joan Crawford reportedly said that, if a movie were ever made from her life, Faye Dunaway was the only actress who could do the role justice. But "Mommie Dearest" was certainly...
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14 Things You Didn't Know About 'The Fisher King'
25 years ago, Terry Gilliam's wildly visual "The Fisher King" premiered on September 27, 1991. The fantastical, New York-set film stars Jeff Bridges as a Howard Stern-like shock jock who inadvertently...
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15 Things You Never Knew About 'Crocodile Dundee'
For better or worse, when many Americans think of Australia, they think of Paul Hogan and "Crocodile Dundee." After all, the Australian travel pitchman cleverly designed the movie (released 30 years...
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15 Things You Never Knew About 'Zoolander'
It's been 15 years since the release of "Zoolander" (on September 28, 2001), but being really, really, ridiculously good-looking never goes out of style. Ben Stiller's fashion industry satire remains a...
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17 Things You Never Knew About 'Training Day'
With Denzel Washington, Ethan Hawke, and director Antoine Fuqua topping the box office charts last month with their "Magnificent Seven" remake, it's worth looking back at the first time these three...
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23 Things You Never Knew About 'The French Connection'
When you think of Best Picture Oscar winners, you think of grand epics or weighty historical topics, not grimy, intimate cops-and-robbers dramas. "The French Connection" changed all that when it was...
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15 Things You Never Knew About 'Donnie Darko'
We thought we did a pretty good job unearthing the secrets of "Donnie Darko" when the cult hit marked its tenth anniversary five years ago (it was released on October 26, 2001). But it seems that, with...
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17 Things You Never Knew About Baz Luhrmann's 'Romeo + Juliet'
Every generation seems to get the Shakespeare adaptations it deserves, and in the mid-'90s, that meant Baz Luhrmann's music-video-style, visually extravagant "William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet." The...
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23 Things You Didn't Know About Stephen King's 'Carrie'
Worst. Prom. Ever. Four decades later, we're still creeped out by "Carrie," still the ultimate high school horror movie. Released 40 years ago this week (on November 3, 1976), "Carrie" not only made a...
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17 Things You Never Knew About Disney's 'Beauty and the Beast'
Released 25 years ago this week (on November 13, 1991), Disney's "Beauty and the Beast" was an instant landmark. It was the first animated feature nominated for a Best Picture Oscar, the first to earn...
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11 Things You Never Knew About 'The Twilight Saga'
It's been five years since the wedding of the millennium. No, not Kate and William -- Bella and Edward. It was five years ago this week (on November 18, 2011) that saw the release of "The Twilight...
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11 Things You Never Knew About 'The Addams Family'
Time to feel old, everybody: "The Addams Family" was released 25 years ago this week on November 22, 1991. The film, based on the 1964 TV show, was a hit -- and a starter pistol for Hollywood to rush...
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7 Things You Never Knew About 'My Girl'
"My Girl," the sophisticated, somewhat sugary coming-of-age drama released November 27th, 1991, is turning 25 this year. The movie, which stars Macaulay Culkin and Anna Chlumsky (25 years later, who...
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21 Things You Never Knew About 'Jerry Maguire'
"Jerry Maguire" had us at hello. Released 20 years ago this week (on December 13, 1996), Cameron Crowe's sports-themed romantic dramedy gave us Tom Cruise at his most charming, made a star of Renée...
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18 Things You Never Knew About 'Little Shop of Horrors'
"Feed me, Seymour!" If there's anything better than "Little Shop of Horrors," we don't wanna know about it. We're not talking about the Roger Corman flick, but rather the 1986 movie musical inspired by...
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17 Things You Never Knew About 'A Clockwork Orange'
"A Clockwork Orange" was Stanley Kubrick's most controversial movie, and that's saying something for a career that included "Lolita," "Dr. Strangelove," "The Shining," "Full Metal Jacket," and "Eyes...
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15 Things You Never Knew About Steve Martin's 'Father of the Bride'
What's not to like about "Father of the Bride," which celebrates its 25th anniversary this week (it was released on December 20, 1991)? It has Steve Martin at the peak of his overwhelmed-dad period, a...
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16 Things You Never Knew About the 'Scream' Franchise
Time to feel old, '90s kids: It has been 20 years (gulp) since "Scream" scared you sh**less and changed the way Hollywood made slasher movies. Since the first film's release on December 20, 1996, there...
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16 Things You Never Knew About 'Dirty Harry'
Do you feel lucky? Well, do you, punk? If you do, then it's time to celebrate the 45th anniversary of "Dirty Harry," released on December 23, 1971. The landmark movie gave Clint Eastwood his most...
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