In the novel ‘Slaughterhouse 5’, Kurt Vonnegut Jr. said that writing an anti-war book is like writing an anti-glacier book. Both are inevitable, so what’s the point? Au contraire mon frere. Please remember the graffiti from May of 1968 as French students nearly toppled their government: “Be a realist! Expect the impossible!” David Mamet pointed […]
Month: June 2015
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The 10 Best Horror Movies Based on The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe is one of the most influential horror writers of all time, expanding the genre of Gothic literature and creating the earliest detective stories. Poe wrote during the early 19th century in New England and was a strong supporter of the romantic movement which he utilized to create dozens of popular short stories […]
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Filmmaker Retrospective: The Parody Cinema of Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks’s comedic talent and gift for parody has given the world some of the funniest movie ever created, making fun of various subjects, some serious and others who had it coming, Brooks gave a comedy a twist of absurdity which was welcomed and needed. His filmography is full of classics cult favorites though he […]
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25 Great Movies About Friendship That Are Worth Viewing
Friendship is one of the most important things in life. It is also a major theme and inspiration for beautiful and diverse films. From war movies to family comedies; they all draw some of the plot line’s backbone from this unique feeling that is friendship. Remember Red and Andy Dufresne sitting on the rooftop and […]
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10 Films That Had The Biggest Influences on The Cinema of Woody Allen
When explaining why he dropped out of film school, Paul Thomas Anderson said “My film making education consisted of finding out what filmmakers I liked were watching, then seeing those films. I learned the technical stuff from books and mags…Film school is a complete con, because the information is out there if you want it.” […]
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10 Movie Lines That Sound Cool When Christopher Lee Says Them
Sir Ian McKellan once remarked that his fellow wizard and onscreen antagonist Sir Christopher Lee robbed the world of a great Shakespearian voice when he opted to forgo the stage for the shadowed halls and dark moors of Hammer. While Lee does acquit himself admirably as Artemidorus opposite Charlton Heston’s Marc Antony in an early […]