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Frigid Winter Warming Spectacular: Best Nuclear Explosion! (Pt. 1)

Inspired by tense family holiday gatherings (and a recent rewatch of Oppenheimer), let’s turn our attention towards ranking Hollywood’s most memorable depictions of nuclear explosions, the kind of conflagrations I’d welcome with open, melting arms considering the temperature in my hometown hasn’t muscled its way past zero going on three days now. #wintersucks

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Classic Films in 70mm

Living in the big city one sadly tends to take certain landmarks and cultural institutions for granted. Take, for instance, the John Hancock Center and Willis (Sears) Tower, two architecturally significant Chicago skyline stalwarts whose burly frames attract visitors from across the globe. And while multitudes daily gawp up at, and down from, these iconic landmarks, The Conflicted Film Snob, who’s seen them maybe a million times in his four-plus

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