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The Shining (1980)
This was a movie I knew culturally waaaaaaay before I ever saw it. I saw it for the first time at a fencing team Halloween party (must...

Shannon Heibler
3 min read


Interview with the Vampire (1994)
This was a Forbidden Movie growing up. Too violent, too sexy. Of course, not having seen it didn't stop my friends and I doing our best...

Shannon Heibler
3 min read


The Mummy (1999)
I have a bumper sticker on my car that reads, "Honk if you'd rather be watching the 1999 Cinematic Masterpiece "The Mummy" starring...

Shannon Heibler
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Practical Magic (1998)
We had the Time Life set "Mysteries of the Unknown" when I was growing up. Most of the books scared me too much to look at but the book...

Shannon Heibler
3 min read


Raiders of the Lost Ark (1985)
I haven't watched this, a movie I watch once a month (at least), in over a year and what a lovely evening I just had with it. Greeting an...

Shannon Heibler
4 min read


Starship Troopers (1997)
There is so much wrong with this movie. So much. But honestly, that's what makes it work? It's so stupid, it's perfect. I don't remember...

Shannon Heibler
3 min read


Night at the Museum (2006)
I think I saw this movie once before this viewing. I liked it well enough. Then a perfectly nice copy of the DVD was going to get tossed...

Shannon Heibler
3 min read


Gettysburg (1993)
Civil War drag has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. My mom loved the miniseries "North and South", which is my go to...

Shannon Heibler
4 min read


Romancing the Stone (1984)
This movie is my perfect romance movie. Sexy, smart, and ultimately more about coming into your own than changing for someone else. (See...

Shannon Heibler
4 min read


Toy Story (1995)
1995!?!? Ahhhhh that was so long agoooooo And while I'm on little existential crises about time, this is my 40th movie for Making and...

Shannon Heibler
3 min read


The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (1988)
This is the BBC miniseries, not the 2005 Disney movie! I checked the double decker VHS of this series (which I always thought was a movie...

Shannon Heibler
4 min read


Bonus make: Thor: Ragnarok
This has been knocking around my head since watching. I'm pretty pleased. (It was *daunting* to paint a tiny Tessa Thompson! She's so...

Shannon Heibler
1 min read


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
4 min read


A Knight's Tale (2001)
Not familiar with this movie? Check out my Instagram reels (@shannonheibler) for a one minute recap! I was 17 when I saw this in the...

Shannon Heibler
4 min read


Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
This is the only movie to come out in the last ten or so years that I saw multiple times in theaters. The second it hit the budget...

Shannon Heibler
3 min read


Tron (1982)
Confession: I am terrible at video games. Especially, it seems, arcade games. But I love them. Not enough to spend much money on any more...

Shannon Heibler
4 min read


The Fall (2006)
I was dreading this one a little. I saw it once in the theater, loved it, bought it on DVD, and I never watched it again until tonight....

Shannon Heibler
5 min read


Independence Day (1996)
I so clearly remember seeing this one in the movie theater with my parents. And I even more clearly remember that seeing it made me late...

Shannon Heibler
4 min read


Jaws (1975)
This is one of the first movies I remember watching because it was an Important Movie. It must have been 2000 because TNT was running it...

Shannon Heibler
5 min read


Galaxy Quest (1999)
I had the distinct joy of sharing this viewing with Ben's (and my!) family. An old favorite for some and a new experience for others, it...

Shannon Heibler
4 min read
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