Let’s try to set the record straight. More has been written about Kubrick – on his films, about his person, extracting his methods – than any other motion picture director in history. The Shining has in fact sparked a fervent cottage industry of books, blogs, and documentary films all to its own. There are dozens […]
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The 10 Best Movies Based on The Works of Agatha Christie
The Queen of Suspense! Dame Agatha Christie is the best selling novelist of all time, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. She has sold roughly 2 billions copies of her work, and her estate claims her works come in 3rd for most-widely published books, behind only the works of William Shakespeare and The […]
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15 Great Movies Philosophizing on The End of Humanity
“The End of the Humanity”… a theme immediately scary. Fright is almost like a baton of manipulation in the hands of a good craftsman in this medium, and brewing a thrill is quite an achievement. Exploiting this primal response, thanks to the amygdala, has given us some great works of cinema. But often this vision […]
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Lead Guitars and Movie Stars: The Cinema of The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones have broken so many records over their astonishing 50-plus year career; raised so many bars and left so many lesser bands eating their dust that there isn’t much left to say about them. One aspect of their tenancy as The Greatest Rock and Roll Band In The World™ that’s often overlooked though […]
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12 Less Known Traits of Wes Anderson’s Authorship in Cinema
Wes Anderson is probably the most discussed director of the last few years. Like most indie directors gone mainstream, he’s amassed a large amount of detractors. Most of their complaints revolve around the fact that he does exactly the same thing, over and over again. While acknowledging that complain as a flagrant oversimplification, we could […]
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7 Famous Sci-fi Movies Influenced by Jodorowsky’s Dune
As Alejandro Jodorowsky tells about his never made Dune, his energy radiates through the screen with an irresistible strength. Watching Jodorowsky’s Dune, a documentary directed by Frank Pavich, we do not get the impression that Dune was a failure or a doomed project. On the contrary, Jodorowsky’s passionate commentary speaks of an exceptionally inspired work, […]