Ilan Mitchell-Smith

Ilan Mitchell-Smith

Date of Birth

1969-06-29

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Weird Science, The Chocolate War, The Wild Life, Journey to the Center of the Earth

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Awesome Art We’ve Found Around The Net: Batman, Casino, Dune, Gremlins, Loki

Posted 5 years ago

Some cliche somewhere said that 'a picture is worth a thousand words.' This has proven to be the case for me and especially when it comes to fan art. I have always sought out great fan art and have wanted...

Cast This: Lisa (Weird Science)

Posted 10 years ago

It’s been awhile since we looked at re-casting a movie that initially served no purpose other than to make us laugh, and for boys to find a purpose for the pause button. I’m talking about the John Hughes 1985 classic...

Cast This: Lisa (Weird Science)

Posted 13 years ago

So what would you little maniacs like to do first? The correct answer is choose a new Lisa for the WEIRD SCIENCE remake. We haven’t seen many ladies in this column and I think this is an excellent return to...

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Remake News: John Hughes’ Weird Science to get remade as an edgier, R-rated comedy

Posted 13 years ago

Ah, WEIRD SCIENCE, yet another staple of my childhood and harbinger of sexual awakenings to teenage boys of the ’80’s. Even if you didn’t grow up in that era, it’s likely you’ve seen the John Hughes sci-fi teen comedy that...

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The Five Best Changes George Lucas Made to the Star Wars Trilogy

Posted 2 days ago

George Lucas has been tinkering with the Star Wars trilogy for years, but not all of those changes have been bad.

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The Top 10 Sega Dreamcast Games Ranked

Posted 2 days ago

We rank the Top 10 Sega Dreamcast games, from Ikaruga to Powerstone, and more, to honor the underappreciated diamond in Sega's rough.

End of Oak Street

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The End of Oak Street: There’s a nightmare on Oak Street in the new trailer of the sci-fi from the director of It Follows and J.J. Abrams

Posted 13 hours ago

The Amblin-style of a J.J. Abrams production meets the haunting, mysterious direction of David Robert Mitchell in the new trailer.

A nostalgic deep dive into the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers toy craze of the 1990s, from Megazords and Morphers to rare collectibles

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How Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Became a Billion-Dollar Toy Empire

Posted 3 days ago

A nostalgic deep dive into the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers toy craze of the 1990s, from Megazords and Morphers to rare collectibles

The Naked Gun reboot, David Zucker

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Poll: What’s Your Favorite Spoof Movie?

Posted 1 day ago

With Scary Movie bringing spoof comedies back to theaters, we look at the genre’s rise, fall, and comeback—and ask: what's your favorite spoof movie of all time?

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The Top 5 Action Movie Match-Ups of the 90s

Posted 2 weeks ago

It's star vs star. We rank those movies that pit name actors against each other in devilishly fun, heated rivalries.

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Five action stars who deserved bigger movies

Posted 1 month ago

In a world of Schwarzeneggers, Stallones and Van Dammes, there are more stars that could have graced us with big action classics.

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The Top 10 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) Games Ranked

Posted 1 week ago

With video games on the rise in Hollywood, we decided to look back on old school systems and rank the Top 10 Games of the NES era!

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Superman Actors Ranked: Which Actors Were the Best At Playing The Man of Steel?

Posted 3 weeks ago

We rank all of the Superman actors from worst to best!

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The Top 10 Super Nintendo (SNES) Games Ranked

Posted 3 weeks ago

We're back with a bold list that ranks the Top 10 Super Nintendo games, from beat 'em ups to platformers, Metroidvanias, and more!

Discover why Terminator 2: Judgment Day was decades ahead of its time, from groundbreaking VFX to its eerily relevant AI themes

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Why Terminator 2: Judgment Day Still Feels Ahead of Its Time

Posted 3 weeks ago

Discover why Terminator 2: Judgment Day was decades ahead of its time, from groundbreaking VFX to its eerily relevant AI themes