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Bizarre Films by Prominent Directors
When you think of a given director, a certain type of movie usually comes to mind. If you say Tim Burton, immediately you think of a twisted world filled with pasty-skinned people with wild hair usually played by Johnny Depp. With Michael Bay, you get ‘sploidy things that go boom. But when you say Alfred […]
Sequels That Ignored Previous Films in a Series
Every time you turn around nowadays a movie series is being “rebooted” or “reimagined.” Basically, that’s the filmmakers saying they don’t care about what came before and will do whatever they want to do with this movie. Ignore the first Hulk’s origin story, because The Incredible Hulk gives us a brand new one during the […]
Annoying Trends in Movie Titles
Coming up with a name for anything is hard. Just ask any parents of newborns–why do you think the world is full of Juniors? With movies, it’s tough because it has to fit the plot, theme, and feel of the film and be marketable and memorable. At least, you’d think so. It would seem that […]
Director/Actor Pairings That Need to Continue
There have been great movie director/actor pairings in the history of cinema: John Ford and John Wayne, Alfred Hitchcock and Cary Grant, Martin Scorsese and Robert DiNiro, Martin Scorsese and Joe Pesci, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese and Harvey Keitel…you get the picture. Of course, the most overused one that everyone is sick […]
Movies That Are Surprisingly Sequels
We all know that Hollywood is sequel-happy. In 2011 alone, there are 27 sequels planned for release, constituting over a fifth of all movies on the year’s slate. Everyone expects that when a film does well, a sequel is soon to follow. However, a few movies slip by that no one ever realizes is really […]
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