Probably the most world-renowned Japanese cult filmmaker, Takashi Miike is also one of the most prolific, having directed almost 100 films since 1991. Taking advantage of the “V-Cinema” (straight-to-video films) boom of the 90s, Miike managed to break into the industry, eventually producing “Shinjuku Triad Society” in 1995, his first theatrically distributed film. Since then, […]
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10 Embarrassing Movie Flops Good Actors Would Like To Forget
Nearly every movie star has, at least, one film they regret. For some, it is a small budget, often straight to video fiasco that happened early in their career while they were desperate for work. For others, these movie roles were chosen after the actors were well-established and were empowered to say no. Horrible jokes, […]
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The 10 Weirdest Animated Musical Movies of All Time
For the last eighty years, Walt Disney Studios has been the dominant force in animated musicals. Since 1937’s Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Disney has churned out cartoons about singing flowers, singing rats, singing fish, singing frogs, and all sorts of other lovable vermin who can’t stop themselves from bursting into song. Sure, there […]
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The 10 Best Movie Performances by Actors Playing Identical Twins
There’s something about twins… Having someone in the world that looks exactly like you, and with whom you probably spend most of your childhood and, exceptional circumstances aside, your later life too, is something that has provoked filmmakers’ minds all over the world. And telling a story about twins is not only a technological and […]
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10 Great Movies Overshadowed by Similar and Bigger Movies Released in The Same Year
Ah, the movie business – where no idea is new and similar plots are practically everywhere. Yes, The Incredibles is Watchmen for kids, George Lucas has confirmed that Star Wars was heavily influenced from Akira Kurosawa’s The Hidden Fortress. The Lion King can easily be seen as the animal version of Hamlet and there are […]
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The 10 Best Alfred Hitchcock Movies Before 1950
If one thing can be said of the Hollywood studio system, it’s that you had a lot of chances to make a good movie. John Ford made well over 50 movies before he made Stagecoach, a game changing masterpiece, usually making two or three movies a year. It also doesn’t hurt that filmmakers like Ford, […]