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VIDEO ESSAY: CRUEL SUMMER: BATMAN (1989)

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Tim Burton’s "Batman" was a game-changer for summer blockbusters.
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  • By Aaron Aradillas and Richard Seitz
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  • July 17, 2012 8:30 AM
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OSCARS REVISITED, 1981: REDS

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It’s not shocking that a film like Reds was never made again. It’s shocking that at some point in American history, such a film was made at all.
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  • By Lisa Rosman
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  • January 30, 2012 2:28 PM
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