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Bram Stoker's Dracula- Flawed but fatally so?

mmclean2 wrote 9 months ago: Not all films are all good and all bad. Most films have multiple pluses and minuses within them. Fra … more →

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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

mmclean2 wrote 9 months ago: How do you follow up a classic? Especially a horror classic? That can be a tough proposition( see th … more →

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Silver Screen Translations

moxieandcharisma wrote 10 months ago: A new company just formed, that connects the world of movies and the world…… Silver Scre … more →

Tags: Arts, Movies, Recent Reviews, Predictions, Film Studies, Retrospectives, Culture

The Second Greatest 15 Movie Performances of All Time1 comment

moxieandcharisma wrote 12 months ago: CARY GRANT (ARSENIC AND OLD LACE) (1944) The one and only Cary Grant is widely known for his cool el … more →

Tags: Arts, Movies, Film Studies, Retrospectives, Diane Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Adrien Brody, Mia Farrow, Sigourney Weaver

The 15 Greatest Performances of All Time1 comment

moxieandcharisma wrote 1 year ago: VIVIEN LEIGH (GONE WITH THE WIND) (1939) Vivien Leigh is virtually in every scene of this four hour … more →

Tags: Arts, Movies, Film Studies, Retrospectives, Alan Ladd, Jack Nicholson, Robert De Niro, marlon brando, Al Pacino

TEN FILMS THAT CHANGED CINEMA AND THE CULTURE OF AMERICA

moxieandcharisma wrote 1 year ago: It is ironic that the science and art of making movies all began as a small curiosity to determine … more →

Tags: Arts, Movies, Film Studies, Retrospectives, psycho, The Godfather, Jaws, star wars, King Kong

“A” Movie Review From The Film Vault – The Descendants1 comment

moxieandcharisma wrote 1 year ago: This is an odd film that is mainly a comedy based around tragic circumstances such as a boating acci … more →

Tags: Arts, Movies, Recent Reviews, george clooney, The Descendants

“A” Movie Review From The Film Vault – Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

moxieandcharisma wrote 1 year ago: This film has received mixed reviews from critics so I went to see it recently with equally mixed ex … more →

Tags: Arts, Movies, Recent Reviews

“A” Movie Review From The Film Vault – The Help (2011)1 comment

moxieandcharisma wrote 1 year ago: We rented this movie the other day and when I checked the site, I was quite surprised to see that ne … more →

Tags: Arts, Movies, Emma Stone, jessica chastain, The help!, Bryce Dallas Howard, Viola Davis, Octavia Spencer, Cicely Tyson

“A” Movie Review – War Horse3 comments

moxieandcharisma wrote 1 year ago: I just saw the movie of the year. The one that will win the oscar for Best Picture at the next acade … more →

Tags: Arts, Movies, Recent Reviews, Drama, Tom Hiddleston, Steven Spielberg, War Horse, Jeremy Irvine, Emily Watson

“A” Movie Review From The Film Vault – Super 8 (2011)

moxieandcharisma wrote 1 year ago: This film can be viewed as a celebration of Steven Spielberg’s childhood when he made many of … more →

Tags: Arts, Movies, Science Fiction, Joel Courtney, J. J. Abrams, Super-8, Steven Spielberg

THE TEN BEST ACTION THRILLERS OF ALL TIME

moxieandcharisma wrote 1 year ago: THRILLERS We continue our analysis of thriller films which we have divided into sub-categories that … more →

Tags: Arts, Movies, Retrospectives, the game, Jaws, apocalypto, Raiders of the Lost Ark, action thrillers, Goldfinger

THE TEN BEST PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLERS OF ALL TIME2 comments

moxieandcharisma wrote 1 year ago: THRILLERS We have been analyzing thriller films which we have divided into sub-categories that inclu … more →

Tags: Arts, Movies, Retrospectives, psychological thriller, The Prestige, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Night of the Hunter, Pyscho, Play Misty For Me

THE TEN BEST POLITICAL THRILLERS OF ALL TIME4 comments

moxieandcharisma wrote 1 year ago: THRILLERS Just about everyone enjoys thriller films for that rush of adrenaline that they produce si … more →

Tags: Arts, Movies, Retrospectives, In the Line of Fire, political thrillers, Notorious, The manchurian Candidate, the parallax view, Three Days of the Condor

THE TEN BEST ROMANTIC COMEDY FILMS OF ALL TIME3 comments

moxieandcharisma wrote 1 year ago: This category is really tough because there has been a plethora (I always wanted to use that word in … more →

Tags: Arts, Movies, Retrospectives, Romantic Comedy, the graduate, When Harry Met Sally, play it again sam, Annie Hall, Pretty Woman

“A” Movie Review From The Film Vault – Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

moxieandcharisma wrote 1 year ago: I almost feel silly writing a review about this classic film about Washington politics made during t … more →

Tags: Arts, Movies, jean arthur, Frank Capra, jimmy stewart, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Thomas Mitchell, Harry Carey

THE TEN BEST COMEDY FILMS OF ALL TIME2 comments

moxieandcharisma wrote 1 year ago: We all know that comedy is serious business. It takes just as much skill (some say even more) to mak … more →

Tags: Arts, Movies, Retrospectives, airplane, Caddyshack, best comedy films, "A Shot In The Dark", take the money and run, bananas

"A" Movie Review From The Film Vault - A Place in the Sun (1951)1 comment

moxieandcharisma wrote 1 year ago: I watched this film again on TCM the other night and immediately felt compelled to write about it. I … more →

Tags: Arts, Movies, Drama, Un-Clickable, Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, George Stevens

THE TEN BEST HISTORICAL EPIC FILMS OF ALL TIME

moxieandcharisma wrote 1 year ago: There is perhaps no better total movie experience than that of a large scope drama, often period pie … more →

Tags: Arts, Movies, Retrospectives, Ben-Hur, Lawrence of Arabia, mutiny on the bounty, Titanic, Gone with the Wind, The Ten Commandments


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