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Academic books and essays about movies use lofty phrases and multi-layered interpretations to make the fact the authors have watched movies too many times seem like an insightful and meaningful practice. Anyone who has spent much time on a movie set realizes that’s usually giving filmmakers a bit too much credit. In fact, as we’ll [...]
Posted by Dustin Koski on Monday, January 2, 2012 at 12:01 am
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Here is a list of 10 great performances achieved by actors and actresses who were 70 years of age or older when their film was released. 10. Gloria Stuart, Titanic, 1997, Age 87 Kate Winslet might have been the budding star that led Titanic to box office glory, but as the elderly version of Rose [...]
Posted by Orrin Konheim on Monday, June 13, 2011 at 12:01 am
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In the 80 or so years of its existence, the Academy Awards has made some poor choices. Dances With the Wolves over Goodfellas? Bleh. And try finding someone who could justify The Greatest Show On Earth or Around the World In 80 Days winning- let alone getting nominated. The list goes on. We know what [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 11:17 pm
Filed under Movies · Tagged A Clockwork Orange, A Streetcar Named Desire, Academy Award, Academy Award for Best Picture, academy awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, American film directors, American Film Institute, Around the World In 80 Days, Cinema of the United States, Citizen Kane, Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, epic films, Faye Dunaway, film, full metal jacket, Grand Illusion, It Happened One Night, Jack Nicholson, La Grande Illusion, Network, orson welles, Reds, Robert De Niro, Rocky, Sierra Madre, Taxi Driver, The Grapes of Wrath, The Shawshank Redemption, The Third Man, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, Vittorio Storaro, vivien leigh, You Can't Take It With You
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has honored and recognized outstanding cinema achievements since 1929, but believe it or not, some of Hollywood’s greatest stars have never won the big award. Who would have thought that legendary Greta Garbo or Marlene Dietrich never won an Oscar? And the list continues with Irene Dunne, [...]
Posted by Timeea on Wednesday, February 23, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies, People · Tagged A Passage to India, A Star is Born, A Streetcar Named Desire, Academy Award, Academy Award for Best Actress, Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, academy awards, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, actress, Ada McGrath, Aileen Wuornos, Alex Forrest, Alice Aisgill, Amber Waves, America, American Film Institute, America’s cinema, Amy Jolly, Angela Lansbury, Anjelica Huston, Anna Christie, Anna Leonowens, Anna Magnani, Annie Wilkes, artist, audrey hepburn, BAFTA, Ball of Fire, Barbara Graham, Barbara Stanwyck, Bavaria, Belinda McDonald, bette davis, Bette Midler, Billy Kwan, Birdie Coonan, Birdman of Alcatraz, Boogie Nights, Brenda Fricker, Brigitte Bardot, Burt Lancaster, Catherine Sloper, Cathy Whitaker, charlize theron, Cinema of the United States, Daisy Werthan, Dangerous Liaisons, Deborah Kerr, dedicated actress, Donna Reed, Dorothy Gale, Double Indemnity, Easter Parade, Edie Doyle, Edward, Eleanor Parker, Elizabeth Kenny, Elizabeth Stroud, Ellen McNulty, Emmy, Empress, Entertainment_Culture, Eva Marie Saint, Eve Black, Eve White, Evelyn Boult, Famous film director, Far from Heaven, farmer, Film director, From Here to Eternity, Gable, Germany, Ginger Rogers, Glenn Close, Gloria Grahame, Golden Apple Award, Golden Globe, Golden Globes, Grace Kelly, Greer Garson, greta garbo, Harold Arlen, Heaven Knows, Helen Keller, Holly Hunter, Honorary Academy, Human Interest, hunter, Ida Carmody, India, Ingrid Bergman, Irene Dunne, Irene Hoffman Wallner, Iris Gaines, Isabelle de Merteuil, Jane Wyman, Jennifer Jones, Jenny Fields, Jerry Bernard Martin, Jessica Tandy, joan crawford, Joanne Woodward, Jodie Foster, Josef von Sternberg, Judgment at Nuremberg, Judi Dench, Judy Garland, Judy Holliday, julia roberts, Julianne Moore, Julie Marsden, Karen Holmes, Katharine Hepburn, Kathy Bates, Katrin Holstorm, King, Laura Brown, Lavinia Mannon, leading actress, Legendary actress, Leona Stevenson, Linda Hunt, Loretta Young, Love Field, Lulu Bains, Margaret Rutherford, Marguerite Gautier, Marie Dressler, Marilyn Monroe, Marlene Dietrich, Married to the Mob, Mass media, Meet Me in St. Louis, Meg Ryan, Michelle Pfeiffer, Mildred Pierce Beragon, Min Divot, Miracle on 34th Street, Miracle Worker, Missouri, Moe Williams, morocco, Mourning Becomes Electra, movie actress, Mr. Allison, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Miniver, My Sister Eileen, My Son, natalie wood, Nina Ivanovna 'Ninotchka' Yakushova, Ninotchka, Norma Shearer, Nuremberg, Olivia De Havilland, Oscar, oscars, Patty Duke, Peggy Ashcroft, Phyllis Dietrichson, popular supporting actress, queen, Renee Zellweger, Rita Cavallini, Rosalind Russel, Rosalind Russell, Ruby Thewes, Ruth Sherwood, Sarah Cooper, Sarah Miles, Sarah Tobias, Scarface, Screen Actors Guild, Screen Actors Guild awards, Shakespeare in Love, Shanghai Express, Shirley Jones, Short Cuts, Sibyl Railton-Bell, Simone Signoret, singer and producer, Sissy Spacek, sophia loren, St. Louis, Stella Kowalski, Stella Martin 'Stell' Dallas, supporting actress, Susan Hayward, Susie Diamond, Television in the United States, The Academy's Honorary Award, The Big Chill, The Devil is a Woman, The End of the Affair, The Fabulous Baker Boys, The Farmer's Daughter, The Hours, The Kids Are All Right, The King and I, The Song of Bernadette, The Three Faces of Eve, The Wizard of Oz, The World According to Garp, Thelma Ritter, Touch of Evil, United States, Vicki Lester, Whoopi Goldberg, With a Song in My Heart
As any film aficionado will tell you, the world of film noir is a vast expanse that can be intimidating to dive into. There are so many films that are considered “classics” that it can be difficult to decide where to begin exploring the genre. Some films have been cemented in time as quintessential examples [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Monday, September 27, 2010 at 12:01 am
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Opera in the Movies The first known opera was produced in Italy way back in 1597. Since then there have been hundreds of incarnations of this form of musical theater. What distinguishes opera from other forms of theater is that it is wall-to-wall singing, usually in a non-English language. As a source of inspiration, opera [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Thursday, September 2, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies, Music, Television · Tagged Actor, Alex Forrest, Allan Corduner, Amadeus, American Film Institute, Anne Archer, Antonio Salieri, Bill Kilgore, Bugs Bunny, characters, Charles Foster Kane, Charles Kane, Chuck Jones, Colonel, Dan Gallagher, Danny Aiello, Doc?, Don Giovanni, Dorothy Comingore, Elmer Fudd, Entertainment, Entertainment_Culture, F. Murray Abraham, film, Gerard Butler, Gilbert and Sullivan, Giuseppi Verdi, Glenn Close, glenn close fatal attraction, Italy, Johnny Cammareri, Juliet, Kevin Kline, Loretta, Margret Dumont, Mel Blanc, Michael Crawford, Michael Douglas, Moonstruck, Movies, mozart, Music, Musical films, Nicholas Cage, Opera, opera Ring Cycle, Operas, Orson Wells, Oscar, Puccini opera, Rabbit of Seville, Rex Smith, Richard Wagner, Rick Bitzelberger, Robert Duvall, Romeo, Ronny Cammareri, Sarah Brightman, Seville, Spain, Susan Alexander, Take Me Out to the Ballgame, The Magic Flute, The Phantom of the Opera, The Pirates of Penzance, The Ride of the Valkyries, top 10, top 10 movie characters, TopTenz, west side story, What's Opera, would-be manager
