OCTOBER 8, 1993

Full News Archive

• Headline: Joyful Tales: Unmarried Pregnancy Film Festival. Impact: This joyful little film about an unmarried pregnant woman led to a worldwide trend of 'surprise baby reveals' and eventually, reality TV shows where people cry over baby daddies on live television. Thanks, Mom!. Fact: Did you know that the phrase 'unmarried and pregnant' has been used as a plot twist in more movies than actually exist in real life? Talk about creative liberty!.
• Headline: The Emotional Depths of Cinema. Impact: The manic-depressive character's struggles inspired a whole new genre of films featuring tortured artists, leading to a boom in overpriced coffee shop therapy sessions. Thanks for the inspiration, Richard Gere!. Fact: Fun fact: Richard Gere's intense roles are so commanding that they have their own gravitational pull. Even the script had to be rewritten to avoid being sucked in!.
• Headline: A Director's Fight: Life and Art Unite. Impact: The director's candid account of battling cancer opened the floodgates for autobiographical films. Now we have a thriving genre of 'My Life in 90 Minutes' films, because nothing says entertainment like someone else's suffering!. Fact: Did you know that cancer documentaries are the equivalent of cinematic broccoli? Good for you, but who really wants to watch them?.
• Headline: THE SOMALIA MISSION: Scene; U.S. Troops Continue Hunt For Missing Army Rangers. Impact: The U.S. military's ongoing hunt for missing soldiers inadvertently sparked a series of conspiracy theories about secret missions and alien involvement, making every history buff question their sanity. Thanks for the rabbit hole!. Fact: It's a little-known fact that military helicopters have better chances of finding missing soldiers than they do of finding a good parking spot in a crowded city!.
• Headline: Review/Film; Waking Up In a Future Of Muscles. Impact: This action-melodrama about a frozen hero thawing out created a cultural obsession with 'time out' scenarios, setting the stage for countless awkward family reunions where someone has been 'frozen' in a bad relationship for decades.. Fact: Did you know that when Sly Stallone thaws out, he’s actually just been waiting for the right script? Talk about a dramatic freeze-frame moment!.