The Stanley Kubrick Collection is a deluxe box-set edition featuring some of the Mr. Kubrick’s greatest films, but unfortunately omitting major masterpieces in exchange for what is conventionally assumed to be his least successful movie. The good news is you get 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, The Shining and Full Metal Jacket. The […]
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From the 1940s through the 1980s, no threat caused more despair and terror in the world than the possibility of nuclear war. Nowhere was this more evident than in the multitude of nuclear war films that emerged during the last half of the Cold War. Filled with terrifying scenes and images of terror, these films […]
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A couple of years ago, you saw a list that the American Film Institute made of the top 100 funniest movies of all time. Chances are, there were movies on the list that had you scratching your head. Even more likely, you had questions about where your favorite funny movies were posted. Apparently you weren’t […]
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is a film whose official title you will almost certainly never see on a movie marquee. Since most marquees are featured in theaters showing at least a dozen other movies, there just won’t be room for that mouthful. It will most likely be shortened to […]
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The Bull of the Cash Cows The James Bond series is the longest running movie franchise of all time. Since the debut of Dr. No in 1962, 007 has held the attention of the movie audience. The influence of Bond spread across the Pop culture landscape to include music, fashion, cocktails and cars. Over the […]