Tag: retrospective

In 1987, a dying studio spent $22 million making a He-Man movie nobody asked for. It became a cult classic. Now Amazon has spent $200 million on a reboot with Jared Leto under the skull mask. Here's what 39 years changed — and what it didn't.

Twenty years ago, Martin Scorsese finally won his Oscar — and delivered a crime epic that rewired how Hollywood thinks about remakes, morality, and the long con. The Departed hasn't aged a day.

Twenty years ago, Alfonso Cuarón made a movie about a world falling apart — refugee camps, government crackdowns, a population too exhausted to hope. In 2026, it doesn't feel like science fiction anymore. It feels like a documentary from next year.