With his newfound success following the back-to-back smash hits of 'Jaws' in 1975 and 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind' in 1977, director Steven Spielberg wanted to tell a smaller, more personal story for his next film: 'E.T.'

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At just $2687, Asimov found the TRS-80 "surprisingly affordable!" His face becoming a familiar sight to more than 30 million Americans browsing the latest and greatest products in Radio Shack's catalogs.
Two decades after its release, Terry Gilliam’s funhouse-style dystopia still gets audiences shivering.
Based on the British sitcom 'Man About the House,' 'Three's Company' starred physical comedy champion John Ritter in his breakout role as Jack Tripper, a culinary student who crashes a party and wakes up in Janet Wood (Joyce DeWitt) and Chrissy Snow’s (Su
No scene in late 1980s cinema is more iconic than Lloyd Dobler (John Cusack) holding a boombox over his head with the song “In Your Eyes” blasting in an attempt to win his girlfriend back.
“We’re developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won’t be able to think.”
“Body’s aching all the time,” indeed.
The fourth entry in the James Bond film franchise was among the most dangerous to film.
'Family Matters' began as a family show about Chicago cop Carl Winslow and his family, but fairly quickly morphed into 'The Steve Urkel Show.'
No, it's not a tumor.
Long before Angela Lansbury was the victim of magic as Mrs. Potts in 'Beauty and the Beast,' she was performing magic as Miss Price in 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks.'
Whether you think of it as a statement on female empowerment or simply a fun workplace comedy, the 1980 hit '9 to 5'—which featured Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Dolly Parton as a trio of secretaries who turn the tables on their "sexist, egotistical, lying
Forty years after its premiere, Stanley Kubrick’s slow-burning period piece continues to grow in esteem.
The truth is out there—and available as an infographic.
When Terry Gilliam released his latest film, 2013’s 'The Zero Theorem', critics saw a resemblance to Brazil.
These 25 films have been added to the Library of Congress's list of important works.
Some fans believe that George Lucas's galaxy isn’t so far, far away after all.
A dozen years after its release, the film's script editor revealed what happened to Alan Rickman and Emma Thompson's characters.
In a pre-Internet era, bootleggers ran off with 'Return of the Jedi' prints the old-fashioned way: with guns.