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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]