Jennifer Connelly was born in New York’s Catskill Mountains on December 12, 1970. Most people recognize her from “Requiem for a Dream”, but she took part in many films before that. She is an only child and she was raised by her father Gerard and her mother Eileen in a religious Catholic household. She began […]
Year: 2016
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The 10 Best Documentaries of 2015
After a year full of so many documentaries about compelling topics, it is difficult to compile a list of the ten best documentaries of 2015, but there are certainly a few that stood out. While many of the films were biographical films of well-known personalities, there were also a few that succeeded in bringing forward […]
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The 15 Best Movies Featuring an Island Setting
“Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale, A tale of a fateful trip That started from this tropic port Aboard this tiny ship.” “Gilligan’s Island” is probably not considered at TV classic, but it was part of the escapist 1960s charm which also brought us Bewitched and I Dream of Jeannie. It’s hard […]
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The 20 Best Movies Based On Fairy Tales
From a story of a princess enchanted by sleep to a tale of children lured to a house made of confectionary, fairytales have long inhabited the minds of readers and film-watchers throughout the ages. Revered by adults for their powerful moral strength to warn children of the veritable dangers of life and loved by children […]
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The 10 Best Alan Rickman Movie Performances
What makes the news of Alan Rickman’s death from cancer at 69 especially tragic, beyond the immense talent and stirring compassion, was the fact that he would have continued to work far beyond that. A man who was enormously devoted to his profession of acting and directing who would have continued to amaze, enthral and […]
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The 15 Best British Horror Films of the Past Decade
The Horror genre has always had a loving home in Great Britain, tracing back to the founding of production company Hammer Horror in 1934. In the early years, they based their work solely on original classic novels, such as Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” and Bram Stoker’s “Dracula,” and until the 1970s, they dedicated most of their […]