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The term “horror movie” first appeared in the writings of critics in response to the release of Universal’s Dracula (1931) and Frankenstein (1931). The term has since come to describe any film that strives to elicit the emotion of fear, disgust, and shock. A large collection of classic scary movies have screenplays that are based [...]
Posted by Bryan Johnson on Tuesday, October 18, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Movies · Tagged A Nightmare on Elm Street, Bannane Head, Beware! The Blob, British Broadcasting Corporation, Captain, Caril Ann Fugate, catholic church, Central State Hospital, Central State Hospital for the Criminally Insane, Charles Starkweather, Child's Play, Chuck Russell, Crest Service Station, David Brown, Douglas, Dracula, Ed Gein, Edmund Kemper, Entertainment Weekly Inc., Estes Park, film, Frank Mundus, Freddy Krueger, Gary M. Heidnik, Gary Oldman, George Pollard Jr., Grady, halloween, Henderson Island, herman melville, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Jack Palance, jaws, Jerry Brudos, Larry Hagman, Luther Miles Schulze, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Natural Born Killers, Necrophiles, Newgate Prison, Oliver Stone, painter and author, Peter Benchley, Psycho, Raymond Bishop, Robbie Mannheim, Robert Eugene Otto, Robert Jensen, Roland Doe, Ronald Edwin Hunkeler, Sawney Bean, Scream, Speculative fiction, Stanley Hotel, Stephen King, Steve McQueen, Steven Spielberg, Sultan Mehmed II, The Blob, The Exorcist, The Hills Have Eyes, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, the Washington Post, The Washington Post Company, Theodore Roosevelt, Timberline Lodge, Wes Craven, William Friedkin, William Peter Blatty
A lot of nasty things go on behind closed doors. Free from scrutiny, groups, governments, and companies often get up to no good, safe in the belief that their images will remain squeaky clean, no matter how filthy their actions may be. If not for the brave actions and dogged determination of a few men [...]
Posted by Geoff Shakespeare on Thursday, May 5, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under History, Nature, People, Politics · Tagged aches, Afghanistan, Al Gore, America, Assange, Bernstein, Bernstein Investment Research And Management Inc, Bob Woodward, brand new drug epidemic, Bureau of Fisheries, C.I.A., California, cancer, CBS, CBS Corporation, chemical pesticides, Chicago, Church of Scientology, cruel and inequitable machinery, Democratic National Headquarters, Detroit, Edward R. Murrow, Environmental Protection Agency, fiction writer, food, Food and Drug Administration, gary coleman, Gary Webb, George W. Bush, hacker and software programmer, Illinois, Investigative journalism, Iraq, Israel, Joseph McCarthy, Journalism, journalist, Julian Assange, Lincoln Steffens, London Correspondent, Los Angeles, Mass media, master journalist, michigan, Middle East, Muckraker, Murrow, Nancy Reagan, Nicaragua, pains, passionate consumer advocate, President of the United States, Rachel Carson, Ralph Nader, Reagan Administration, research, Samuel Hopkins Adams, scientist, See It Now, Seymour Hersh, Sinclair, software programmer, Soviet Union, Supreme Court, tangled web, the Blitz, the New York Evening Post, The New Yorker, the Washington Post, The Washington Post Company, United States, Upton Sinclair, Vietnam, vigorous, Walter Cronkite, White House, Wikileaks
Everyone has secrets. But while they may be terribly embarrassing or humiliating to the people who keep them buried year after year, their exposure rarely makes a ripple beyond the outer boundaries of their lives. But people aren’t the only ones who carry secrets. Powerful institutions like governments and business also sometimes have information they [...]
Posted by Geoff Shakespeare on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at 12:01 am
Filed under Business, People, Politics · Tagged Afghanistan, Al Pacino, America, American government, Archer Daniels Midland, Archers Daniel Midland, Army, Associate Director, Atomic Energy Commission, Atomic Workers Union, Bradley Manning, Carl Bernstein, Cherly Eckard, Cheryl Eckard, Coleen Rowley, company poisoning, Congress, contaminated testing equipment, Daniel Ellsberg, Detective, disease, diseases, Federal Bureau of Investigation, film, food additives, food industry giant, Frank Serpico, Geoff Shakespeare, Glaxo Quality Assurance Manager, GlaxoSmithKline, GLAXOSMITHKLINE PLC, Harvard, intelligence analyst, International Olympic Committee, Iraq, J.Edgar Hoover, Japan, Julian Assange, Karen Silkwood, Kerr-McGee, Kerr-McGee Corporation, Knapp Commission, Lady Gaga, Major, Marc Hodler, Marine Lieutenant, Mark Whitacre, Mass media, Matt Damon, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture, New York, New York City, New York Police Department, Official, Oklahoma, Pentagon, Peter Buxton, Peter Buxtun, Plastic surgery, president, president of their Bioproducts Division, Puerto Rico, RAND Corporation, researcher, Richard Nixon, Robert McNamara, Robert Woodward, Salt Lake City, Secretary of Defense, shock, Silkwood, ski coach, Swiss mountains, syphilis, testing equipment, the 2002 Winter Games, The Informant, The New York Times, The New York Times Co, the Olympics, the Salt Lake City Games, the Washington Post, The Washington Post Company, U.S. Attorney’s Office, U.S. Public Health Service, United States, untreated syphilis, US government, USD, Utah, venereal disease, venereal disease investigator, W. Mark Felt, Washington, White House, worker, World Trade Center, Zacarias Moussaoui
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
Filed under Movies · Tagged 81st Academy Awards, A Wonderful Life, Academy Award, Academy Award for Best Film Editing, academy awards, Actor, actress, Adrian Lyne, Alec Coppel, Alex Forrest, alfred hitchcock, America, American film directors, Andy Garcia, Anne Archer, Barry Malkin, Bavaria, Being John Malkovich, Best Music, Bill Murray, Bob Gunton, Brian Grazer, Bruce Nicholson, Caitlin Moran, Carmine Coppola, catholic church, Chuck Gaspar, columnist, critic, Dan Aykroyd, Daniel P. Hanley, David Frost, Dean Tavoularis, director, Double Indemnity, Egon Spengler, Elliot Tyson, Entertainment_Culture, Eric Fellner, film, Film director, Film Editing, Films considered the greatest ever, Francis Ford Coppola, Frank Darabont, Frank J. Urioste, Frank Langella, Frank R. McKelvy, Frost/Nixon, Gary Fettis, George Dutton, George Dzundza, George Milo, Germany, ghostbusters, Glenn Close, Gordon Willis, Hal Pereira, harold ramis, Harry Potter, Henry Bumstead, James Dearden, James Woods, Janet Leigh, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Jerry Goldsmith, Joe Eszterhas, John Bettis, John Bruno, John L. Russell, Joseph Hurley, journalist, Lisa Fruchtman, Mark Vargo, Michael Douglas, Michael Herbick, Michael Kahn, Michael Sheen, Michael Wood, Mike Hill, morgan freeman, Munich, Niki Marvin, Norman Bates, Once Upon A Time in America, Oscar, Oscar ceremony, oscars, Paramount films, Paul Verhoeven, Peter E. Berger, Peter Morgan, Peter Venkman, police detective, poltergeist, president, producer, prominent journalist, Psycho, Ray Parker Jr., Raymond Stantz, repressed energy, Richard Edlund, Richard Francis-Bruce, Richard L. Anderson, Richard Nixon, Robert Clatworthy, Robert De Niro, Robert J. Litt, Roger Deakins, Roger Ebert, Ron Howard, Sam Comer, Samuel Taylor, Seattle, Sergio Leone, Sharon Stone, Sharone Stone, Sherry Lansing, Singin' in The Rain, Sleepless in Seattle, Slumdog Millionaire, Stanley R. Jaffe, Stephen Hunter, Steven Spielberg, sun, SUN CORPORATION, Sun-Times, The Academy Awards, the BAFTA, The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, The Golden Globes, The Magnificent Ambersons, the Oscar, The Shawshank Redemption, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Washington Post Company, Thomas Newman, Tim Robbins, Times columnist, Tobe Hooper, tom hanks, United States, USD, Vertigo, Walter Murch, Washington, Washington Post, Weaver - Dana Barrett, Willie D. Burton
