The action genre came to prominence in the 80’s. Someone figured out that you could save a lot of money if you had a leading man with either martial arts skills or a buff physique, preferably both. Enters stars like Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jean-Claude van Damme, Dolph Lundgren and Steven Seagal. The films starring these men […]
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The 10 Best Sherlock Holmes Movies of All Time
Having been portrayed on screen in excess of two hundred and fifty times, producing any list of film titles featuring Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes (who first appeared in print in 1887) is no easy task. The earliest known Homes film is thought to be Sherlock Holmes Baffled a thirty-five second U.S short made […]
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The 10 Best Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie Quotes
If you are expecting to read anything poignant, philosophical or deep in any way, this is not the list for you. Ever since he burst on to the action scene in the 1980s, Arnold Schwarzenegger has had a commanding screen presence never seen before. His physical action style combined with his deadpan, Austrian-accented line delivery […]
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15 Non-Western Movies That Have Western Tropes
Since their heyday in classic Hollywood, western genre films have seen a marked decline in their popularity at the box office, along with the corresponding accompanying decline in production. The western genre arguably did more to write the rules of classic Hollywood than any other, serving as a proving ground for countless directors, actors, writers, […]
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The 24 Best Single-Movie Efforts in Cinema History
Cinema is truly a unique medium. In addition to being an art form, it’s also a product that requires money and other resources to be made. Nowhere is it illustrated so well as in the strange phenomenon of “one-picture directors”. A live-action feature usually costs in seven figures or more, and unless you’re Ed Wood-takes […]
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10 “Based on a True Story” Movies That Really Aren’t
Some say there isn’t a fictional story that hasn’t happened first, in some way, in real life. From the union of world armies to fight against an evil regime (Lord of the Rings) to the complex interactions between Parisians and immigrants in 21st century France (Code Unknown), it is possible to find an example throughout […]