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As quickly as 2010 came and went, here we find ourselves in the middle of another exciting awards season. The Golden Globes have been awarded and the 83rd Oscar ceremony is next. When it comes to Hollywood’s highest honors, the Academy’s omissions often provoke more outcry and buzz than the actual winners. The Academy Awards [...]
Posted by Timeea on Friday, February 25, 2011 at 12:01 am
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The cinema is an ever evolving art form that has made countless changes in the short time that it has existed. Great masters and auteurs have risen and fallen, inspiring countless other filmmakers. One of the most common ways that filmmakers pay tribute to their influences is to quote, or “homage,” their favorite movies or [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Monday, August 30, 2010 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies · Tagged accountant, Actor, Akira Kurosawa, Al Capone, American cinema, Apache, Apache Corporation, Bill Murray, Bruce Willis, Caligari, Capone, CapOne Berhad, carbon copy, charlie chaplin, Chicago, Copacabana club, Copacabana nightclub, Dashiell Hammett, David Holm, director, Dragon Ma, Eddie Adams, Eliot Ness, Esteban, George Lucas, Georges, Gordon Conquers, Hamlet, Harold Lloyd, Herbert H. Heebert, Illinois, Indiana, indiana jones, Ingmar Bergman, Jack Torrance, Jacques, Jane Fonda, Janet Leigh, Jean-Luc Godard, Jerry Lewis, john wayne, John Williams, journalist, Karen Hill, King, local undertaker, manager, Marine Police, Marion Crane, Martin Scorsese, Ming, movie scenes, Nathanael Hood, nearly omnipresent police officer, New Mexico, Norman Bates, Nosferatu, officer, Paul Thomas Anderson, Psycho, pulp fiction writer, Quentin Tarantino, Raiders of the Lost Ark, relentless energy, Ryuzo Kikushima, Safety Last!, screenwriter, sea captain and oceanographer, Sergio Leone, Southern California, stanley kubrick, Steve Zissou, stuntman, Susan, The Battleship Potemkin, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, The Glass Key, The Ladies Man, The Shining, the Star, The Star Tribune Company, Tout Va Bien, Trip to Mars, Tsar, Union Station, United States, USD, Ving Rhames, Walter Payne
Some of the most overlooked personalities in the film industry are the men and women who sit in the director’s chair. While most of the public is content with engaging themselves with the off-screen antics of actors and actresses, it is often the directors who outshine their fellow artists in terms of eccentricities and sheer [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Wednesday, August 4, 2010 at 11:00 am
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There are certain phrases that are thrown around too often in today’s world so that they lose their original impact. When somebody is referred to as the “greatest of all time” or the “most influential,” we usually take it with a grain of salt. But there are times when such phrases are not only valid [...]
Posted by Nathanael Hood on Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 12:01 am
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