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rogerebert.suntimes.com - : GREMLINS was hailed as another E.T. It's not. It's in a different tradition. At the level of Serious Film Criticism, it's a meditation on the myths in our movies: Christmas, families, monsters, retail stores, movies, boogeymen. At the level of Pop Moviegoing, it's a sophisticated, witty B movie, in which the monsters are devouring not only the defenseless town, but decades of defenseless clichés. more...
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www.toxicuniverse.com - : Gremlins, in short, just adds up-for me, at least-to one of those fun little '80s movies I remember so well from childhood, and definitely one of my all-time favorite Christmas movies (Billy's girlfriend's explanation of what happened to her dad when he dressed up like Santa and tried to slide down the chimney, is classic). Hollywood, for whatever reason, simply won't make movies like this again. more...
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