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Over the years, time travel has become one of the most common plot devices in sci-fi cinema. It has been used, abused, revered, and spoofed in more films than can be counted. But whether time travel is approached as a serious scientific concept, or as a flimsy deus ex machina, its appeal is undeniable. Listed below [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies · Tagged 12 Monkeys, Back to the Future, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, La Jetee, looper, Midnight In Paris, Movies, Nathanael Hood, Star Trek IV, Terminator 2, The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Time Bandits, time travel, TopTenz
When you think of the term “period piece,” what usually comes to mind is Jane Austen, powdered wigs, and petticoats. Many films depict these distant eras with a beloved sort of detachment– these eras only remembered otherwise in written documents and various memoirs. But what of the eras that many, to this day, can recall [...]
Posted by Ryan Thomas on Friday, July 27, 2012 at 12:01 am
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Whether it was Marty McFly, Gordon Gekko, the Terminator, Jake La Motta, the working girl (Melanie Griffith), or sharp-shooter Jimmy Chitwood, the 1980’s was a memorable decade of iconic heroes, novel advances in technology, and the cementation of blockbuster culture at the movies. Hollywood has always been a fast-moving town with new sets of winners [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Wednesday, August 17, 2011 at 12:01 am
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Without conflict there is no drama and without Christmas villains there wouldn’t be dozens of holiday themed television specials and motion pictures. Christmas villains come in all shapes, sizes and colors. Most of them start out as not get the meaning of it all, but through a set of circumstances they repent and end up [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, December 20, 2010 at 12:01 am
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Every decade Hollywood produces a new crop of child actors. Some are remembered; most are forgotten. We know the Shirley Temples, the Tatum O’Neals, the Corey Feldmans, the Dakota Fannings and the Abigail Breslins. We remember Linda Blair’s inspired (or possessed) performance in The Exorcist. Other child stars shone just as bright… just not as [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Monday, November 29, 2010 at 12:01 am
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Prom night – a rite of passage that sometimes goes terribly wrong, especially in the movies. Sometimes a dance floor isn’t just a dance floor. It can be a place for first love to blossom or for old friendships to break. In the top ten movie proms gone wrong, it’s often an arena for revenge, [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Friday, October 1, 2010 at 12:01 am
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When I came up with this list of the top ten time travel movies I set some parameters. The movie must have time travel central to the plot. And when you think of the movie, the theme of time travel must jump to the forefront. So movies like Austin Powers, International Man of Mystery were [...]
Posted by Shell Harris on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 11:27 pm
Filed under Movies · Tagged 12 Monkeys, Ashton Kutcher, Back to the Future, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, butterfly effect, First Contact, h g wells, movie, Movies, Returner, Star Trek, Star Trek IV, Terminator 2, Time Bandits, time machine, time travel, time travel movies, top 10 list