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It seems like every other week nowadays we see a trailer for a new movie that seems so terrible that we can only roll our eyes and wonder how such a film could have gotten funded in the first place. The answer is simple: Hollywood funds films that they believe will make money. As a [...]

We’ve seen it happen over and over again: a new movie comes along that is both entertaining and fresh, only to be followed by countless sequels and spinoffs that are not only terrible in their own right, but also somehow manage to damage the credibility and popularity of the original film. Here are ten of [...]

It’s often said that Hollywood has run out of original ideas, which is why there are so many movie remakes.  Actually, remakes are part of a longstanding Hollywood tradition- the very first remake was 1904’s The Great Train Robbery. The first version of The Great Train Robbery was made in 1903 and is the “first [...]

While many may think that French cinema is dry, boring, and stale, those initiated into the country’s movie industry know that France has one of the world’s richest crime film heritages.  French cinema is brimming with tales of enigmatic heroes, daring heists, and malevolent criminals.  Inspired by Hollywood detective stories and film noir, French crime [...]