With the ledgers closed and audiences back to fall pursuits, the past four months can clearly be called the Summer of the Sequel. Of the ten highest-grossing films released between May and August, seven …
EXCLUSIVE: GAME OF THRONES DIRECTOR NEIL MARSHALL TAKES US BACK TO THE ’80s
Award-winning director Neil Marshall may have been nominated for an Emmy for helming the medieval fantasy “Game of Thrones” episode “The Watchers on the Wall” but his heart remains in the eighties. Let him tell you why…
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Amell’s chiseled looks and knack for playing multiple characters have made The CW series Arrow a hit and resurrected a DC superhero once hopelessly buried in the archives behind Batman and Green Lantern. …
HIDE ‘N SEEK
Every film is an illusion, a brilliant phantasmagoria of sights flickering across a screen at twenty-four frames a second (forty-eight, if you’re Peter Jackson and want to annoy us). Most directors are content to dazzle …
25 HORROR FILMS THAT WOULD’VE GIVEN TED BUNDY NIGHTMARES
American filmmakers like to fancy themselves at the vanguard of every cinematic trend, but when it comes to sex, gore and extreme violence in films, it sometimes seems as if they just stepped off the …
THE 30 WORST VANITY PROJECTS OF ALL TIME
The Nobel Prize-winning philosopher Bertrand Russell probably said it best: “Vanity is a motive of immense potency.” Of course, it’s doubtful that Lord Russell had Hollywood in mind when he came up with that …
STANLEY STOCKING STUFFERS
With the holidays nigh, you might be at a loss trying to find just the right gift for that special person in your life. You know, the kind that scoffs at sweaters, gift certificates or …
STANLEY KUBRICK’S GREATEST MOVIES NEVER MADE
I exaggerate the dangers, and all the disasters that might occur. I look quite serene to my staff, but I am like a woman in labor. Once I have made up my mind, everything is …
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You don’t get a second chance to make a first impression. Yes, it’s a cliché, but not without reason. After all, with filmmakers, the debut feature can set the tone for an entire career. …
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Randy Brown • screenwriter • Trouble with the Curve “Stanley Kubrick had the rare ability to take familiar themes and characters and paint them fresh, as if seen for the first time. Full Metal Jacket …