Christopher J. Scalia
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- Sep 13, 2026
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REVIEW: ‘Aliens’ (opens the original)
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There are many reasons Aliens is an important film. It confirmed James Cameron's status as a blockbuster talent after he had directed The Terminator and cowrote Rambo: First Blood Part II. ("The action is mine," he told the New York Times, "the politics is Stallone's.") It turned Sigourney Weaver into a feminist hero. But what makes it a great and eminently rewatchable movie is that it deftly combines horror, action, and science fiction, showcases jaw-dropping practical effects, and weaves in th
REVIEW: 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off' and 'Lucas' (opens the original)
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Were you a Ferris or a Lucas? Did you have it all figured out in high school, like the eponymous trickster from 40 summers ago? Could you hoodwink your parents, fool your school, and charm (or manipulate) your friends so you could live a carefree, adventurous life? Or were you more like the title character from Lucas, the less-remembered high school movie, also set in the Chicago suburbs, released just a few months earlier: a peculiar kid with weird pastimes, the target of bullies, the lovelorn
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