JULY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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  1. 2. This unusual samurai film series includes a 1972 sequel with the title, "Baby Cart at the River Styx."
  2. 7. A wild 1993 Hong Kong action that film mixes the tropes of Eastern Kung Fu with Western Superheroics and stars the unimpeachable line-up of Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once), Anita Mui (Legend of Drunken Master), and Maggie Cheung (In the Mood for Love).
  3. 8. George Lucas wanted to made a modern version of this film serial, and when denied the rights to do so, made Star Wars instead. This film was made after all in 1980 without Lucas, in the wake of Star Wars' success.
Down
  1. 1. In his review of this 1985 William Friedkin thriller, Roger Ebert spends nearly the entire piece praising the set-piece chase scene that takes place on the freeways of Los Angeles.
  2. 3. Lisa's go-to pizza order is Half Canadian bacon with pineapple, half [THIS] with pesto, and light on the cheese.
  3. 4. In 2016, Reddit commentor 'comix_corp' compared this 2003 cinematic masterpiece to a real-life incident where a business man in a pedistrian tunnel accidently slipped on a banana peel and wildly flung his brief case into the air. "Did this man deliberately slip? No. But does that change the fact that he did one of the funniest acts of physical comedy anyone had ever seen? Not at all."
  4. 5. A historic Art Deco & Art Moderne theater located in Bexley, Ohio, known for its indie film and repertory screenings.
  5. 6. This concession candy, a permutation of a popular Nestle candy bar, is advertised by Nestle as, "the same great taste of the classic bar, but in the shape of perfectly munchable pieces."