Django Unchained is Director Quentin Tarantino’s follow up to 2009’s Inglorious Basterds. What that film did for World War II films, this film does for Western’s. It takes the typical archetypes of the genre and somewhat historical scenarios, and twists them into excellent, dark, pulpy, violent entertainment.
I admire Max Fleischer, the 30s are one of my favorite periods in cinema, as well as animation. Fleischer’s contribution to the world of animation especially in the 30s and 40s with his Popeye and Superman cartoons are amazing. This short piece showcases two country folk coming in to the Worlds fair, and find themselves …
When Peter Jackson announced that he had begun preproduction on “The Hobbit,” it came as no surprise. Jackson made 3 amazing films out of the Lord of the Rings, and there was no way anyone else would be brave enough to adapt The Hobbit, at least without Jackson’s blessing or watchful eye. The release has …
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Alfred Hitchcock is a director whose contributions to cinema will live forever. Hitchcock’s films pushed the limit of what was acceptable at the time, and stand up even today as some of the most terrifying, exciting, and thrilling films ever made. One wonders why such a man, who is so well known for his movies, …
While people’s thoughts on Prometheus were a bit polarizing, it’d be hard to deny that the visual effects in the film were something to shrug your shoulders at. Ridley Scott and his team did an amazing job building a beautiful, unique, and alien world for the film to take place in. This reel from MPC Visual Effects …
The Boston Crime Film has become a genre on its own much like the Western, or MGM Musicals − and the source material for “Killing Them Softly” was written by George Higgins, also known for writing The Friends of Eddie Coyle, whose adaptation many will cite as one of the earlier films in the genre. …
A Late Quartet tells the story of a world renowned string quartet, and begins just as some serious challenges arrive for the group.
Director Rich Moore puts together a great film that speaks to growing up in a sadly missed icon of the 80s and 90s, arcades.
Rian Johnson’s latest effort is an excellent modern sci-fi film, that somehow managed to avoid giving away its biggest secrets in its advertising, the actual story.