Spoilers ahead: for the puzzle and the movies/games
This page reveals all categories and answers for this puzzle. It also discusses plot details, story endings, and other spoilers for some of the movies/games shown.
easy
Films that run longer than three hours
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medium
Adapted from video games
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hard
Veterans carrying the war home
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This is the Memorial Day weekend nod. Each film follows soldiers or veterans after combat has already marked them, and the drama comes from what service leaves behind: pride, trauma, politics, rage, or a country that would rather move on.
tricky
Titles with a colon doing too much work
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The punctuation is the tell. Each title uses a colon to bolt a second title, subtitle, or explanation onto the first part. The fun is seeing four wildly different movies all pause mid-title to keep talking.