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The Darjeeling Limited (2007)
I listened to this soundtrack for hours on end and it is singlehandedly responsible for my love of The Kinks. I had the short film,...

Shannon Heibler
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Joe Versus the Volcano (1990)
The first time I saw this movie was on the bus for our AP English class' trip to an area classical theater (my first exposure to that...

Shannon Heibler
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Stargate (1994)
Oh hey! It's another vaguely Egyptian themed movie! I'm noticing a trend! How I love this silly, stupid movie. Another Roland Emmerich,...

Shannon Heibler
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The World's End (2013)
Oh, crumbs. This is the first movie I remember seeing after I left my ex-husband. I loved it. Saw it a couple times in theaters. Bought...

Shannon Heibler
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To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)
I've spent a lot of minutes tonight trying to remember when I first saw this movie. Surely it must have been on cable. It's (red &) WILD...

Shannon Heibler
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Labyrinth (1986)
My two strongest, Labyrinth related memories are my friend Evan nearly tackling me as I walked into a New Years party while he...

Shannon Heibler
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
This movie takes me back to my childhood. I saw it in theaters with my mom. I was very quickly obsessed. I went down a rabbit hole of...

Shannon Heibler
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The Little Mermaid (1989)
Picture it: Waukesha, Wisconsin. 1990. Five year old Shannon has seen The Little Mermaid several times in theaters. She falls asleep to...

Shannon Heibler
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Star Wars: A New Hope (1977)
Mostly, as I watched this, I wished I could go back to a time when I hadn't seen a thousand parodies and references and riffs, and I...

Shannon Heibler
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All That Jazz (1979)
I first saw this movie when I was too young for it. Or too naïve, maybe. I saw an edited version on Bravo (back when Bravo covered the...

Shannon Heibler
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Shaun of the Dead (2004)
I love zombie movies. I don't own a lot of them - there are few I want to watch over and over again - but I love them. I think they speak...

Shannon Heibler
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Big Fish (2003)
I was dreading this one. I really was. Two days before watching, I listened to one of my new favorite podcasts, Why Are Dads (led by my...

Shannon Heibler
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L.A. Story (1991)
What was it about the late 80s/early 90s that created some truly magical though wildly underappreciated films that feel like my soul was...

Shannon Heibler
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