During the 1960s the public interest in period spectacles (Jidai-geki), the famous film studio Toei produced at that time, slowly began to wane. The times had changed and Japan was in state of constant political turmoil. Extremist leftist groups emerged and students rose up to protest against the continuing American influence on their country, resulting […]
Month: December 2014
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The 30 Best Movies That Didn’t Receive Best Picture Nominations (1980-1989)
The 1980’s was seen as an unusual decade for movies. There were a lot of “popcorn” movies released that decade (popcorn movies were seen to have been started with “Jaws” in 1975), but independents and art house films were seen as being on the upswing. There was a true division in audiences also. The 16 […]
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10 Movies That Prove Nicolas Cage Is A Good Actor
Crazy, wild eyed, off the wall are just a few terms people would use to describe Nicolas Cage. His style of performance is like no other actor on this planet. He says lines that are just plain normal yet they make you question why he’s said them in that way. An actor that has divided […]
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10 Movies That Had The Biggest Influences On The Films Of Martin Scorsese
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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The 20 Best Southern Gothic Movies
After the Civil War, the South was no longer an epicenter of trade and commerce. Its failure to win the war plunged it into economic and technological turmoil from which it has arguably never fully recovered. For this reason, the South has long been considered to be backwards, anti-intellectual, poverty stricken, and highly religious. One […]
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20 Movies That Prove 2007 Is The Best Film Year of The 21st Century (So Far)
In the history of film there have been a number of anni mirabili, years in which an enormous amount of quality movies were released. The great examples are 1939 (Gone With the Wind, the Wizard of Oz, Stagecoach, Ninotchka), 1960 (Psycho, L’Avventura, Breathless, La Dolce Vita), 1974 (Godfather 2, Chinatown, The Last Detail, Blazing Saddles […]