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Ever since the days of silent film, audiences have crowded into theaters to see films that push the envelope of action and suspense. One of the biggest crowd-pleasers are incredible stunts. Professional stuntmen in Hollywood have made careers of risking life and limb on a daily basis all in the name of entertainment. There have [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Friday, December 23, 2011 at 12:01 am
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Today, when most people hear the words “silent comedy” they probably think of things like Charlie Chaplin’s silhouette framed in the sunset or twinkly piano music playing over barely decipherable grainy images and, perhaps, people getting kicked up the arse. A lot. However, behind the music and hand-cranked camera shots lie something else entirely, for [...]
Posted by Kevin Forde on Friday, October 14, 2011 at 12:01 am
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Short films rarely get major releases these days, so it’s no surprise that even serious movie fans often neglect them. But with the rise of websites like YouTube, shorts have finally found a viable exhibition platform. The following are ten of the most famous short films available online. Whether they’re art pictures, the early works [...]
Posted by Evan Andrews on Friday, August 26, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Internet, Movies · Tagged 1966 Cannes, A Trip to the Moon, Albert Lamorisse, Buster Keaton, Cannes film festival, car speeding, Chris Marker, Claude Lelouch, Dan Rohmer, director of films like Edward Scissorhands and Batman, Edward Scissorhands, Edwin Porter, Entertainment_Culture, Experimental film, films, Georges Méliès, Luis Buñuel, Movies, online films, online movies, Owl Creek Bridge, Ray Eames, Robert Enrico, Roger Jacquet, Salvador Dali, Short films, short movies, Silent films, the Cannes Film Festival, The Great Train Robbery, tim burton, Un chien andalou, walt disney
There are exactly two reasons to be obsessed with Johnny Depp: his acting and his sex appeal, both of which have a tendency to defy rigid gender norms (that is to say, he played a transsexual in Before Night Falls, and boys and girls alike will unabashedly admit to their unhealthy Johnny crushes). As a [...]
Posted by Ryan Thomas on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies, People · Tagged Actors, Alice in Wonderland, American film directors, appropriately-dubbed worst film director of all time, Before Night Falls, Benny, Buster Keaton, Caribbean, character actor, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Charlie Chaplin-inspired, Chocolate Factory, Don Juan DeMarco, Donnie Brasco, Ed Wood, Entertainment_Culture, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, films, Frankenstein, Gay for Johnny Depp, Gilbert Grape, Goodfellas, hunter, I Am Sam, Jack Sparrow, Johnny Depp, johnny depp movies, Joon, Leonardo Dicaprio, Marlon Brando, Movies, People, pirates, Pirates of the Caribbean, Ray Liotta, tim burton, top 10 depp films, top 10 johnny depp, top 10 movies, TopTenz, Where the Buffalo Roam