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6 key Spielberg references to watch out for in 'Nope'

From left, Daniel Kaluuya, Keke Palmer and Brandon Perea in "Nope."

Plenty of filmgoers who've already seen Jordan Peele's highly anticipated "Nope," which opens this weekend, have left the theater in high spirits. Others have left scratching their heads, trying to decipher the perplexing puzzles of the "Get Out" and "Us" filmmaker's horror/sci-fi epic.

But what comes across clearly to everyone in Peele's third film is his affection for Black cultural history and all kinds of films, both classic and obscure.

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