“We’re Cannon Films and we’re dynamite!” – Quote from promotional trailer. Formed in 1967, American film production company Cannon Films specialised in under the radar cult movies and the type of cinema that big league Hollywood wouldn’t touch. One of their most popular and profitable films was “Joe”, directed by John G. Aviledson, who would […]
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20 Essential Films For An Introduction To Polish Cinema
With the Polish cinema, one associates a wide variety of different genres, creative styles and technical innovations. This artistic creation can be described accordingly by the big three P’s: Politically, Poetic, Polarizing. This list includes the names of significant representatives of the cinematic craft such as Krzysztof Kieslowski, Roman Polanski and Jerzy Kawalerowicz. They have […]
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The 25 Best Disney Animated Films You Need To Watch
If external (and internal) competition has marred their golden mouse ears in recent years, Disney’s reputation argues they will emerge from their ashes soon enough. Over the long haul, few companies can match Disney for number of revolutionary films, or joy brought to yet-unsullied minds. For several generations now Disney has been the premier name […]
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23 Great Films Favored By Roger Ebert & Gene Siskel
Anyone lucky enough to have been a movie fan at some point during the three decades between 1969 and 1998 probably saw Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert review movies on television (even though they did not make their TV debut until 1975). They did so with such passion and precision, in small sound bites but […]
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The 25 Best Spy Movies of All Time
A film fan’s love of adventurous cinematic spies is a continuation of man’s love for adventure. Spies unearthing untold similarities of methods—where governmental secrecy serves as the raw material of fiction—also separates the mystery of persuasion from the guesswork of brainwashing. Indeed, all movie genres adapted from literature rely on screenplays to focus on select […]
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The 12 Best Daniel Day-Lewis Movies You Need To Watch
If Dustin Hoffman is the American version of an actor who is a proponent of the Method style and approach towards the craft, then Englishman Daniel-Day Lewis is that, only turned up several notches. The recent recipient of a Knighthood for his services to the craft, the astounding and consistent quality of his performances in […]